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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Vidya Stokes 21,478 38.69% Increase2.svg1.91
BJP Rakesh Verma 17,20230.98%Increase2.svg18.82
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 10,37918.69%New
TMC Pramod Kumar Sharma4,4808.07%New
Independent Ram Lal Sharma9881.78%New
Independent Roshan Lal4970.90%New
BSP Vinay Kumar3620.65%Decrease2.svg1.74
Margin of victory4,2767.70%Decrease2.svg3.99
Turnout 55,51974.96%Decrease2.svg2.63
Registered electors 74,060Increase2.svg27.15
INC gain from Independent Swing Decrease2.svg9.79
2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Theog [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 24,791 42.17% Increase2.svg23.48
BJP Rakesh Verma 22,80838.80%Increase2.svg7.82
INC Deepak Rathour9,10115.48%Decrease2.svg23.20
Independent Devi Ram Sharma6411.09%New
NOTA None of the Above3830.65%New
Independent Roshan Lal2940.50%New
Margin of victory1,9833.37%Decrease2.svg4.33
Turnout 58,78474.85%Decrease2.svg0.12
Registered electors 78,540Increase2.svg6.05
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg3.49
2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Theog
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kuldeep Singh Rathore 19,447 29.47% Increase2.svg13.99
BJP Ajay Shyam14,17821.49%Decrease2.svg17.31
Independent Indu Varma13,84820.99%New
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 12,21018.51%New
Independent Vijay Pal Khachi4,5766.94%New
Independent Amit Mehta5810.88%New
AAP Attar Singh Chandel4870.74%New
NOTA Nota3490.53%Decrease2.svg0.12
BSP Jia Lal Sadhak3040.46%New
Margin of victory5,2697.99%Increase2.svg4.61
Turnout 65,98076.51%Increase2.svg1.67
Registered electors 86,236Increase2.svg9.80
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing Decrease2.svg12.70

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