Himachal Pradesh Elections 2017, Know your constituency: Bhattiyat

Himachal Pradesh Elections 2017

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is all set to go to polls in a single-phase on November 9, 2017. The counting of votes will take place on December 18, 2017. The hill state has 68 constituencies.

The Bhattiyat Vidhan Sabha constituency, located in Chamba district, is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. In 2012 assembly polls 47,960 people had cast their votes.

The constituency will have 115 polling stations.

Bhattiyat constituency came into existence by in 2008, following the Delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies by the Election Commission.

Himachal elections 2017: Candidates contesting from Bhattiyat

1. Kuldeep Singh Pathania

Party: Indian National Congress

Symbol: Hand

2. Bikram Singh Jaryal

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Symbol: Lotus

3. Nagesh Kumar

Party: Independent

Symbol: Hat

4. Rahul Rampatia

Independent

Symbol: Diamond

In 2012, BJP candidate Bikram Singh Jaryal won the seat with 18098 votes.

The term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly comes to an end on January 7, 2018.