The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh has announced it’s first list of candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections. The BJP has listed names for 45 constituencies in HP. Candidates for the remaining 23 seats will be announced soon.
Most of the candidates are sitting MLAs. The loosers in the previous election in 2005 against the Congress party have also secured Assembly seats in the first list of BJP. The much contentious Jwalamuchi seats has not been given to either Ravinder Ravi or Ramesh Dhawala, both ministers in the PK Dhumal Government.
Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal will contest the election from Hamirpur seat. Aging minister, ID Dhiman has been fielded from Bhoranj seat. State BJP president Satpal Satti is the nominee from Una seats. Following are the details of BJP candidates for 45 segments:
BJP 2012 Election Candidates for Himachla Pradesh:
1. Churah- Hans Raj
2. Banjar- Khimi Ram
3. Dalhousie- Renu Chaddha
4. Bhattiyat- B.K. Jariyal
5. Chamba- B.K. Chauhan
6. Jaswan- Vikram Thakur
7. Sulah- Vipin Parmar
8. Nurpur- Ranvir Nikka
9. Nagrota- Mangal Chaudhary
10. Dharamshala- Kishan Kapoor
11. Balh- Inder Singh Gandhi
12. Palampur- Praveen Sharma
13. Shahpur- Shraveen Chaudhary
14. Lahaul Spiti- Ram Lal Markanday
15. Ani- Kishori Lal
16. Seraj- Jai Ram Thakur
17. Dharampur- Mahender Singh Thakur
18. Theog- Rakesh Verma
19. Mandi- Durga Dutt Thakur
20. Govind Thakur- Manali
21. Jhanduta- Rikhi Ram Kaundal
22. Bhoranj-I.D. Dhiman
23. Doon- Vinod Chandel
24. Hamirpur- P.K. Dhumal
25. Renuka- Hriday Ram
26. Nadaun- Vijay Agnihotri
27. Chintpurni- Balbir Chaudhary
28. Kutlehar- Virender Kanwar
29. Sujanpur- Urmil Thakur
30. Naina Devi- Randhir Sharma
31. Arki- Govind Sharma
32. Jubbal Kotkhai- Narender Bragta
33. Jogindernagar- Gulab Singh Thakur
34. Nalagarh- K.L. Thakur
35. Badsar- Baldev Sharma
36. Kasauli- Rajiv Sehjal
37. Nahan- Rajiv Bindal
38. Sukh Ram Chaudhary-Paonta Sahib
39. Shillai- Baldev Tomar
40. Una-Satpal Satti
41. Kasumpti-Prem Thakur
42. Darang- Jwahar Thakur
43. Shimla- Suresh Bhardwaj
44. Pachhad- Suresh Kashyap
45. Rampur- Prem Singh Draik