Mandi Lok Sabha Constituency of Himachal Pradesh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Mandi Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 4 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Northern state of Himachal Pradesh and cast its vote in the 2019 election in the last phase of elections being held on May 19.

In Himachal Pradesh, around 68 per cent turnout was recorded in four Lok Sabha seats where five MLAs, including a state minister, are among the 45 candidates in the fray.

Aashray Sharma of Indian National Congress, Daleep Singh Kaith of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Ram Swaroop Sharma of Bharatiya Janata Party and Ses Ram of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting Lok Sabha election 2019 from Mandi Lok Sabha Constituency of Himachal Pradesh.

Voting for Lok Sabha election was held in a single phase in all the constituencies and counting will be held on May 23.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Mandi Lok Sabha Constituency of Himachal Pradesh.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	AASHRAY SHARMA	Indian National Congress
2	DALEEP SINGH KAITH	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3	RAM SWAROOP SHARMA	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	SES RAM	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	KARTAR CHAND	Swabhiman Party
6	KHEM CHAND	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
7	CHANDERMANI	All India Forward Bloc
8	MEHAR SINGH	Rashtriya Azad Manch
9	RAJENDER SURYAVANSHI	Ambedkarite Party of India
10	SHIV LAL THAKUR	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
11	GUMAN SINGH	Independent
12	GHANSHYAM CHAND THAKUR	Independent
13	COL. THAKUR SINGH	Independent
14	DEV RAJ BHARDWAJ	Independent
15	DHARMENDER SINGH THAKUR	Independent
16	BRIJ GOPAL	Independent
17	SUBHASH MOHAN SNEHI	Independent

Mandi constituency covers 17 assembly segments – Bharmour, Lahaul & Spiti, Manali, Kullu, Banjar, Anni, Karsog, Sundernagar, Nachan, Seraj, Darang, Jogindernagar, Mandi, Balh, Sarkaghat, Rampur and Kinnaur.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Ram Swaroop Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party – won by getting a margin of over 39 thousand votes. He had defeated Pratibha Singh of the Indian National Congress. Sharma had secured 362824 votes while Singh got 322968 votes.