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Himachal Pradesh election results: BJP retains Bilaspur constituency

Himachal Pradesh election 2022: As expected the Bilaspur constituency witnessed a very close fight.

Edited By: Raju Kumar @rajudelhi123 Bilaspur Published : Nov 10, 2022 17:48 IST, Updated : Dec 09, 2022 15:28 IST
BJP win the tight fight in Bilaspur
Image Source : REPRESENTATIVE PIC BJP win the tight fight in Bilaspur

Himachal Pradesh election 2022: Bilaspur Assembly constituency, is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh. It is a segment of Hamirpur Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency. BJP MLA Subhash Thakur represents the constituency in the assembly. 

BJP candidate Trilok Jamwal won the seat with thin margin of 276 votes.

In the 2017 assembly election, he defeated Congress candidate Bumber Thakur by 6862 votes. 

It is a high-stakes constituency for BJP because it is home to BJP president JP Nadda. Nadda was first elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative

Assembly in the election of 1993 from Bilaspur. He was re-elected in 1993 and 1998. He was Bilaspur MLA till 2007. 

The seat keeps swinging from BJP to Congress. In 2012, Congress leader Bumber Thakur defeated BJP candidate Suresh Chandel, by 5141 votes. 

In 2022, BJP, smelling trouble, changed hits candidate and gave a ticket to Trilok Jamwal, while Congress batted for its old guard Bumber Thakur.

 

List of Candidates for Bilaspur poll battle 2022

  • Candidate       Party      Criminal Cases       Education    Age 
  • Amar Nath      BSP          0                          10th Pass       60
  • Amar Singh    AAP           1                          Graduate       49
  • Bumber Thakur INC         2                          Graduate       55
  • Trilok Jamwal   BJP        0                           Post Graduate 48

Voting for all 68 assembly seats in the state was held on November 12 and the counting of votes took place on December 8. 

Click here to read latest update on Himachal Pradesh elections

 

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