Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2017

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2017

Himachal Pradesh will witness assembly elections on 9 November 2017 for electing its new Chief Minister. Voting will be held for all of the state's 68 constituencies. Chief Ministerial candidates from prominent political parties are garnering hope with the upcoming polls on Thursday in Himachal Pradesh. Pertaining to Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, Prem Kumar Dhumal is BJP's chief ministerial candidate while Congress has played safe with its candidate, Virbhadra Singh. Amidst chaos and speculations, the Bharatiya Janata Party's chief Amit Shah announced that under the leadership of Dhumal, "BJP is likely to win with a two-thirds majority." However, the battle for Himachal Pradesh is becoming interesting with each passing day. 83-year-old, Virbhadra Singh is likely to contest from Arki constituency while Prem Kumar Dhumal, a two-time former chief minister of the BJP, is contesting Himachal Assembly Elections 2017 from Sujanpur constituency. For Himachal Pradesh Election 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party's confidence of winning 60 seats out of 68 assembly constituency will be tested by the voters on 9th November 2017. Fate of 337 candidates for forming the new Legislative Assembly will be decided by 50,25,941 voters of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Following which the counting of votes will start on December 18 at 8AM.

Following is the Schedule for the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections:

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Schedule 2017
Single Phase (68 Constituencies)
Date of notification:	16. Oct. 2017
Last Date of Nominations	23. Oct. 2017
Scrutiny of nominations	24. Oct. 2017
Withdrawal of candidature:	26. Oct. 2017
Polling Date	9. Nov. 2017
Counting of Vote	18. Dec. 2017

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections Result 2012

Co. No	Constituency Name	Winner	Party
1	Churah (SC)	Hans Raj	BJP
2	Bharmour (ST)	Thakur Singh Bharmouri	Cong
3	Chamba	Bal Krishan Chauhan	BJP
4	Dalhousie	Asha Kumari	Cong
5	Bhattiyat	Bikram Singh Jaryal	BJP
6	Nurpur	Ajay Mahajan	Cong
7	Indora (SC)	Manohar Dhiman	IND
8	Fatehpur	Sujan Singh Pathania	Cong
9	Jawali	Neeraj Bharti	Cong
10	Dehra	Ravinder Singh	BJP
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Bikram Singh	BJP
12	Jawalamukhi	Sanjay Rattan	Cong
13	Jaisinghpur (SC)	Yadvinder Goma	Cong
14	Sullah	Jagjiwan Paul	Cong
15	Nagrota	G.S. Bali	Cong
16	Kangra	Pawan Kajal	IND
17	Shahpur	Sarveen	BJP
18	Dharamshala	Sudhir Sharma	Cong
19	Palampur	Brij Behari Lal Butail	Cong
20	Baijnath (SC)	Kishori Lal	Cong
21	Lahaul & Spiti (ST)	Ravi Thakur	Cong
22	Manali	Govind Singh Thakur	BJP
23	Kullu	Maheshwar Singh	HLP
24	Banjar	Karan Singh	Cong
25	Anni (SC)	Khub Ram	Cong
26	Karsog (SC)	Mansa Ram	Cong
27	Sundernagar	Sohan Lal	Cong
28	Nachan (SC)	Vinod Kumar	BJP
29	Seraj	Jai Ram Thakur	BJP
30	Darang	Kaul Singh Thakur	Cong
31	Jogindernagar	Gulab Singh Thakur	BJP
32	Dharampur	Mahender Singh	BJP
33	Mandi	Anil Kumar	Cong
34	Balh (SC)	Prakash Choudhary	Cong
35	Sarkaghat	Inder Singh	BJP
36	Bhoranj (SC)	Ishwar Dass Dhiman	BJP
37	Sujanpur	Rajinder Singh	IND
38	Hamirpur	Prem Kumar Dhumal	BJP
39	Barsar	Inder Dutt Lakhanpal	Cong
40	Nadaun	Vijay Agnihotri	BJP
41	Chintpurni (SC)	Kuldeep Kumar	Cong
42	Gagret	Rakesh Kalia	Cong
43	Haroli	Mukesh Agnihotri	Cong
44	Una	Satpal Singh Satti	BJP
45	Kutlehar	Virender Kanwar	BJP
46	Jhanduta (SC)	Rikhi Ram	BJP
47	Ghumarwin	Rajesh Dharmani	Cong
48	Bilaspur	Bumber Thakur	Cong
49	Sri Naina Deviji	Randhir Sharma	BJP
50	Arki	Govind Ram Sharma	BJP
51	Nalagarh	Krishan Lal Thakur	BJP
52	Doon	Ram Kumar	Cong
53	Solan (SC)	Dhani Ram Shandil	Cong
54	Kasauli (SC)	Dr. Rajiv Saijal	BJP
55	Pachhad (SC)	Suresh Kumar	BJP
56	Nahan	Rajiv Bindal	BJP
57	Sri Renukaji (SC)	Vinay Kumar	Cong
58	Paonta Sahib	Kirnesh Jung	IND
59	Shillai	Baldev Singh Tomar	BJP
60	Chopal	Balbir Singh Verma	IND
61	Theog	Vidya Stokes	Cong
62	Kasumpti	Anirudh Singh	Cong
63	Shimla	Suresh Bhardwaj	BJP
64	Shimla Rural	Virbhadra Singh	Cong
65	Jubbal-Kotkhai	Rohit Thakur	Cong
66	Rampur (SC)	Nand Lal	Cong
67	Rohru (SC)	Mohan Lal Brakta	Cong
68	Kinnaur (ST)	Jagat Singh Negi	Cong

List of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Constituencies (Himachal Vidhan Sabha Seats)

A.C. No.	Assembly Constituency Name	A.C. No.	Assembly Constituency Name
1	Churah	35	Sarkaghat
2	Bharmour	36	Bhoranj
3	Chamba	37	Sujanpur
4	Dalhousie	38	Hamirpur
5	Bhattiyat	39	Barsar
6	Nurpur	40	Nadaun
7	Indora	41	Chintpurni
8	Fatehpur	42	Gagret
9	Jawali	43	Haroli
10	Dehra	44	Una
11	Jaswan Pragpur	45	Kutlehar
12	Jawalamukhi	46	Jhanduta
13	Jaisinghpur	47	Ghumarwin
14	Sullah	48	Bilaspur
15	Nagrota	49	Sri Naina Deviji
16	Kangra	50	Arki
17	Shahpur	51	Nalagarh
18	Dharamshala	52	Doon
19	Palampur	53	Solan
20	Baijnath	54	Kasauli
21	Lahaul And Spiti	55	Pachhad
22	Manali	56	Nahan
23	Kullu	57	Sri Renukaji
24	Banjar	58	Paonta Sahib
25	Anni	59	Shillai
26	Karsog	60	Chopal
27	Sundernagar	61	Theog
28	Nachan	62	Kasumpti
29	Seraj	63	Shimla Rural
30	Darang	64	Shimla
31	Joginder Nagar	65	Jubbal Kotkhai
32	Dharampur	66	Rampur
33	Mandi	67	Rohru
34	Balh	68	Kinnaur

Last Updated on : November 8, 2017