Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Prem Kumar Dhumal is an Indian politician who has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2017 Himachal Assembly Election,in which he lost his seat.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla,the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly,all directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is 5 years,unless sooner dissolved.
Jai Ram Thakur is an Indian politician,and was the Chief Minister of the state of Himachal Pradesh from 2017 to 2022. He is serving his sixth term as MLA in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly,winning continuously since 1998 and has previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party Government of Himachal Pradesh. Thakur was the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj from 2009 to 2012. He is serving as Leader of opposition in current legislative assembly of the state.He is elected to Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district. He won his first election in the year 1998 from now delimited constituency of Chachiot (Seraj).
The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted. The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the legislative assemblies of Goa,Gujarat,Himachal Pradesh,Manipur,Punjab,Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur,Punjab,Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,2012 was held in Himachal Pradesh,India in 2012 after the five-year term of the incumbent state legislature and government expired following the assembly elections of 2007. The election chose 68 MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote,and Virbhadra Singh was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his fourth term.
Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1998 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh,India. The Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party won an equal number of seats,but the BJP managed to form the government by allying with the Himachal Vikas Congress,and Prem Kumar Dhumal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.
The key political players in Himachal Pradesh state in north-west India are the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,2017 was held on 9 November 2017 to elect all 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Kishori Lal is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party,and a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2007-2012 and won again in 2017 elections. He represented the Baijnath constituency in Kangra district. Recently he lost in 2022 assembly elections.
Ravinder Kumar,publicly known as Ravi Dhiman,is an MLA from the Jaisinghpur constituency of Himachal Pradesh and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ashish Butail is an Indian politician,tea planter and entrepreneur. He belongs to the Indian National Congress party,and has been elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Palampur since 2018. He currently serves as Chief Parliamentary Secretary in Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s cabinet.
Suresh Kumar Kashyap is an Indian politician and president of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022.
The 14th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh is formed following the 2022 Assembly election for all 68 seats in the unicameral legislature. In December 2027,the 14th Assembly's term will come to an end.
Hoshyar Singh is an Indian politician,who currently serves as Member of Legislative Assembly from Dehra Assembly constituency. Hoshyar Singh won from Dehra constituency in 2017 state assembly elections as an independent candidate. He joined BJP in June,2022.
Lakhvinder Singh Rana is an Indian businessman and politician who has served in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two non-consecutive terms,representing the Nalagarh Assembly constituency from 2011 to 2012 and since 2017. Originally elected as a member of the Indian National Congress,Rana defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party in August 2022.
Janak Raj is an Indian politician who is the MLA for the Bharmour constituency in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was elected at the December 2022 Legislative Assembly election.
Vinod Kumar Sultanpuri is an Indian politician,social worker and incumbent Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kasauli Assembly constituency as a member of Indian National Congress defeating Rajiv Saizal of Bharatiya Janata Party by the margin of 6,768 votes.
Vinod Kumar is an Indian politician,social worker and incumbent Member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Nachan Assembly constituency as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.He is serving his third term as MLA in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly,winning continuously since 2012 in the Bharatiya Janata Party Government of Himachal Pradesh.In 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections,Vinod Kumar defeated Naresh Kumar of Indian National Congress party by the margin of 8,956 votes.
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