Churah Assembly Constituency: Will BJP’s Hans Raj Retain Seat Again in Himachal Polls?

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022: In 2017, BJP’s Hans Raj won the seat by defeating Surender Bhardwaj of the Indian National Congress with a margin of 4944 votes.

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022: Churah is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and is reserved for the candidates to Scheduled castes. The constituency came into existence in 2008 after the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile Rajnagar constituency.

Churah comes under Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh and in 2017, Churah assembly constituency was won by the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2017, BJP’s Hans Raj won the seat by defeating Surender Bhardwaj of the Indian National Congress with a margin of 4944 votes.

Himachal Assembly Election 2022: Important Dates

• Date of Polling: 12 November 2022
• Date of Counting: Thursday, 8 December 2022

Candidates For 2022 Assembly Election: Churah Assembly Constituency

• Hans Raj: BJP
• Yashwant Singh Khanna: Congress

 Himachal Assembly Election 2022: Full Schedule

• Date of Issue of Gazette Notification: 17 October 2022
• Last Date of Nominations: 25 October 2022
• Date for Scrutiny of Nominations: 27 October 2022
• Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures: 29 October 2022
• Date of Poll: 12 November 2022
• Date of Counting: 8 December 2022
• Date before which election shall be completed: 10 December, 2022

Churah Assembly Election Results (2017)

Candidate’s Name	Party	Level	Votes	Vote Rate %	Margin
Hans Raj	BJP	Winner	28,293	53.37%	4,944
Surender Bhardwaj	INC	Runner Up	23,349	44.04%
None Of The Above	NOTA	3rd	505	0.95%
Nand Kumar	SP	4th	442	0.83%
Des Raj	IND	5th	425	0.80%