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Legislative Assembly elections are speculated to be held in Himachal Pradesh in November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
The tenure of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 8 January 2023.[1] The previous assembly elections were held in November 2017. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Jai Ram Thakur becoming Chief Minister.[2]
Since the last assembly elections, several bypolls were held, the most recent of which were won by the Indian National Congress, with it wresting control of the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency and 3 other assembly constituencies.[3]
Poll Event | Schedule |
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Notification date | TBD |
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | ![]() |
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Jai Ram Thakur | ![]() |
TBD |
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
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1. | Indian National Congress | ![]() |
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Mukesh Agnihotri | ![]() |
TBD |
No. | Party[4] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
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1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ![]() |
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Rakesh Singha | File:Rakesh Singha.jpg | 17 |
2. | Communist Party of India | ![]() |
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Shayam Singh Chauhan | ![]() |
TBD |
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
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1. | Aam Aadmi Party | ![]() |
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Surjeet Singh Thakur[5] | ![]() |
68[6] |
AAP released the first list of 4 candidates on 20 September 2022.[7]
CPI(M) released their first list of 11 candidates on 22 September 2022.[8] The party announced the names of two more candidates on 24 September.[9]
The Indian National Congress finalised names of 39 candidates on 27 September 2022.[10][11][12]
District[13] | Constituency | Electors (2022)[14] |
AAP | UPA | LF | |||||||
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No. | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | |||||
Chamba | 1 | Churah (SC) | 75,468 | CPI(M) | Narendra | |||||||
2 | Bharmour (ST) | 76,046 | ||||||||||
3 | Chamba | 81,594 | CPI(M) | Narender Singh | ||||||||
4 | Dalhousie | 73,071 | INC | Asha Kumari | ||||||||
5 | Bhattiyat | 78,980 | INC | Kuldeep Pathania | ||||||||
Kangra | 6 | Nurpur | 91,269 | INC | Ajay Mahajan | |||||||
7 | Indora (SC) | 91,569 | ||||||||||
8 | Fatehpur | 87,913 | AAP | Rajan Sushant | INC | Bhawani Singh Pathania | ||||||
9 | Jawali | 99,572 | INC | Chander Kumar | ||||||||
10 | Dehra | 83,629 | ||||||||||
11 | Jaswan-Pragpur | 77,991 | ||||||||||
12 | Jawalamukhi | 78,144 | ||||||||||
13 | Jaisinghpur (SC) | 84,018 | ||||||||||
14 | Sullah | 1,03,905 | ||||||||||
15 | Nagrota | 88,867 | AAP | Umakant Dogra | INC | Raghubir Bali | ||||||
16 | Kangra | 81,583 | ||||||||||
17 | Shahpur | 87,723 | ||||||||||
18 | Dharamshala | 81,516 | ||||||||||
19 | Palampur | 75,481 | INC | Ashish Butail | ||||||||
20 | Baijnath (SC) | 89,135 | ||||||||||
Lahaul and Spiti | 21 | Lahaul and Spiti (ST) | 24,876 | AAP | Sudershan Jaspa | |||||||
Kullu | 22 | Manali | 73,488 | |||||||||
23 | Kullu | 89,600 | INC | Sunder Singh Thakur | CPI(M) | Hotam Sonkhala | ||||||
24 | Banjar | 73,094 | INC | Khimi Ram | ||||||||
25 | Anni (SC) | 85,643 | CPI(M) | Devki Nand | ||||||||
Mandi | 26 | Karsog (SC) | 74,909 | CPI(M) | Kishori Lal Jubbal | |||||||
27 | Sundernagar | 81,164 | ||||||||||
28 | Nachan (SC) | 86,208 | ||||||||||
29 | Seraj | 81,843 | CPI(M) | Mahender Singh Rana | ||||||||
30 | Darang | 89,086 | INC | Kaul Singh Thakur | ||||||||
31 | Jogindernagar | 98,341 | CPI(M) | Kushal Bhardwaj | ||||||||
32 | Dharampur | 79,958 | CPI(M) | Bhupender Singh | ||||||||
33 | Mandi | 76,957 | ||||||||||
34 | Balh (SC) | 79,587 | INC | Prakash Chaudhary | ||||||||
35 | Sarkaghat | 90,837 | ||||||||||
Hamirpur | 36 | Bhoranj (SC) | 81,134 | |||||||||
37 | Sujanpur | 73,922 | INC | Rajinder Rana | ||||||||
38 | Hamirpur | 74,861 | CPI(M) | Kashmir Singh Thakur | ||||||||
39 | Barsar | 86,273 | INC | Inder Dutt Lakhanpal | ||||||||
40 | Nadaun | 93,107 | INC | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | ||||||||
Una | 41 | Chintpurni (SC) | 82,686 | INC | Kuldeep Kumar | |||||||
42 | Gagret | 82,774 | ||||||||||
43 | Haroli | 86,273 | INC | Mukesh Agnihotri | ||||||||
44 | Una | 85,254 | INC | Satpal Raizada | ||||||||
45 | Kutlehar | 85,163 | ||||||||||
Bilaspur | 46 | Jhanduta (SC) | 79,577 | |||||||||
47 | Ghumarwin | 88,527 | INC | Rajesh Dharmani | ||||||||
48 | Bilaspur | 83,025 | ||||||||||
49 | Sri Naina Deviji | 74,244 | INC | Ram Lal Thakur | ||||||||
Solan | 50 | Arki | 93,852 | INC | Sanjay Awasthy | |||||||
51 | Nalagarh | 89,828 | ||||||||||
52 | Doon | 68,266 | INC | Ram Kumar | ||||||||
53 | Solan (SC) | 85,238 | INC | Dhani Ram Shandil | ||||||||
54 | Kasauli (SC) | 67,434 | INC | Vinod Sultanpuri | ||||||||
Sirmaur | 55 | Pachhad (SC) | 76,475 | CPI(M) | Ashish Kumar | |||||||
56 | Nahan | 83,561 | INC | Ajay Solanki | ||||||||
57 | Sri Renukaji (SC) | 72,961 | INC | Vinay Kumar | ||||||||
58 | Paonta Sahib | 82,487 | AAP | Manish Thakur | ||||||||
59 | Shillai | 74,831 | INC | Harshwardhan Chauhan | ||||||||
Shimla | 60 | Chopal | 79,109 | |||||||||
61 | Theog | 83,275 | CPI(M) | Rakesh Singha | ||||||||
62 | Kasumpti | 65,713 | INC | Anirudh Singh | CPI(M) | Kuldeep Singh Tanwar | ||||||
63 | Shimla | 48,071 | ||||||||||
64 | Shimla Rural | 76,267 | INC | Vikramaditya Singh | ||||||||
65 | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 71,566 | INC | Rohit Thakur | CPI(M) | Vishal Shankta | ||||||
66 | Rampur (SC) | 74,838 | INC | Nand Lal | ||||||||
67 | Rohru (SC) | 73,580 | INC | Mohan Lal Brakta | ||||||||
Kinnaur | 68 | Kinnaur (ST) | 58836 | INC | Jagat Singh Negi |
Aam Aadmi Party published its 10 promises as guarantees of jobs for all youth, unemployment allowance, an advisory board for traders, end of "inspector rule", and corruption-free administration.[15]
The ruling BJP has said that it is seeking suggestions from the public for preparing its manifesto.[21]
On 6 April 2022, AAP held a roadshow in Mandi with Delhi CM Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.[30][31] Surjeet Thakur was appointed as President of the state unit in June 2022.[5]
PM Modi started BJP's campaign in Himachal Pradesh on 24th September when he addressed the Yuva Vijay Sankalp Rally rally at Paddal Ground in Mandi through video-conferencing. Modi highlighted the impact of co-ordination between the state and central government. He talked about IIT in Mandi, proposed Bulk Drug Park and other developmental projects in the pipeline for the state. Himachal Pradesh is one of the three states which has been chosen for developing the pharma hub. [32]
From August 17 to 22, the Indian National Congress organized demonstrations throughout Himachal Pradesh as a part of its "Mehangai Chaupal". The block units of the Himachal PCC protested in all the 68 constituencies against price rise and inflation. The protests were a part of the wider "Halla Bol" demonstrations organized by the Congress against the BJP-led government in Delhi.[33][34][35]
On 31 August 2022, the Indian National Congress launched its manifesto with its 10 guarantees in Himachal Ka Sankalp.[36][37]