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'''Churah Vidhan Sabha constituency''' is one of the 68 constituencies of the [[Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha]]. This constituency is reserved for the candidates  to [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]]<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XI|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=158–64}}</ref> It came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile [[Rajnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajnagar]] constituency.<ref name=tribune>{{cite news|last=Prashar|first=Balkrishan|title=LS Polls: Post-delimitation, parties draw new strategies|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090107/himplus1.htm#7|accessdate=12 February 2011|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=6 January 2009}}</ref>
'''Churah Vidhan Sabha constituency''' is one of the 68 constituencies of the [[Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha]]. This constituency is reserved for the candidates  to [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]]<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XI|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=158–64}}</ref> It came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile [[Rajnagar (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Rajnagar]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Churah Assembly Constituency |url=http://www.elections.in/himachal-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/churah.html |work=Elections.in  |access-date= November 2, 2017 }}</ref>
<ref name=tribune>{{cite news|last=Prashar|first=Balkrishan|title=LS Polls: Post-delimitation, parties draw new strategies|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090107/himplus1.htm#7|accessdate=12 February 2011|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=6 January 2009}}</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==
==Members of Legislative Assembly==
From Rajnagar constituency:
 
* 2007: Surinder Bhardwaj, [[Indian National Congress]]
 
* 2012: Hans Raj, [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
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Latest revision as of 16:08, 21 December 2021


Churah
Constituency
for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictChamba
StateHimachal Pradesh
Electorate68,623[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyKangra
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
MLAHans Raj
ReservationSC

Churah Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. This constituency is reserved for the candidates to Scheduled castes[2] It came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile Rajnagar constituency.[3] [4]

Overview[edit]

Churah (constituency number 1) is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chamba district. It covers the entire Churah tehsil and Rajnagar Kanungo Circle of Chamba tehsil. It is part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency along with 16 other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jwalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath, sihunta .[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Picture Party
1951 Vidya Dhar Indian National Congress
Awatar Chand
2012 Hans Raj[5] Bharatiya Janata Party
2017

Election results[edit]

2017[edit]

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Churah[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hans Raj
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh (20 July 2018). "District and Assembly Constituency Wise Details of Electors". pp. 17–19. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XI" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 158–64.
  3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Churah Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. Prashar, Balkrishan (6 January 2009). "LS Polls: Post-delimitation, parties draw new strategies". The Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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