Churah Assembly constituency

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
Constituency No. 1 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Lok Sabha 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 Hans Raj
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Overview

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Picture	Party
1951	Vidya Dhar			Indian National Congress
	Awatar Chand
2012	Hans Raj[5]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Chamba district