The Bilaspur Assembly
Constituency has Trilok Jamwal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bumber
Thakur from the Indian National Congress (INC), and Amar Singh Chaudhury of the
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) making it a three-way contest for this year’s Himachal
Pradesh Assembly Elections. 

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Himachal Pradesh has been
governed alternately by the BJP and Congress since the 1985 elections. However,
with the entry of the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP in the HP elections this year,
many expect the state’s political landscape to change.

The BJP had won 44 of
Himachal’s 68 assembly constituencies last time and the Congress had won 21.
The CPI (M) had won one seat. A party needs to win 35 seats for a majority to
form the government in the state.

In 2017, Subhash Thakur of the BJP
defeated Bumber Thakur of the Congress by 6,862 votes. Amar Singh of the
Lok Gathbandhan Party (LOGAP) and Basant Ram Sandhu, an independent candidate, also contested the elections in 2017. 

Bilaspur is one of the 68 assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh. Bilaspur falls under the Bilaspur district and Hamirpur Lok Sabha Constituency. Bilaspur has more than 83,000 eligible voters.

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In 2012, Bumber Thakur of the Congress defeated Suresh Chandal of the BJP by 3,208 votes. Kushal Sharma of the Shivsena (SHS), Daulat Ram Sharma of Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP), Nand Lal of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and independent candidates Jitender Chandel and K D Lakhanpal also contested the HP Assembly Elections in 2012.

Himachal Pradesh votes in a single round on November 12. Results will be announced on December 8.

Quick facts about the Bilaspur
Assembly seat  

Name of the assembly
constituency, district: Bilaspur, Bilaspur district

Polling date: November 12, 2022

Sitting MLA, party: Subhash
Thakur, BJP

Key candidates, party in 2022:
Amar Singh Chaudhury (AAP), Trilok Jamwal (BJP), Bumber Thakur (INC)

Winning candidate, party in
2017: Subhash Thakur, BJP

Runner-up name, party 2017:
Bumber Thakur, INC

Winning margin in 2017: 6, 862

Top 3 candidates 2017: Bumber
Thakur (INC), Subhash Thakur (BJP), Basant Ram Sandhu (Independent)

Top 3 candidates 2012: Bumber
Thakur (INC), Suresh Chandal (BJP), Jitender Chandel (Independent)

Lok Sabha constituency: Hamirpur