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Himachal Pradesh Election Result 2022: BJP's Rakesh Pathania trails in Fatehpur

Fatehpur assembly constituency witnessed the Congress fielding Bhawani Singh Pathania as its candidate while the BJP gave ticket to Rakesh Pathania and Aam Aadmi Party decided to field Dr. Rajan Sushant. In the 2021 Fatehpur Assembly by-election, Bhawani Singh Pathania of Congress defeated Baldev Thakur of the BJP.

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First Published Dec 8, 2022, 8:29 AM IST

Voting for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2022 was held in a single phase on November 12, 2022. The results of five assembly seats and the fate of the candidates of this district will be announced soon.

In Kangra district, there are a total of 15 assembly seats. Voting was held here in a single phase on November 12. The fate of all the candidates will be announced shortly. In 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party won 11 out of 15 seats in the district. While a total of 3 seats went to the account of Congress and 1 seat went to the account of others.

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In Dharmshala assembly constituency, the BJP decided to field Ramesh Chowdhary while the Congress fielded Sudhir Sharma and the Aam Aadmi Party Kulwant Rana. In the 2019 assembly by-election, the Dharamshala seat was won by BJP's Vishal Nehriya. In 2022 assembly election, INC's Sudhir Sharma defeated BJP's Rakesh Kumar with a margin of 3126 votes.

Fatehpur assembly constituency witnessed the Congress fielding Bhawani Singh Pathania as its candidate while the BJP gave ticket to Rakesh Pathania and Aam Aadmi Party decided to field Dr. Rajan Sushant. In the 2021 Fatehpur Assembly by-election, Bhawani Singh Pathania of Congress defeated Baldev Thakur of the BJP. In 2022 assembly election, INC's Bhawani Singh Pathania defeated BJP's Rakesh Pathania with a margin of 7354 votes.

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In Indora assembly constituency, the Congress has given ticket to Malender Rajan while the BJP gave ticket to Rita Dhiman. The Aam Aadmi Party made Jagdish Bagga its candidate. In 2017, Rita Devi of BJP had won from this assembly seat. In 2022 assembly election, INC's Malender Rajan defeated BJP's Reeta Devi with a margin of 2242 votes.

In November this year, the hill state witnessed an intense campaign by BJP, in a bid to come back to power for a second consecutive term and Congress putting all its efforts to wrestle power from the ruling party.

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