Himachal Pradesh election 2022: Congress wrested the Jaisinghpur assembly seat by comprehensively defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress leader Yadvinder Goma defeated BJP leader and sitting MLA Ravindra Dhiman by a margin of 2,696 votes. It is one of the 68 constituencies of the state and falls under the Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.
This seat came into existence in 2008 with the new delimitation as a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes (SC). So far, this assembly constituency has witnessed two elections, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress winning one each.
In the 2012 assembly polls, the Congress party won from the Jaisinghpur assembly seat, whereas the BJP grabbed the seat five years later in the 2017 elections.
The BJP reposed faith in its sitting MLA Ravindra Dhiman. Congress fielded Yadvinder Goma, whereas the Aap Aadmi Party (AAM) gave the ticket to Santosh Kumar.
Dhiman and Goma represented their respective parties from this seat in the last assembly elections as well.
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Vote share in 2017 polls: BJP 58.53%, Congress 37.18%
In the 2017 assembly polls, BJP's Dhiman defeated its rival Goma with a margin of 10,710 votes. The BJP had received a total of 29,357 votes with a vote share of 58.53%.
Meanwhile, the Congress party had managed to get only 18,647 votes with a vote share of 37.18%. This time, the grand old party would be looking to better its position at the Jaisinghpur assembly seat.
Jaisinghpur assembly has 100% rural population
Out of a total population of 84,820 in the constituency, the 2011 census estimates 100% to be rural and 0% to be urban. The ratio of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) to the total population are 34.85 and 0.92, respectively.
According to the voter list for 2022, this seat has 112 polling booths and 83,742 registered voters. In contrast to the 2017 assembly election, which saw a 65.31% turnout, the 2019 Lok Sabha elections saw a 62.33% turnout in Jaisinghpur.
The polling in Jaisinghpur was held on November 12, while the counting of votes took place on December 8, 2022.
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