Churah
Constituency No. 1 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateHimachal Pradesh
DistrictChamba
LS constituencyKangra
Established1951 (first establishment), 2008 (second establishment)
Total electors78,823[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

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]

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% Decrease0.90
INC Yashwant Singh 29,453 47.26% Increase4.02
NOTA Nota 394 0.63% Decrease0.30
AAP Nand Kumar Jaryal[6] 385 0.62% New
Margin of victory 2,642 4.24% Decrease4.92
Turnout 62,327 79.07% Increase0.37
Registered electors 78,823 Increase14.86
BJP hold Swing Decrease0.90

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Churah[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hans Raj 28,293 52.39% Increase1.00
INC Surender Bhardwaj 23,349 43.23% Decrease3.61
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% Increase4.61
Turnout 54,005 78.70% Decrease0.83
Registered electors 68,623 Increase12.28
BJP hold Swing Increase1.00

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% Increase15.36
BSP Kishan Chand 799 1.64% New
Margin of victory 2,211 4.55% Decrease0.29
Turnout 48,606 79.53% Increase40.83
Registered electors 61,120 Increase109.42
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

References

  1. ^ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Himachal Pradesh elections: AAP releases second list of 54 candidates". Hindustan Times. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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