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Legislative Assembly constituency in Himachal Pradesh State, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Churah 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 for the second time in 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile Rajnagar constituency.[3][4]
Churah | |
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Constituency No. 1 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Himachal Pradesh |
District | Chamba |
LS constituency | Kangra |
Established | 1951 (first establishment), 2008 (second establishment) |
Total electors | 78,823[1] |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2022 |
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 Assembly segments, namely, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jwalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath, Sihunta.[2]
Year | Member | Picture | Party | |
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1951 | Vidya Dhar | Indian National Congress | ||
Awatar Chand | ||||
2012 | Hans Raj[5] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2017 | ||||
2022 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Hans Raj | 32,095 | 51.49% | 0.90 | |
INC | Yashwant Singh | 29,453 | 47.26% | 4.02 | |
NOTA | Nota | 394 | 0.63% | 0.30 | |
AAP | Nand Kumar Jaryal[6] | 385 | 0.62% | New | |
Margin of victory | 2,642 | 4.24% | 4.92 | ||
Turnout | 62,327 | 79.07% | 0.37 | ||
Registered electors | 78,823 | 14.86 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | 0.90 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Hans Raj | 28,293 | 52.39% | 1.00 | |
INC | Surender Bhardwaj | 23,349 | 43.23% | 3.61 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 505 | 0.94% | New | |
SP | Nand Kumar | 442 | 0.82% | New | |
Independent | Des Raj | 425 | 0.79% | New | |
Margin of victory | 4,944 | 9.15% | 4.61 | ||
Turnout | 54,005 | 78.70% | 0.83 | ||
Registered electors | 68,623 | 12.28 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | 1.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Hans Raj | 24,978 | 51.39% | New | |
INC | Surender Bhardwaj | 22,767 | 46.84% | 15.36 | |
BSP | Kishan Chand | 799 | 1.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 2,211 | 4.55% | 0.29 | ||
Turnout | 48,606 | 79.53% | 40.83 | ||
Registered electors | 61,120 | 109.42 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Avtar Chand | 3,555 | 31.48% | New | |
INC | Vidya Dhar | 3,009 | 26.64% | New | |
Independent | Gulab Singh | 1,921 | 17.01% | New | |
KMPP | Desh Raj | 1,411 | 12.49% | New | |
KMPP | Narain Dass | 720 | 6.38% | New | |
ABJS | Sansar Chand | 475 | 4.21% | New | |
Independent | Tej Ram | 203 | 1.80% | New | |
Margin of victory | 546 | 4.83% | |||
Turnout | 11,294 | 38.70% | |||
Registered electors | 29,186 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
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