Churah Assembly constituency

Churah Assembly constituency 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 in 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile Rajnagar constituency.[3] [4]

Churah
Constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateHimachal Pradesh
DistrictChamba
LS constituencyKangra
Total electors78,823[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

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 Legislative Assembly
Year Member Picture Party
1951 Vidya Dhar Indian National Congress
Awatar Chand
2012 Hans Raj[5] Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election candidate

2022

Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, 2022: Churah Assembly constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Nand Kumar Jaryal [6] 385 0.62
BJP Hans Raj 29,453 47.26
INC Yashwant Singh 32,095 51.49
Registered electors [7]

Election results

2017
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Churah[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hans Raj 28,293 53.37
INC Surender Bhardwaj 23,349 44.04
NOTA None of the above 505 0.94
Majority 4,944 9.154
Turnout 53,014 77.25
Registered electors 68,623 [8]
BJP gain from INC Swing

2012
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Churah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hans Raj
INC
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

References
  1. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  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. 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.
  7. "Himachal Pradesh Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. "Himachal Pradesh Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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