Bharatiya janata party (BJP) has announced the list of candidates for ensuing Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh in 2017. The BJP is in opposition in the state and the elections will be held on 9th November 2017. The party has released the list for all 68 Assembly constituencies.
Party bigwigs in the state, Pramod Sharma will contest from Shimla Rural and Ratan Singh Pal from Arki constituencies. Former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal will contest from Sujanpur constituency. Other names in the list includes Rajeev Bindal (Nahan), Narinder Bragta (Jubbalkotkhai) etc.
Following is the full list of the candidates released by BJP:
AC No. | Name of assembly constituency | Name of candidate |
1 | Churah (SC) | Hansraj |
2 | Bharmour (ST) | Jiya Lal Kapoor |
3 | Chamba | Pawan Naiyar |
4 | Dalhousie | D S Thakur |
5 | Bhattiyat | Vikram Singh Jaryal |
6 | Nurpur | Rakesh Pathaniya |
7 | Indora (SC) | Reeta Dhiman |
8 | Fatehpur | Kripal Parmar |
9 | Jawali | Arjun Singh Thakur |
10 | Dehra | Ravindra Singh |
11 | Jaswan-Pragpur | Vikram Singh |
12 | Jawalamukhi | Ramesh Dhavala |
13 | Jaisingpur (SC) | Ravind Dhiman |
14 | Sullah | Vipin Singh Parmar |
15 | Nagrota | Arun Kumar (Kuka) |
16 | Kangra | Sanjay Chaudhary |
17 | Shahpur | Sarvin Chaudhary |
18 | Dharamshala | Kisan Kapoor |
19 | Palampur | Sushree Indu Gauswamy |
20 | Baijanath (SC) | Mulakh Raj Premi |
21 | Lahaul & Spiti (ST) | Dr. Ramlal Markandeya |
22 | Manali | Govind Singh Thakur |
23 | Banjar | Maheshwar Singh |
24 | Banjar | Surendra Shourie |
25 | Anni (SC) | Kishori Lal |
26 | Karsog (SC) | Hira Lal |
27 | Sundernagar | Rakesh Jamwal |
28 | Nachan (SC) | Vinod Kumar |
29 | Seraj | Jai Ram Thakur |
30 | Darang | Jawahar Thakur |
31 | Jogindernagar | Gulab Singh Thakur |
32 | Dharampur | Mahendra Singh Thakur |
33 | Mandi | Anil Sharma |
34 | Balh (SC) | Indra Singh Gandhi |
35 | Sarkaghat | Col. Indra Singh Thakur |
36 | Bhoranj (SC) | Kamlesh Kumari |
37 | Sujanpur | Prem Kumar Dhumal |
38 | Hamirpur | Narendra Thakur |
39 | Barsar | Baldev Sharma |
40 | Nadaun | Vijay Agnihotri |
41 | Chintpurni (SC) | Balbir Singh Chaudhary |
42 | Gagret | Rajesh Thakur |
43 | Haroli | Ram Kumar Sharma |
44 | Una | Satpal Singh Sati |
45 | Kutlehar | Virendra Kuwar |
46 | Jhanduta (SC) | JR Katwal |
47 | Ghumarwin | Rajendra Garg |
48 | Bilaspur | Subhas Thakur |
49 | Sri Naina Deviji | Randheer Sharma |
50 | Arki | Ratan Singh Pal |
51 | Nalagarh | Krishnan Lal Thakur |
52 | Doon | Sardar Paramjeet Singh (Pammi) |
53 | Solan (SC) | Rajesh Kashyap |
54 | Kasauli (SC) | Rajeev Sahjal |
55 | Pachhad (SC) | Suresh Kumar Kashyap |
56 | Nahan | Rajeev Bindal |
57 | Sri Renukaji (SC) | Balbir Chauhan |
58 | Paonta Sahib | Sukhram Chaudhary |
59 | Shillai | Baldev Singh Tomar |
60 | Chopal | Balbir Singh Verma |
61 | Theog | Rakesh Verma |
62 | Kasumpti | Vijay Jyoti Sain |
63 | Shimla | Suresh Bharadwaj |
64 | Shimla Rural | Pramod Sharma |
65 | Jubbal-Kotkhai | Narendra Bargata |
66 | Rampur (SC) | Prem Singh Draik |
67 | Rohru (SC) | Shashi Bala |
68 | Kinnaur (ST) | Tejwant Negi |