Himachal Pradesh Election Results: BJP candidate Suresh Kumar Kashyap wins from Pachhad

In 2012, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Kumar won the seat with 25488 votes.

SHIMLA: BJP candidate Suresh Kumar Kashyap wins from Pachhad by defeating Congress' Gangu Ram Musafir.

The Pachhad Vidhan Sabha constituency, located in Sirmaur district, is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. The seat is reserved for scheduled caste candidates. In 2012 assembly polls, the number of electors was 62697.

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Himachal Pradesh has a tradition of change in government after every election.

The Congress and the BJP had 36 and 26 seats respectively in the outgoing House.

The BJP ousted the Congress in 1990 and the Congress avenged the defeat in 1993. The BJP formed the government with the help of Himachal Vikas Congress in 1998 and the Congress was back in power in 2003. The BJP made a comeback in 2007.