Himachal Pradesh election results 2022: BJP's Sukhram Chaudhary defeats Congress’ Kirnesh Jung in Paonta Sahib

Himachal Pradesh Election results 2022: From the Paonta Sahib constituency, which is one of the 68 Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, BJP candidate Sukh Ram won defeating Kirnesh Jung of the Congress with a margin of 7,975 votes. Sukhram Chaudhary won securing 28,923 votes, and Kirnesh Jung got 20,948 votes, as counting concluded. 

New player Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Manish Kumar Thakur got 4,829 votes in the number 58 Paonta Sahib constituency. Election for the Paonta Sahib constituency was held on November 12. 

In 2017, Sukhram Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat by defeating Kirnesh Jung of the Congress party with a margin of around 12,619 votes. Sukhram Chaudhary is the third-term MLA from the Paonta Sahib constituency and is currently serving as the power minister in the Himachal Pradesh government. 

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Paonta Sahib Assembly constituency falls under the Shimla Lok sabha constituency.