Churah Assembly constituency

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Churah
Constituency No. 1 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1-Churah constituency.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Lok Sabha constituency Kangra
Established1951 (first establishment), 2008 (second establishment)
Total electors78,823 [1]
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2022

Churah is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. This constituency is reserved for the candidates to Scheduled castes. [2] It came into existence for the second time in 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile Rajnagar constituency. [3] [4]

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Overview

Churah (constituency number 1) is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chamba district. It covers the entire Churah tehsil and Rajnagar Kanungo Circle of Chamba tehsil. It is part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency along with 16 other Assembly segments, namely, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jwalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath, Sihunta. [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPictureParty
1951 Vidya Dhar Indian National Congress
Awatar Chand
2012 Hans Raj [5] Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Hans Raj 32,095 51.49% Decrease2.svg0.90
INC Yashwant Singh29,45347.26%Increase2.svg4.02
NOTA Nota3940.63%Decrease2.svg0.30
AAP Nand Kumar Jaryal [6] 3850.62%New
Margin of victory2,6424.24%Decrease2.svg4.92
Turnout 62,32779.07%Increase2.svg0.37
Registered electors 78,823Increase2.svg14.86
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.90

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Hans Raj 28,293 52.39% Increase2.svg1.00
INC Surender Bhardwaj23,34943.23%Decrease2.svg3.61
NOTA None of the Above5050.94%New
SP Nand Kumar4420.82%New
Independent Des Raj4250.79%New
Margin of victory4,9449.15%Increase2.svg4.61
Turnout 54,00578.70%Decrease2.svg0.83
Registered electors 68,623Increase2.svg12.28
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg1.00

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Hans Raj 24,978 51.39% New
INC Surender Bhardwaj22,76746.84%Increase2.svg15.36
BSP Kishan Chand7991.64%New
Margin of victory2,2114.55%Decrease2.svg0.29
Turnout 48,60679.53%Increase2.svg40.83
Registered electors 61,120Increase2.svg109.42
BJP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Churah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Avtar Chand 3,555 31.48% New
INC Vidya Dhar 3,009 26.64% New
Independent Gulab Singh1,92117.01%New
KMPP Desh Raj1,41112.49%New
KMPP Narain Dass7206.38%New
ABJS Sansar Chand4754.21%New
Independent Tej Ram2031.80%New
Margin of victory5464.83%
Turnout 11,29438.70%
Registered electors 29,186
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Schedule XI" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 158–64.
  3. ↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Churah Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Prashar, Balkrishan (6 January 2009). "LS Polls: Post-delimitation, parties draw new strategies". The Tribune . Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  5. 1 2 Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Himachal Pradesh elections: AAP releases second list of 54 candidates". Hindustan Times. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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