Congress Candidates Contesting From 68 Himachal Pradesh Assembly Constituencies Released
The Congress on Sunday released the list of candidates for the remaining nine constituencies for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 scheduled on November 9. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s son was named the Congress nominee from Shimla Rural on Sunday.
Monday is the last day for filing of nominations for the election to the 68-member Assembly. The Congress had on October 18 announced its first list of 59 candidates.
In the second list of candidates, the Congress fielded Kewal Singh Pathania from Shahpur and Ashish Butail from Palampur, currently held by outgoing Speaker Brij Bihari Lal Butail, who did not want to contest this time. Ashish Butail is the son of the outgoing Speaker. On the other hand, the party fielded Deepak Rathore from the Theog Assembly constituency, earlier represented by state minister Vidya Stokes.
Hari Chand Sharma has been declared as the party candidate from Manali, while Surinder Thakur will be the Congress nominee from Kullu. The Congress fielded Vivek Sharma from Kutlehar, while Lakhwinder Rana has been fielded from Nalagarh. In addition, the party replaced its candidate from Anni. Paras Ram will contest from the seat in place of Bansi Lal, whose name was declared in the first list.
Here is the full list of 68 Congress candidates for Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017:
S.No. Constituency No. Constituency Candidate Name
1 1 Churah – SC Surinder Bhardwaj
2 2 Bharmour – ST Thakur Singh Bharmouri
3 3 Chamba Neeraj Nayyar
4 4 Dalhousie Smt. Asha Kumari
5 5 Bhattiyat Kuldip Singh Pathania
6 6 Nurpur Ajay Mahajan
7 7 Indora – SC Kamal Kishore
8 8 Fatehpur Sujan Singh Pathania
9 9 Jawali Chander Kumar
10 10 Dehra Ms Viplov Thakur
11 11 Jaswan-Pragpur Surinder Mankota
12 12 Jawalamukhi Sanjay Rattan
13 13 Jaisinghpur –SC Yadvinder Goma
14 14 Sullah Jagjivan Pal
15 15 Nagrota GS Bali
16 16 Kangra Pawan Kajal
17 17 Shahpur Kewal Singh Pathania
18 18 Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma
19 19 Palampur Ashish Butail
20 20 Bajnath –SC Kishori Lal
21 21 Lahaul & Spiti – ST Ravi Thakur
22 22 Manali Hari Chand Sharma
23 23 Kullu Surender Singh Thakur
24 24 Banjar Aditya Vikram Singh
25 25 Anni – SC Paras Ram
26 26 Karosg – SC Mansa Ram
27 27 Sundernagar Sohan Lal Thakur
28 28 Nachan – SC Lal Singh Kaushal
29 29 Seraj Chet Ram Thakur
30 30 Darang Kaul Singh Thakur
31 31 Jogindernagar Jiwan Lal Thakur
32 32 Dharampur Chander Shekhar
33 33 Mandi Champa Thakur
34 34 Balh – SC Prakash Chaudhary
35 35 Sarkaghat Pawan Thakur
36 36 Bhoranj – SC Suresh Kumar
37 37 Sujanpur Rajinder Rana
38 38 Hamirpur Kuldeep Pathania
39 39 Barsar Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
40 40 Nadaun Sukhvinder Singh Sukhhu
41 41 Chintpurni – SC Kuldip Kumar
42 42 Gagret Rakesh Kalia
43 43 Haroli Mukesh Agnihotri
44 44 Una Sat Pal Raizada
45 45 Kutlehar Vivek Sharma
46 46 Jhandota – SC Dr Biru Ram Kishore
47 47 Ghumarwin Rajesh Dharamani
48 48 Bilaspur Bumbar Thakur
49 49 Sri Nanaji Devji Ram Lal Thakur
50 50 Arki Virbhadra Singh
51 51 Nalagarh Lakhwinder Rana
52 52 Doon Ram Kumar
53 53 Solan – SC Col Dhani Ram Shandil
54 54 Kasauli – SC Vinod Sultanpuri
55 55 Pacchad – SC Gangu Ram Musafir
56 56 Nahan Ajay Solanki
57 57 Sri Renukaji – SC Vinay Kumar
58 58 Paonta Sahib Kirnesh Jung
59 59 Shillai Harshwardhan Chahuhan
60 60 Chopal Subhash Manglate
61 61 Theog Deepak Rathore
62 62 Kasumpti Anirudh Singh
63 63 Shimla Harbhajan Singh Bhajji
64 64 Shimla Rural Vikramaditya Singh
65 65 Jubbal – Kotkhai Rohit Thakur
66 66 Rampur – SC Nand Lal
67 67 Rohru – SC Mohan Lal Brakta
68 68 Kinnaur – ST Jagat Singh Negi
The Congress on Wednesday had released a list of 59 candidates in which the party had named Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh as its candidate from Arki while Rajinder Rana was named from Sujanpur.
State Congress chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukkhu was fielded from the Nadaun Assembly seat whereas, Rajya Sabha MP Viplov Thakur will contest the election from the Dehra Assembly segment, which she had lost in 2012.
Other senior leaders including AICC secretary Asha Kumari, Kaul Singh Thakur, G S Bali, Mukesh Agnihotri and Gangu Ram Musafir will contest from Dalhousie, Darang, Nagrota, Haroli and Pachchad, respectively.
Monday is the last day for filing of nominations for the election to the 68-member Assembly. The Congress had on October 18 announced its first list of 59 candidates.
In the second list of candidates, the Congress fielded Kewal Singh Pathania from Shahpur and Ashish Butail from Palampur, currently held by outgoing Speaker Brij Bihari Lal Butail, who did not want to contest this time. Ashish Butail is the son of the outgoing Speaker. On the other hand, the party fielded Deepak Rathore from the Theog Assembly constituency, earlier represented by state minister Vidya Stokes.
Hari Chand Sharma has been declared as the party candidate from Manali, while Surinder Thakur will be the Congress nominee from Kullu. The Congress fielded Vivek Sharma from Kutlehar, while Lakhwinder Rana has been fielded from Nalagarh. In addition, the party replaced its candidate from Anni. Paras Ram will contest from the seat in place of Bansi Lal, whose name was declared in the first list.
Here is the full list of 68 Congress candidates for Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017:
S.No. Constituency No. Constituency Candidate Name
1 1 Churah – SC Surinder Bhardwaj
2 2 Bharmour – ST Thakur Singh Bharmouri
3 3 Chamba Neeraj Nayyar
4 4 Dalhousie Smt. Asha Kumari
5 5 Bhattiyat Kuldip Singh Pathania
6 6 Nurpur Ajay Mahajan
7 7 Indora – SC Kamal Kishore
8 8 Fatehpur Sujan Singh Pathania
9 9 Jawali Chander Kumar
10 10 Dehra Ms Viplov Thakur
11 11 Jaswan-Pragpur Surinder Mankota
12 12 Jawalamukhi Sanjay Rattan
13 13 Jaisinghpur –SC Yadvinder Goma
14 14 Sullah Jagjivan Pal
15 15 Nagrota GS Bali
16 16 Kangra Pawan Kajal
17 17 Shahpur Kewal Singh Pathania
18 18 Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma
19 19 Palampur Ashish Butail
20 20 Bajnath –SC Kishori Lal
21 21 Lahaul & Spiti – ST Ravi Thakur
22 22 Manali Hari Chand Sharma
23 23 Kullu Surender Singh Thakur
24 24 Banjar Aditya Vikram Singh
25 25 Anni – SC Paras Ram
26 26 Karosg – SC Mansa Ram
27 27 Sundernagar Sohan Lal Thakur
28 28 Nachan – SC Lal Singh Kaushal
29 29 Seraj Chet Ram Thakur
30 30 Darang Kaul Singh Thakur
31 31 Jogindernagar Jiwan Lal Thakur
32 32 Dharampur Chander Shekhar
33 33 Mandi Champa Thakur
34 34 Balh – SC Prakash Chaudhary
35 35 Sarkaghat Pawan Thakur
36 36 Bhoranj – SC Suresh Kumar
37 37 Sujanpur Rajinder Rana
38 38 Hamirpur Kuldeep Pathania
39 39 Barsar Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
40 40 Nadaun Sukhvinder Singh Sukhhu
41 41 Chintpurni – SC Kuldip Kumar
42 42 Gagret Rakesh Kalia
43 43 Haroli Mukesh Agnihotri
44 44 Una Sat Pal Raizada
45 45 Kutlehar Vivek Sharma
46 46 Jhandota – SC Dr Biru Ram Kishore
47 47 Ghumarwin Rajesh Dharamani
48 48 Bilaspur Bumbar Thakur
49 49 Sri Nanaji Devji Ram Lal Thakur
50 50 Arki Virbhadra Singh
51 51 Nalagarh Lakhwinder Rana
52 52 Doon Ram Kumar
53 53 Solan – SC Col Dhani Ram Shandil
54 54 Kasauli – SC Vinod Sultanpuri
55 55 Pacchad – SC Gangu Ram Musafir
56 56 Nahan Ajay Solanki
57 57 Sri Renukaji – SC Vinay Kumar
58 58 Paonta Sahib Kirnesh Jung
59 59 Shillai Harshwardhan Chahuhan
60 60 Chopal Subhash Manglate
61 61 Theog Deepak Rathore
62 62 Kasumpti Anirudh Singh
63 63 Shimla Harbhajan Singh Bhajji
64 64 Shimla Rural Vikramaditya Singh
65 65 Jubbal – Kotkhai Rohit Thakur
66 66 Rampur – SC Nand Lal
67 67 Rohru – SC Mohan Lal Brakta
68 68 Kinnaur – ST Jagat Singh Negi
The Congress on Wednesday had released a list of 59 candidates in which the party had named Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh as its candidate from Arki while Rajinder Rana was named from Sujanpur.
State Congress chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukkhu was fielded from the Nadaun Assembly seat whereas, Rajya Sabha MP Viplov Thakur will contest the election from the Dehra Assembly segment, which she had lost in 2012.
Other senior leaders including AICC secretary Asha Kumari, Kaul Singh Thakur, G S Bali, Mukesh Agnihotri and Gangu Ram Musafir will contest from Dalhousie, Darang, Nagrota, Haroli and Pachchad, respectively.
The Assembly poll results will be declared on December 18.
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