Churah Assembly constituency

Churah Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. This constituency is reserved for the candidates to Scheduled castes It came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and covers most of the area covered by the erstwhile Rajnagar constituency. 

Overview

Churah (constituency number 1) is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chamba district. It covers the entire Churah tehsil and Rajnagar Kanungo Circle of Chamba tehsil. It is part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency along with 16 other Assembly segments, namely, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jwalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath, sihunta .

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Picture Party
1951 Vidya Dhar Indian National Congress
Awatar Chand
2012 Hans Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
2017

Election candidate

2022

Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, 2022:Churah Assembly constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP
BJP
CPI(M) Narendra
INC
Registered electors

Election results

2017

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Churah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hans Raj 28,293 53.37
INC Surender Bhardwaj 23,349 44.04
NOTA None of the above 505 0.94
Majority 4,944 9.154
Turnout 53,014 77.25
Registered electors 68,623
BJP gain from INC Swing

2012

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Churah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hans Raj
INC
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
BJP gain from INC Swing