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Himachal Pradesh Elections 2017, Know your constituency: Jaswan Pragpur
The constituency will have 105 polling stations.
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 Jaswan Pragpur Vidhan Sabha constituency, located in Kangra district, is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. In 2012 assembly polls, number of electors were 68140.
The constituency will have 105 polling stations.
Jaswan Pragpur constituency came into existence in 2008, following the Delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies by the Election Commission.
Himachal elections 2017: Candidates contesting from Jaswan Pragpur
1. Surinder Singh Mankotia
Party: Indian National Congress
Symbol: Hand
2. Bikram Singh
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Symbol: Lotus
3. Hoshiar Singh
Party: Bahujan Samaj Party
Symbol: Elephant
In 2012, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bikram Singh won the seat with 22000 votes.
The term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly comes to an end on January 7, 2018.