The Nahan Assembly Constituency has Rajeev Bindal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ajay Solanki from the Indian National Congress (INC) and Sunil Sharma of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a three-way contest for this year’s Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections.
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The recent announcement by the Centre to include the Hatti community in the Scheduled Tribes list in Sirmaur district is causing dissatisfaction among some sections in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh. Gujjars, the district’s only ST community, and other Scheduled Caste groups have expressed concern about the move.
According to political analysts, anti-incumbency, inflation, and unemployment will be key issues in the state’s first election since the Covid-19 pandemic. Since 1985, Himachal Pradesh has been cyclically governed by Congress and BJP governments.
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.
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In 2017, Dr Rajeev Bindal of the BJP defeated Ajay Solanki of the Congress by 3,990 votes. Vishwanath of the Communist Party of India Marxist, Jai Chand of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Virender Kumar of the Lok Gathbandhan Party (LOGAP) also contested the elections in 2017.
Nahan is one of the 68 assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh. Nahan falls under the Sirmaur district and Shimla Lok Sabha Constituency. Nahan has more than 83,000 eligible voters.
In 2012, Rajeev Bindal of the BJP defeated Kush Parmar of the Congress by 12,824 votes. Sada Nand Chauhan of the Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP), Vijay Kumar of the Samajwadi Party (SP), Shyama Sharma of the Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) and Kutub Deen of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 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 Nahan Assembly seat
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Nahan, Sirmaur district
Polling date: November 12, 2022
Sitting MLA, party: Rajeev Bindal, BJP
Key candidates, party in 2022: Sunil Sharma (AAP), Rajeev Bindal (BJP), Ajay Solanki (INC)
Winning candidate, party in 2017: Rajeev Bindal, BJP
Runner-up name, party 2017: Ajay Solanki, INC
Winning margin in 2017: 3,990
Top 3 candidates 2017: Rajeev Bindal (BJP), Ajay Solanki (INC), Vishwanath (CPIM)
Top 3 candidates 2012: Rajeev Bindal (BJP), Kush Parmar (INC), Sada Nand Chauhan (LJP)
Lok Sabha constituency: Shimla
