Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election is scheduled to be held on November 9, 2017. The counting of the votes will be done on December 18, 2017. The term of current Legislative Assembly ends on 7 January 2018. Since 2013, the Indian National Congress Party is in power with 36 seats. The lone opposition party is the Bharatiya Janata Party with 27 seats.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) has announced that it will field candidates on 30 out of the 68 assembly seats.The party had on October 9 released a list of 14 candidates for the elections. The list included names of the former mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation Sanjay Chauhan and Singha, a former MLA.

The Indian National Congress party has released the final list of 68 candidates for the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly elections.

The BJP has not announced the name of the chief ministerial candidate yet. Here is the list of the 68 candidates from BJP contesting in the upcoming polls in Himachal Pradesh.

Final voters list for Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017

S.No	Group of voters	Voters population
1	Male	25,31,321
2	Female	24,57,032
3	third gender	169
-	Total voters	50,25,541

Schedule

Event	Date	Day
Date for nominations	16 Oct 2017	Monday
Last date for filing nominations	23 Oct 2017	Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	24 Oct 2017	Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	26 Oct 2017	Thursday
Date of poll	9 Nov 2017	Thursday
Date of counting	18 Dec 2017	Monday
Date before which the election shall be completed	20 Dec 2017	Wednesday

Opinion polls

Date		Polling org./agency
			Total Seats	BJP	INC	Others
October 24, 2017		India-Today (Axis) Opinion Poll	68	47-51	17-21	0-2
October 30, 2017		ABP News CSDS	68	39-45	22-28	0-3
November 7, 2017		C-Voter	68	53	14	1

Date		Polling org./agency
			Voting Percent. (Total)	BJP	INC	Others
October 24, 2017		India-Today (Axis) Opinion Poll	100%	49%	32%	12-14%

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Constituency:AnniArkiBaijanath [SC]Balh [SC]BanjarBarsarBharmour [ST]BhattiyatBhoranj [SC]BilaspurChambaChintpurni [SC]ChopalChurah [SC]DalhousieDarangDehraDharampurDharamshalaDoonFatehpurGagretGhumarwinHamirpurHaroliIndora [SC]Jaisingpur [SC]Jaswan-PragpurJawalamukhiJawaliJhanduta [SC]Joginder NagarJubbal-KotkhaiKangraKarsog [SC]Kasauli [SC]KasumptiKinnaurKulluKutleharLahaul & Spiti [ST]ManaliMandiNachan [SC]NadaunNagrotaNahanNalagarhNurpurPachhad [SC]PalampurPaonta SahibRampurRohru [SC]SarkaghatSerajShahpurShillaiShimlaShimla RuralSolanSri Naina DevijiSri Renukaji [SC]SujanpurSullahSundernagarTheogUna Party:BJPCPIMCongressIndependent

AC No.	AC Name	Name of Candidates	Party
1	Churah [SC]	Des Raj	Independent
1	Churah [SC]	Surender Bhardwaj	Congress
1	Churah [SC]	Hansraj	BJP
2	Bharmour [ST]	Janam Singh	Independent
2	Bharmour [ST]	Thakur Singh Bharmouri	Congress
2	Bharmour [ST]	Jiya Lal Kapoor	BJP
2	Bharmour [ST]	Lalit Thakur	Independent
3	Chamba	Bal krishan Chauhan	Independent
3	Chamba	Dr DK Soni	Independent
3	Chamba	Neeraj Nayyar	Congress
3	Chamba	Pawan Naiyar	BJP
4	Dalhousie	Smt. Asha Kumari	Congress
4	Dalhousie	D S Thakur	BJP
5	Bhattiyat	Nagesh Kumar	Independent
5	Bhattiyat	Rahul Ranpatia	Independent
5	Bhattiyat	Kuldip Singh Pathania	Congress
5	Bhattiyat	Vikram Singh Jaryal	BJP
6	Nurpur	Ajay Mahajan	Congress
6	Nurpur	Rakesh Pathaniya	BJP
7	Indora [SC]	Tilak Raj	Independent
7	Indora [SC]	Balwant Singh	Independent
7	Indora [SC]	Laxman Dass	Independent
7	Indora [SC]	Kamal Kishore	Congress
7	Indora [SC]	Reeta Dhiman	BJP
8	Fatehpur	Dr Ashok Kumar	Independent
8	Fatehpur	Dr Rajan Sushant	Independent
8	Fatehpur	Baldev Thakur	Independent
8	Fatehpur	Bidhi Chand	Independent
8	Fatehpur	Sujan Singh Pathania	Congress
8	Fatehpur	Kripal Parmar	BJP
9	Jawali	Rakesh Kumar	Independent
9	Jawali	Chander Kumar	Congress
9	Jawali	Arjun Singh Thakur	BJP
10	Dehra	Sudesh Choudhary	Independent
10	Dehra	Hoshyar Singh	Independent
10	Dehra	Ms Viplov Thakur	Congress
10	Dehra	Ravindra Singh	BJP
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Anup Kumar	Independent
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Amit Kumar	Independent
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Om Parkash	Independent
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Gagan Deep	Independent
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Mujesh Kumar	Independent
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Hans Raj	Independent
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Surinder Mankota	Congress
11	Jaswan-Pragpur	Vikram Singh	BJP
12	Jawalamukhi	Pratap Singh	Independent
12	Jawalamukhi	Vijender Kumar [Chhunku]	Independent
12	Jawalamukhi	Sanjay Rattan	Congress
12	Jawalamukhi	Ramesh Dhavala	BJP
13	Jaisingpur [SC]	Mohinder Kumar	Independent
13	Jaisingpur [SC]	Yadvinder Goma	Congress
13	Jaisingpur [SC]	Ravind Dhiman	BJP
14	Sullah	Lekh Raj	Independent
14	Sullah	Kumari Vandna	Independent
14	Sullah	Bikram Singh Rana	Independent
14	Sullah	Vishal Singh	Independent
14	Sullah	Jagjivan Pal	Congress
14	Sullah	Vipin Singh Parmar	BJP
15	Nagrota	Navneet	Independent
15	Nagrota	GS Bali	Congress
15	Nagrota	Arun Kumar [Kuka]	BJP
16	Kangra	Rajesh Sharma	Independent
16	Kangra	Pawan Kajal	Congress
16	Kangra	Sanjay Chaudhary	BJP
17	Shahpur	Desh Raj Chaudhary	Independent
17	Shahpur	Ramesh Kumar	Independent
17	Shahpur	Major [Retd] Vijai Singh Mankitia	Independent
17	Shahpur	Kewal Singh Pathania	Congress
17	Shahpur	Sarvin Chaudhary	BJP
18	Dharamshala	Anup Dhiman	Independent
18	Dharamshala	Kamal Kumar	Independent
18	Dharamshala	Digvijay Puri	Independent
18	Dharamshala	Pankaj Kumar [Panku]	Independent
18	Dharamshala	Ravinder Rana	Independent
18	Dharamshala	Vikas Chaudhary	Independent
18	Dharamshala	Subhash Chand Shukla	Independent
18	Dharamshala	Sudhir Sharma	Congress
18	Dharamshala	Kisan Kapoor	BJP
19	Palampur	Kapoor Chand	Independent
19	Palampur	Parveen Kumar	Independent
19	Palampur	Baini Parshad	Independent
19	Palampur	Suresh Kumar	Independent
19	Palampur	Ashish Butail	Congress
19	Palampur	Sushree Indu Gauswamy	BJP
19	Palampur	Lekh Raj	CPIM
20	Baijanath [SC]	Bir Singh	Independent
20	Baijanath [SC]	Kishori Lal	Congress
20	Baijanath [SC]	Mulakh Raj Premi	BJP
21	Lahaul & Spiti [ST]	Sudarshan Jaspa	Independent
21	Lahaul & Spiti [ST]	Rajinder Karpa	Independent
21	Lahaul & Spiti [ST]	Ravi Thakur	Congress
21	Lahaul & Spiti [ST]	Dr. Ramlal Markandeya	BJP
22	Manali	Gajender Thakur	Independent
22	Manali	Hari Chand Sharma	Congress
22	Manali	Govind Singh Thakur	BJP
23	Kullu	Kamal Kant Sharma	Independent
23	Kullu	Sunder Singh Thakur	Congress
23	Kullu	Maheshwar Singh	BJP
24	Banjar	Aditya Vikram Singh	Congress
24	Banjar	Surendra Shourie	BJP
25	Anni [SC]	Paras Ram	Congress
25	Anni [SC]	Kishori Lal	BJP
25	Anni	Lokendra Kumar	CPIM
26	Karsog [SC]	Anita Alias Nitu	Independent
26	Karsog [SC]	Pawan Kumar	Independent
26	Karsog [SC]	Bhagat Ram	Independent
26	Karsog [SC]	Bhagwant Singh	Independent
26	Karsog [SC]	Mast Ram	Independent
26	Karsog [SC]	Mansa Ram	Congress
26	Karsog [SC]	Hira Lal	BJP
27	Sundernagar	Sohan Lal Thakur	Congress
27	Sundernagar	Rakesh Jamwal	BJP
28	Nachan [SC]	Satya Prakash	Independent
28	Nachan [SC]	Lal Singh Kaushal	Congress
28	Nachan [SC]	Vinod Kumar	BJP
29	Seraj	Dile Ram	Independent
29	Seraj	Narender Kumar	Independent
29	Seraj	Chet Ram Thakur	Congress
29	Seraj	Jai Ram Thakur	BJP
30	Darang	Churamani Thakur	Independent
30	Darang	Puran Chand	Independent
30	Darang	Suraj Mani	Independent
30	Darang	Kaul Singh Thakur	Congress
30	Darang	Jawahar Thakur	BJP
31	Jogindernagar	Prakash Rana	Independent
31	Jogindernagar	Jiwan Lal Thakur	Congress
31	Jogindernagar	Gulab Singh Thakur	BJP
31	Joginder Nagar	Kushal Bhardwaj	CPIM
32	Dharampur	Digvijay Singh	Independent
32	Dharampur	Dr Prakash Chand Bhardwaj	Independent
32	Dharampur	Sajuram Saklani	Independent
32	Dharampur	Chander Shekhar	Congress
32	Dharampur	Mahendra Singh Thakur	BJP
32	Dharampur	Bhupinder Singh	CPIM
33	Mandi	Duni Chand	Independent
33	Mandi	Desh Raj	Independent
33	Mandi	Roshani Sharma	Independent
33	Mandi	Lawan Kumar	Independent
33	Mandi	Champa Thakur	Congress
33	Mandi	Anil Sharma	BJP
34	Balh [SC]	Rajender Paul Kashav	Independent
34	Balh [SC]	Prakash Chaudhary	Congress
34	Balh [SC]	Indra Singh Gandhi	BJP
35	Sarkaghat	Jagdish Chand	Independent
35	Sarkaghat	Moti Ram	Independent
35	Sarkaghat	Sanjiv Kumar	Independent
35	Sarkaghat	Hem Raj	Independent
35	Sarkaghat	Pawan Thakur	Congress
35	Sarkaghat	Col. Indra Singh Thakur	BJP
35	Sarkaghat	Munish Sharma	CPIM
36	Bhoranj [SC]	Dhani Ram	Independent
36	Bhoranj [SC]	Suresh Kumar	Congress
36	Bhoranj [SC]	Kamlesh Kumari	BJP
37	Sujanpur	Rajinder Rana	Congress
37	Sujanpur	Prem Kumar Dhumal	BJP
37	Sujanpur	Joginder Kumar	CPIM
38	Hamirpur	Ashish Kumar	Independent
38	Hamirpur	Kamal Pathania	Independent
38	Hamirpur	Kuldeep Pathania	Congress
38	Hamirpur	Narendra Thakur	BJP
38	Hamirpur	Anil Mankotia	CPIM
39	Barsar	Sita Ram Bhardwaj	Independent
39	Barsar	Inder Dutt Lakhanpal	Congress
39	Barsar	Baldev Sharma	BJP
40	Nadaun	Prithi Chand Sharma	Independent
40	Nadaun	Ranjeet Singh Jeetu	Independent
40	Nadaun	Lekh Raj Lekha	Independent
40	Nadaun	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhhu	Congress
40	Nadaun	Vijay Agnihotri	BJP
41	Chintpurni [SC]	Kuldip Kumar	Congress
41	Chintpurni [SC]	Balbir Singh Chaudhary	BJP
42	Gagret	Subhash Sharma	Independent
42	Gagret	Rakesh Kalia	Congress
42	Gagret	Rajesh Thakur	BJP
43	Haroli	Ravinder Mann	Independent
43	Haroli	Mukesh Agnihotri	Congress
43	Haroli	Ram Kumar Sharma	BJP
44	Una	Gulzar Singh	Independent
44	Una	Rajiv Gautam	Independent
44	Una	Sat Pal Raizada	Congress
44	Una	Satpal Singh Sati	BJP
45	Kutlehar	Shiv Hari Pal	Independent
45	Kutlehar	Sawarn Dass	Independent
45	Kutlehar	Vivek Sharma	Congress
45	Kutlehar	Virendra Kuwar	BJP
46	Jhanduta [SC]	Dr Biru Ram Kishore	Congress
46	Jhanduta [SC]	JR Katwal	BJP
47	Ghumarwin	Suresh Kuma	Independent
47	Ghumarwin	Rajesh Dharamani	Congress
47	Ghumarwin	Rajendra Garg	BJP
48	Bilaspur	Basant Ram Sandhu	Independent
48	Bilaspur	Bumber Thakur	Congress
48	Bilaspur	Subhas Thakur	BJP
49	Sri Naina Deviji	Sukh Ram Thakur	Independent
49	Sri Naina Deviji	Ramesh Chand	Independent
49	Sri Naina Deviji	Ram Lal Thakur	Congress
49	Sri Naina Deviji	Randheer Sharma	BJP
50	Arki	Vijay Singh Chauhan	Independent
50	Arki	Virbhadra Singh	Congress
50	Arki	Ratan Singh Pal	BJP
51	Nalagarh	Gurnam Singh	Independent
51	Nalagarh	Hardeep Singh Bawa	Independent
51	Nalagarh	Harpreet Singh Saini	Independent
51	Nalagarh	Lakhwinder Rana	Congress
51	Nalagarh	Krishnan Lal Thakur	BJP
52	Doon	Inder Singh Thakur	Independent
52	Doon	Ram Kumar	Congress
52	Doon	Sardar Paramjeet Singh [Pammi]	BJP
53	Solan [SC]	Shashi Kant Chauhan	Independent
53	Solan [SC]	Col. Dhani Ram Shandil	Congress
53	Solan [SC]	Rajesh Kashyap	BJP
53	Solan	Ajay Bhatti	CPIM
54	Kasauli [SC]	Rajiv Kumar Kaundal	Independent
54	Kasauli [SC]	Vinod Sultanpuri	Congress
54	Kasauli [SC]	Rajeev Sahjal	BJP
55	Pachhad [SC]	Rattan Singh Kashyap	Independent
55	Pachhad [SC]	Gangu Ram Musafir	Congress
55	Pachhad [SC]	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	BJP
56	Nahan	Ajay Solanki	Congress
56	Nahan	Rajeev Bindal	BJP
57	Sri Renukaji [SC]	Hirdaya Ram	Independent
57	Sri Renukaji [SC]	Vinay Kumar	Congress
57	Sri Renukaji [SC]	Balbir Chauhan	BJP
58	Paonta Sahib	Surender	Independent
58	Paonta Sahib	Kirnesh Jung	Congress
58	Paonta Sahib	Sukhram Chaudhary	BJP
59	Shillai	Harshwardhan Chahuhan	Congress
59	Shillai	Baldev Singh Tomar	BJP
60	Chopal	Hari Singh Panwar	Independent
60	Chopal	Subhash Manglate	Congress
60	Chopal	Balbir Singh Verma	BJP
61	Theog	Devi Ram Sharma	Independent
61	Theog	Roshan Lal	Independent
61	Theog	Deepak Rathore	Congress
61	Theog	Rakesh Verma	BJP
61	Theog	Rakesh Singha	CPIM
62	Kasumpti	Inder Singh	Independent
62	Kasumpti	Dev Raj Bhardwaj	Independent
62	Kasumpti	Madan Mohan	Independent
62	Kasumpti	Anirudh Singh	Congress
62	Kasumpti	Vijay Jyoti Sain	BJP
62	Kasumpti	Kuldeep Singh Tanwar	CPIM
63	Shimla	Virender Kumar	Independent
63	Shimla	Harish Janartha	Independent
63	Shimla	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	Congress
63	Shimla	Suresh Bharadwaj	BJP
63	Shimla	Sanjay Chauhan	CPIM
64	Shimla Rural	MD Sharma	Independent
64	Shimla Rural	Vikramaditya Singh	Congress
64	Shimla Rural	Pramod Sharma	BJP
65	Jubbal-Kotkhai	Lokinder Jhouta	Independent
65	Jubbal-Kotkhai	Rohit Thakur	Congress
65	Jubbal-Kotkhai	Narendra Bargata	BJP
66	Rampur [SC]	Singhi Ram	Independent
66	Rampur [SC]	Nand Lal	Congress
66	Rampur [SC]	Prem Singh Draik	BJP
66	Rampur	Vivek Kashyap	CPIM
67	Rohru [SC]	Mohan Lal Brakta	Congress
67	Rohru [SC]	Shashi Bala	BJP
68	Kinnaur [ST]	Jagat Singh Negi	Congress
68	Kinnaur [ST]	Tejwant Negi	BJP
68	Kinnaur	Jeevan Singh	CPIM