Rakesh Singha

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Rakesh Singha
Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2017–2022

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Theog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vidya Stokes	21,478	38.69%	1.91
	BJP	Rakesh Verma	17,202	30.98%	18.82
	CPI(M)	Rakesh Singha	10,379	18.69%	New
	AITC	Pramod Kumar Sharma	4,480	8.07%	New
	Independent	Ram Lal Sharma	988	1.78%	New
	Independent	Roshan Lal	497	0.90%	New
	BSP	Vinay Kumar	362	0.65%	1.74
Margin of victory			4,276	7.70%	3.99
Turnout			55,519	74.96%	2.63
Registered electors			74,060		27.15
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	9.79

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Theog ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rakesh Singha	24,791	42.17%	23.48
	BJP	Rakesh Verma	22,808	38.80%	7.82
	INC	Deepak Rathour	9,101	15.48%	23.20
	Independent	Devi Ram Sharma	641	1.09%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	383	0.65%	New
	Independent	Roshan Lal	294	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			1,983	3.37%	4.33
Turnout			58,784	74.85%	0.12
Registered electors			78,540		6.05
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	3.49

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Theog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Rathore	19,447	29.47%	13.99
	BJP	Ajay Shyam	14,178	21.49%	17.31
	Independent	Indu Varma	13,848	20.99%	New
	CPI(M)	Rakesh Singha	12,210	18.51%	23.66
	Independent	Vijay Pal Khachi	4,576	6.94%	New
	Independent	Amit Mehta	581	0.88%	New
	AAP	Attar Singh Chandel	487	0.74%	New
	NOTA	Nota	349	0.53%	0.12
	BSP	Jia Lal Sadhak	304	0.46%	New
Margin of victory			5,269	7.99%	4.61
Turnout			65,980	76.51%	1.67
Registered electors			86,236		9.80
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	12.70

References

1. ADR. "Rakesh Singha(Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))):Constituency- THEOG(SHIMLA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
2. "Rakesh Singha Attacked: Act Firmly". Communist Party of India (Marxist). 28 March 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
3. Rakesh Singha Attacked: Act Firmly
4. Will fight against all kinds of exploitation even stronger - Rakesh Singha
5. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Himachal Pradesh Edition". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
6. "Rakesh Singha's victory revives hopes for Left parties in Himachal". 21 December 2017.
7. "Who is Rakesh Singha; Himachal Pradesh's first CPM MLA in 24 years". The Financial Express. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
8. "After AAP, CPI-M declares list of 11 candidates for HP assembly polls". Hindustan Times. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
9. Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 8 July 2021.