Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022: Darang assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Darang is a part of Mandi Lok Sabha constituency which belongs to Congress. Pratibha Singh, the widow of former CM Virbhadra Singh, represents Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Puran Chand won the seat with 618 votes margin.
BJP leader Jawahar Thakur represented Darang in the assembly. In 2017, Jawahar defeated veteran Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur who was MLA since 1993. Darang saw a tight fight in last election as the margin of victory was just 6541 votes.
This time the scenario is totally different because BJP did not give a ticket to sitting MLA Jawahar Thakur. As last election was a close fight, so BJP understands that retaining the Darang constituency is a tough task that is why the saffron party gave ticket to Puran Chand Thakur, a Congress rebel, who had joined the BJP after the last Assembly elections.
The prime candidates in Darang were
BJP leader Puran Chand Thakur, Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur and AAP leader Sunita Thakur.
The voting in Himachal Pradesh was held on November 12 and results declared on December 8.
