Himachal Pradesh Election 2022: It is one of the 68 constituencies which comes under the Una district of the state. The seat used to be considered the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) stronghold as it did not lose any election here since 1993, but the Congress party breached the saffron party's vital this time. Congress candidate Davinder Kumar defeated BJP's Virender Kanwar by a margin of 7,579 votes.
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022: FULL COVERAGE
Major candidates in the fray
The BJP decided to go with its sitting MLA Virendra Kanwar. The Congress fielded Davinder Kumar Bhutto, whereas, the new entrant, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tried its luck with Anil Kumar Mankotia.
Meanwhile, independent candidate Capt. Jaidayal Singh Pal had also thrown his hat in the upcoming polls.
Assembly elections 2017
Earlier in the assembly elections in 2017, BJP's Virender Kanwar defeated his rival and Congress' Vivek Sharma by a margin of 5,606 votes.
The BJP had bagged a total of 31,101 votes and Congress could garner 25,495 votes.
It should be mentioned here that Kanwar has been continuously winning from the Kutlehar assembly seat since 2003. Further, he is eying another term after winning the previous election with a 52.52 vote percentage.
Almost equal numbers of male and female voters
According to the voter list for 2022, the constituency has a total of 85,325 electorates, with 43,011 male and 42,313 female voters.
In addition, there are also 1,609 services as well as other voters in the Kutlehar constituency.
The polling in Kutlehar was held on November 12, while the counting of votes took place on December 8, 2022.
