2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
← 2017 November 2022
All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
  JRThakur.jpg File:Pratibha Singh 2014-05-13 13-48.jpg
Leader Jai Ram Thakur Pratibha Singh
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 2017 2022
Leader's seat Seraj None
Last election 48.8%, 44 seats 41.7%, 21 seats
Current seats 43 22
Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Himachal Pradesh.svg
Incumbent CM

Jai Ram Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party



Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Himachal Pradesh in November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Background

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]

Schedule

Poll Event Schedule
Notification date TBD
Last date for filing nomination TBD
Scrutiny of nomination TBD
Last date for withdrawal of nomination TBD
Date of poll TBD
Date of counting of votes TBD

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates
1. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg File:Election Symbol Lotus.png Jai Ram Thakur JRThakur.jpg TBD TBD TBD

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates
1. Indian National Congress INC Flag Official.jpg Hand INC.svg Pratibha Singh File:Pratibha Singh 2014-05-13 13-48.jpg TBD TBD TBD

  Communist Party of India (Marxist)

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) Flag.jpg Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png Rakesh Singha File:Rakesh Singha.jpg TBD TBD TBD

  Aam Aadmi Party

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates
1. Aam Aadmi Party Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg AAP Symbol.png Surjeet Singh Thakur[3] Circle-icons-profile.svg 68[4] TBD TBD

Others

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates
1. Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg Indian Election Symbol Ears of Corn and Sickle.png Shayam Singh Chauhan Circle-icons-profile.svg TBD TBD TBD
2. Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Mayawati Mayawati.jpg TBD TBD TBD


Candidates

Constituency NDA UPA AAP
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
Chamba District
1 Churah (SC)
2 Bharmour (ST)
3 Chamba
4 Dalhousie
5 Bhattiyat
Kangra District
6 Nurpur
7 Indora (SC)
8 Fatehpur AAP Rajan Sushant
9 Jawali
10 Dehra
11 Jaswan-Pragpur
12 Jawalamukhi
13 Jaisinghpur (SC)
14 Sullah
15 Nagrota AAP Umakant Dogra
16 Kangra
17 Shahpur
18 Dharamshala
19 Palampur
20 Baijnath (SC)
Lahaul and Spiti District
21 Lahaul and Spiti (ST) AAP Sudershan Jaspa
Kullu District
22 Manali
23 Kullu
24 Banjar
25 Anni (SC)
Mandi District
26 Karsog (SC)
27 Sundernagar
28 Nachan (SC)
29 Seraj
30 Darang
31 Jogindernagar
32 Dharampur
33 Mandi
34 Balh (SC)
35 Sarkaghat
Hamirpur District
36 Bhoranj (SC)
37 Sujanpur
38 Hamirpur
39 Barsar
40 Nadaun
Una District
41 Chintpurni (SC)
42 Gagret
43 Haroli
44 Una
45 Kutlehar
Bilaspur District
46 Jhanduta (SC)
47 Ghumarwin
48 Bilaspur
49 Sri Naina Deviji
Solan District
50 Arki
51 Nalagarh
52 Doon
53 Solan (SC)
54 Kasauli (SC)
Sirmaur District
55 Pachhad (SC)
56 Nahan
57 Sri Renukaji (SC)
58 Paonta Sahib AAP Manish Thakur
59 Shillai
Shimla District
60 Chopal
61 Theog
62 Kasumpati
63 Shimla
64 Shimla Rural
65 Jubbal-Kotkhai
66 Rampur (SC)
67 Rohru (SC)
Kinnaur District
68 Kinnaur (ST)

Campaign

On 6 April 2022, AAP held a roadshow in Mandi with Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.[5][6] Surjeet Thakur was appointed as President of the state unit in June 2022.[7]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Jai Ram Thakur sworn in as chief minister of Himachal Pradesh". mint. 2017-12-27. Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. ↑ "AAP appoints Surjeet Singh Thakur, a farmer, as Himachal unit chief". The Indian Express. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "AAP to contest all 68 seats in Himachal". Tribuneindia News Service. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "AAP's bid to poach BJP, Cong leaders in Himachal". Tribuneindia News Service. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "AAP roadshow in Mandi on April 6". Tribuneindia News Service. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "AAP appoints Surjeet Singh Thakur, a farmer, as Himachal unit chief". The Indian Express. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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