Shimla: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday has released the list of 62 candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2022.
In the list released, Chief Minister Jairam Thakur to contest from Seraj and Satpal Singh Satti to contest from Una seat.
BJP releases a list of 62 candidates for the upcoming #HimachalPradesh Assembly election.
CM Jairam Thakur to contest from Seraj, Anil Sharma to contest from Mandi and Satpal Singh Satti to contest from Una.
The election is scheduled to be held on 12th November. pic.twitter.com/hm7ZX0UDle
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022
The women candidates are Sarveen Choudhary from Shahpur, Indira Kapoor from Chamba, Reeta Dhiman from Indora, Reena Kashyap from Pachhad and Shashi Bala from Rohru.
In Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly, the BJP has 45 MLAs, while Congress has 22 and CPIM has 1 MLA.
The voting for the 68 assembly seats in the hillly region is scheduled for November 12 and the vote counting will take place on December 8. The last date for the filing of nominations is October 25.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated the Congress Party and won 44 seats while Congress secured only 21 seats in 2017.
Ms Kalinga