Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022: Churah, one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is represented by BJP MLA Hans Raj. The constituency is reserved for the candidates to Scheduled castes. The constituency came into existence in 2008 following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Hans Raj won the seat with 2642 votes margin.
The region was a stronghold of Congress until BJP leader Hans Raj breached the vote bank of the grand old party in 2012. He was a sitting MLA from Churah since 2012.
In the last assembly election held in 2017, Hans Raj with 28,293 votes defeated Congress candidate Surender Bhardwaj who got 23,349 votes.
BJP has an advantage in the region as it fall in Kangra Lok Sabha constituency which is held by saffron party MP Kishan Kapoor.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also fielded its candidate to make the poll battle triangular. Arvind Kejriwal-led party pitted Nand Kumar Jaryal.
2022 Assembly Election Candidates
Candidate Party Criminal Cases Education Age
Hans Raj BJP 2 Doctorate 39
NK Jaryal AAP 0 Post Graduate 35
Yashwant Singh Congress 0 Post Graduate 43
Voting for all 68 assembly seats in the state was held on November 12 and the counting of votes took place on December 8.
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