2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 2017 12 November 2022

All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
  The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jai Ram Thakur calling on the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar, in New Delhi on September 06, 2018.JPG (1).jpg Mukesh Agnihotri (cropped).jpg Surjeet Singh Thakur.png
Leader Jai Ram Thakur Mukesh Agnihotri Surjeet Singh Thakur
Party BJP INC AAP
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 2017 2022 2022
Leader's seat Seraj Haroli -
Last election 48.8%, 44 seats 41.7%, 21 seats Did not contest
Current seats 43 22 -

Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Himachal Pradesh.svg

Incumbent Chief Minister

Jai Ram Thakur
BJP



Legislative Assembly elections are speculated to be held in Himachal Pradesh in November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Background

The tenure of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 8 January 2023.[1] The previous assembly elections were held in November 2017. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Jai Ram Thakur becoming Chief Minister.[2] And Congress as the opposition party.

Bypolls and defections

Since the last assembly elections, several bypolls were held, the most recent of which were won by the Indian National Congress, with it wresting control of the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency and 3 other assembly constituencies.[3]

The entry of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly election made it a three cornered contest.[4] In March 2022, a large section of the Congress’ Himachal wing joined AAP in presence of Himachal Pradesh election in-charge and Delhi Cabinet Minister Satyendar Jain.[5]

Congress MLAs Pawan Kumar Kajal and Lakhvinder Singh Rana joined BJP in August 2022.[6] Kajal was the head of Congress Working committee.[7] The defection of the two senior Congress officials was deemed to be a major blow to the party just a few months prior to the Assembly election.[8] On 28 September 2022, Himachal Pradesh state Congress working president and former cabinet minister Harsh Mahajan joined BJP. The defection was another shock to Congress.[9][10]

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2022.[11]

S.No. Event Date Day
1. Date for Nominations 17 October 2022 Monday
2. Last Date for filing Nominations 25 October 2022 Tuesday
3. Date for scrutiny of nominations 27 October 2022 Thursday
4. Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 29 October 2022 Saturday
5. Date of poll 12 November 2022 Saturday
6. Date of counting 8 December 2022 Thursday

Voter statistics

Source:[12][13][14]

Category of voters
Male voters 28,54,945
Female voters 27,37,845
Third Gender voters 38
Total voters 55,92,828
Polling stations
Urban Polling Stations 646
Rural Polling Stations 7,235
Total Polling Stations 7,881

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotos flower symbol.svg Jai Ram Thakur The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jai Ram Thakur calling on the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar, in New Delhi on September 06, 2018.JPG (1).jpg 68[15]

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Mukesh Agnihotri Mukesh Agnihotri (cropped).jpg 68[16]

  Aam Aadmi Party

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Aam Aadmi Party Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg AAP Symbol.png Surjeet Singh Thakur[17] Surjeet Singh Thakur.png 68[18]

  Left Front

CPI(M) will contest the assembly election in alliance with the CPI.[19] CPI(M) released the first list of 11 candidates on 22 September 2022.[20] and second list of 2 candidates on 24 September.[21] However, the earlier lists were withdrawn and a final list of 11 candidates was released on 18 October 2022.[22] It was reported that CPI would contest on 3 seats, but decided to contest on 1 seat only.[19]

No. Party[19] Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png Rakesh Singha File:Rakesh Singha.jpg 11[22]
2. Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg CPI symbol.svg Shyam Singh Chauhan[23] Circle-icons-profile.svg 1[19]

Others

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Narayan Singh Azad[24] Circle-icons-profile.svg 53[25]
2. Rashtriya Devbhumi Party No image available.svg No image available.svg Rumit Singh Thakur[26] Circle-icons-profile.svg 29[25]

Candidates

AAP released the first list of 4 candidates on 20 September 2022.[27] Second list of 54 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[28] Third list of 10 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[29]

Congress released the first list of 46 candidates on 18 October 2022.[30] Second list of 17 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[31] Congress released third list of 4 candidates on 22 October 2022.[32] Candidate for the remaining 1 seat was named on 25 October 2022.[33]

BJP released the first list of 62 candidates on 19 October 2022.[34] Second list of remaining 6 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[35] BJP replaced its candidates from Chamba on 20 October 2022.[36] and Kullu on 25 October 2022.[37]

District[38] Constituency Electors
(2022)[39]
AAP[18] NDA[15] UPA[16]
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
Chamba 1 Churah (SC) 75,468 AAP Nand Kumar Jaryal BJP Hans Raj INC Yashwant Singh Khanna
2 Bharmour (ST) 76,046 AAP Parkash Chand Bhardwaj BJP Janak Raj INC Thakur Singh Bharmouri
3 Chamba 81,594 AAP Shashi Kant BJP Neelam Nayyar INC Niraj Nayyar
4 Dalhousie 73,071 AAP Manish Sareen BJP D S Thakur INC Asha Kumari
5 Bhattiyat 78,980 AAP Naresh Kumar BJP Bikram Singh Jaryal INC Kuldip Singh Pathania
Kangra 6 Nurpur 91,269 AAP Manisha Kumari BJP Ranveer Singh INC Ajay Mahajan
7 Indora (SC) 91,569 AAP Jagdish Bagga BJP Reeta Dhiman INC Malender Rajan
8 Fatehpur 87,913 AAP Rajan Sushant BJP Rakesh Pathania INC Bhawani Singh Pathania
9 Jawali 99,572 AAP Baldev Raj BJP Sanjay Kumar Guleria INC Chander Kumar
10 Dehra 83,629 AAP Manish Dhiman BJP Ramesh Dhawala INC Rajesh Sharma
11 Jaswan-Pragpur 77,991 AAP Sahil Chauhan BJP Bikram Thakur INC Surinder Singh Mankotia
12 Jawalamukhi 78,144 AAP Hoshiyar Singh BJP Ravinder Singh Ravi INC Sanjay Rattan
13 Jaisinghpur (SC) 84,018 AAP Santosh Kumar BJP Ravinder Dhiman INC Yadvinder Goma
14 Sullah 1,03,905 AAP Ravinder Singh Ravi BJP Vipin Singh Parmar INC Jagdish Sapehia
15 Nagrota 88,867 AAP Umakant Dogra BJP Arun Kumar Mehra INC Raghubir Singh Bali
16 Kangra 81,583 AAP Rajkumar Jaswal BJP Pawan Kumar Kajal INC Surender Singh Kaku
17 Shahpur 87,723 AAP Abhishek Thakur BJP Sarveen Choudhary INC Kewal Singh Pathania
18 Dharamshala 81,516 AAP Kulwant Rana BJP Rakesh Choudhary INC Sudhir Sharma
19 Palampur 75,481 AAP Sanjay Bhardwaj BJP Trilok Kapoor INC Ashish Butail
20 Baijnath (SC) 89,135 AAP Pramod Chand BJP Mulkh Raj Premi INC Kishori Lal
Lahaul and Spiti 21 Lahaul and Spiti (ST) 24,876 AAP Sudershan Jaspa BJP Ram Lal Markanda INC Ravi Thakur
Kullu 22 Manali 73,488 AAP Anurag Prarthi BJP Govind Singh Thakur INC Bhuvneshwar Gaur
23 Kullu 89,600 AAP Sher Singh Shera Negi BJP Narottam Thakur INC Sunder Thakur
24 Banjar 73,094 AAP Neeraj Saini BJP Surender Shourie INC Khimi Ram
25 Anni (SC) 85,643 AAP Inder Paul BJP Lokendra Kumar INC Bansi Lal Kaushal
Mandi 26 Karsog (SC) 74,909 AAP Bhagwant Singh BJP Deepraj Kapoor INC Mahesh Raj
27 Sundernagar 81,164 AAP Pooja Thakur BJP Rakesh Jamwal INC Sohan Lal Thakur
28 Nachan (SC) 86,208 AAP Jabna Chauhan BJP Vinod Kumar INC Naresh Kumar
29 Seraj 81,843 AAP Gita Nand Thakur BJP Jai Ram Thakur INC Chetram Thakur
30 Darang 89,086 AAP Sunita Thakur BJP Puranchand Thakur INC Kaul Singh Thakur
31 Jogindernagar 98,341 AAP Ravinder Paul Singh BJP Prakash Rana INC Surender Pal Thakur
32 Dharampur 79,958 AAP Rakesh Mandotra BJP Rajat Thakur INC Chandershekhar
33 Mandi 76,957 AAP Shyam Lal BJP Anil Sharma INC Champa Thakur
34 Balh (SC) 79,587 AAP Tara Chand Bhatia BJP Indra Singh Gandhi INC Prakash Chaudhary
35 Sarkaghat 90,837 AAP Dhameshwar Ram BJP Daleep Thakur INC Pawan Kumar
Hamirpur 36 Bhoranj (SC) 81,134 AAP Rajni Kaushal BJP Anil Dhiman INC Suresh Kumar
37 Sujanpur 73,922 AAP Anil Rana BJP Ranjeet Singh INC Rajinder Singh Rana
38 Hamirpur 74,861 AAP Shushil Kumar Surroch BJP Narinder Thakur INC Pushpendra Verma
39 Barsar 86,273 AAP Gulshan Soni BJP Maya Sharma INC Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
40 Nadaun 93,107 AAP Shanky Thukral BJP Vijay Agnihotri INC Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Una 41 Chintpurni (SC) 82,686 AAP Ram Paul BJP Balbir Singh INC Sudarshan Singh Babloo
42 Gagret 82,774 AAP Manohar Dadwal BJP Rakesh Thakur INC Chaitanya Sharma
43 Haroli 86,273 AAP Ravinder Pal Singh Mann BJP Ramkumar INC Mukesh Agnihotri
44 Una 85,254 AAP Rajiv Gautam BJP Satpal Singh Satti INC Satpal Raizada
45 Kutlehar 85,163 AAP Anil Mankotiya BJP Virender Kanwar INC Devender Kumar Bhutto
Bilaspur 46 Jhanduta (SC) 79,577 AAP Sudhir Suman BJP Jeet Ram Katwal INC Vivek Kumar
47 Ghumarwin 88,527 AAP Rakesh Chopra BJP Rajinder Garg INC Rajesh Dharmani
48 Bilaspur 83,025 AAP Amar Singh Chaudhary BJP Trilok Jamwal INC Bumber Thakur
49 Sri Naina Deviji 74,244 AAP Narender Thakur BJP Randhir Sharma INC Ram Lal Thakur
Solan 50 Arki 93,852 AAP Jeet Ram Sharma BJP Govind Ram Sharma INC Sanjay Awasthy
51 Nalagarh 89,828 AAP Dharampal Chauhan BJP Lakhvinder Singh Rana INC Hardeep Singh Bawa
52 Doon 68,266 AAP Sawarn Singh Saini BJP Paramjeet Singh INC Ram Kumar Chaudhary
53 Solan (SC) 85,238 AAP Anju Rathore BJP Rajesh Kashyap INC Dhani Ram Shandil
54 Kasauli (SC) 67,434 AAP Harmel Dhiman BJP Rajiv Saizal INC Vinod Sultanpuri
Sirmaur 55 Pachhad (SC) 76,475 AAP Ankush Chauhan BJP Reena Kashyap INC Dayal Pyari
56 Nahan 83,561 AAP Sunil Sharma BJP Rajeev Bindal INC Ajay Solanki
57 Sri Renukaji (SC) 72,961 AAP Ram Krishan BJP Narayan Singh INC Vinay Kumar
58 Paonta Sahib 82,487 AAP Manish Thakur BJP Sukh Ram Chaudhary INC Kirnesh Jung
59 Shillai 74,831 AAP Nathuram Chauhan BJP Baldev Singh Tomar INC Harshwardhan Chauhan
Shimla 60 Chopal 79,109 AAP Uday Singhta BJP Balbir Singh Verma INC Rajneesh Kimta
61 Theog 83,275 AAP Atar Singh Chandel BJP Ajay Shyam INC Kuldeep Singh Rathore
62 Kasumpti 65,713 AAP Rajesh Channa BJP Suresh Bhardwaj INC Anirudh Singh
63 Shimla 48,071 AAP Chaman Rakesh Ajta BJP Sanjay Sood INC Harish Janartha
64 Shimla Rural 76,267 AAP Prem Thakur BJP Ravi Mehta INC Vikramaditya Singh
65 Jubbal-Kotkhai 71,566 AAP Shrikant Chauhan BJP Chetan Singh Bragta INC Rohit Thakur
66 Rampur (SC) 74,838 AAP Uday Singh Dogra BJP Kaul Negi INC Nand Lal
67 Rohru (SC) 73,580 AAP Ashwani Kumar BJP Shashi Bala INC Mohan Lal Brakta
Kinnaur 68 Kinnaur (ST) 58,836 AAP Tersem Singh BJP Surat Negi INC Jagat Singh Negi


Campaigns

Aam Aadmi Party

On 6 April 2022, AAP held a roadshow in Mandi with Delhi CM Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.[40][41] Surjeet Thakur was appointed as President of the state unit in June 2022.[17]

Manifesto

AAP promised 300 units of free electricity to every household, if AAP comes to power.[42]

Aam Aadmi Party published its 10 promises as guarantees of jobs for all youth, unemployment allowance, an advisory board for traders, end of "inspector rule", and corruption-free administration.[43]

  1. Employment: jobs for all youth. AAP promised six lakh government jobs for the youth. AAP will bring laws against exam paper leak, conducting all recruitment exams on time, and jobs will be given on merit, not recommendations.[44]
    • Unemployment allowance of ₹3000.[44][43]
    • Implementation of the Old Pension Scheme.
  2. Agriculture : Minimum Support price (MSP) for agricultural products. controlled atmosphere stores, markets, and food processing units; pesticides and fertilizers at cheap rates; Establish apple packaging manufacturing unit.[44]
  3. Traders : an advisory board for traders, end of raid raj and "inspector rule", An amnesty scheme for VAT refund. Single window clearance system for tourism projects[43][44]
  4. Corruption-free administration, door step delivery of public services.[44]
  5. Free Healthcare : Mohalla clinics similar to Delhi and free healthcare.[45]
  6. Free Education : Free education for all till tenth standard.[46] Making temporary teacher posts permanent. Building more schools with quality education. Prevent private schools from exorbitantly raising fees.
  7. Women Empowerment : A monthly allowance of ₹1000 to all women in Himachal Pradesh and double to women above the age of 65.[47][48]
  8. ₹10 lakh annual grant to Panchayats and ₹10,000 salary for panchayat pradhans.[44]
  9. Free pilgrimage scheme[44]
  10. ₹1 crore compensation for soldiers killed in the line of duty.[44]

Bharatiya Janata Party

The BJP has launched ‘Mission Repeat’ with an aim to retain power in the State. BJP leader and PM Narendra Modi held two rallies in Una and Chamba and also inaugurated various projects in state.[49]

BJP has also launched website to seek suggestions for its manifesto.[50]

On 30 October, 30 campaigners of the party held simultaneous rallies in all 68 constituencies.[51]

Manifesto

The BJP is seeking suggestions for its manifesto "Drishi Patra". It is expected to release it soon.[52]

Indian National Congress

From August 17 to 22, the Indian National Congress organized demonstrations throughout Himachal Pradesh as a part of its "Mehangai Chaupal". The block units of the Himachal PCC protested in all the 68 constituencies against price rise and inflation. The protests were a part of the wider "Halla Bol" demonstrations organized by the Congress against the BJP-led government in Delhi.[53][54][55]

On 31 August 2022, the Indian National Congress launched its manifesto with its 10 guarantees in Himachal Ka Sankalp.[56][57]

On 14 October 2022, Congress started its campaign with its "Parivartan Pratigya Rally" in Solan with senior Congress leaders, Priyanka Gandhi, Pratibha Singh, Mukesh Agnihotri, and Bhupesh Baghel.[58]

Manifesto

  • Unemployment: Congress promised 5 lakh jobs to youth[59][60] in Himachal Pradesh amid the country-wide unemployment crisis.[61][62][63] It also promised a Rs 680 crore startup fund. It promised that a provision will also be made to assist the youth for setting up start-up units, for which ₹10 crore would be provided to all assembly segments in the State. Interest free loans to youth would also be given.[59][64]
  • Healthcare: Congress promised to create free mobile clinics and upgrade health facilities as a part of its 10 guarantees in Himachal Ka Sankalp.[65][59]
  • Education: Congress promised quality education with English medium schools in assembly segments.[64]
  • Agriculture : Congress promised to buy 10 litres of milk from locals who own cows and buffaloes besides purchasing cow dung for Rs 2 per kg. Apple orchardists, who have been growing increasingly restless due to diminishing returns, have been told that they would be given the freedom to fix the right price for their fruits. It has also promised fair prices for crops and fruits[66][59]
  • Electricity: Congress promised free electricity up to 300 units for all households.[59]
  • Women Empowerment: Congress promised monthly Rs 1500 financial assistance to women aged 18-60 years[64] along with reimplementation of the Old Pension Scheme, which it did in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.[59]

Notes

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