Full list of candidates going to polls in Himachal Pradesh in seventh phase of Lok Sabha election 2019

Polling will be held in all four Parliamentary Constituencies (PC) of Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, and Shimla on May 19.

SHIMLA: Voting for all four Lok Sabha constituencies in Himachal Pradesh is scheduled to take place in the last and seventh phase on Sunday, May 19.

Polling will be held in all four Parliamentary Constituencies (PC) of Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, and Shimla.

Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur parliamentary constituencies are General Seats whereas Shimla PC is reserved for SC. As per Form 7A available on EC website, 11 candidates are contesting from Kangra, 17 from Mandi, 11 from Hamirpur and 6 from Shimla.

A total of 45 candidates are in the fray from these four Lok Sabha seats and their fate will be decided by over 53 lakh registered electors in the state.

The Election Commission of India has set up 7723 polling station across the state for smooth conduct of polls.

As per the data available, there are 5,330,154 voters, out of which 2,724,111 are males, 2,605,996 females and 47 third gender voters.

Here is the full list of candidates going to poll in Himachal Pradesh:

Kangra

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	Kishan Kapoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Dr. Kehar Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Pawan Kajal	Indian National Congress
4	Prem Chand Vishvakarma	Navbharat Ekta Dal
5	Dr. Swaroop Singh Rana	Swabhiman Party
6	Subhash Chand	Himachal Jan Kranti Party
7	Chander Bhan	Independent
8	Col. Narinder Pathania	Independent
9	Nisha Katoch	Independent
10	Bhachan Singh Rana	Independent
11	Dr. Sanjiv Guleria	Independent

Mandi

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

Hamirpur

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	DILIP KUMAR SINGH	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	PRITAM SINGH LODHI KISAAN	Indian National Congress
4	ARVIND KUMAR PRAJAPATI	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
5	ER. KEDARNATH VISHWAKARMA	Bahujan Mukti Party
6	SHRIRAM SINGH GAUR	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
7	SURESH CHANDRA RAJPUT	Rashtriya Kranti Party
8	KAMLESH KUMAR	Independent
9	KAMTA PRASAD PRAJAPATI	Independent
10	MADHURAJ	Independent
11	RAJESH	Independent
12	RAM GOPAL	Independent
13	SARJOOLAL	Independent
14	SANJAY KUMAR SAHU	Independent

Shimla

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	DHANI RAM SHANDIL	Indian National Congress
2	VIKRAM SINGH	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	MANOJ KUMAR	All India Forward Bloc
5	SHAMSHER SINGH	Rashtriya Azad Manch
6	RAVI	Independent

National Electoral Rolls Purification campaign till 31st August

A Spokesperson of Himachal Pradesh State Election Department told here today that as per the directions of the National Electoral Commission the statewide National Electoral Rolls Purification campaign would be started from 1st March to 31st August, 2016. During the campaign with the help of modern technology the dual registration would be removed from existing electoral rolls besides making it error free.

He said that the department would identify the errors in existing electoral rolls at district and sub-division level upto 31st March, 2016. There after the purification of errors and registration of left out and eligible citizen would be done by 1st April, 2016. Besides that the names of the dead, dual registered voters and the voters who had shifted to another place, would be removed from the list.

He has appealed to the political parties, NGOs, Mahila/ Yuva Mandals and the citizens to contact designated registration camps and officers, electoral registration officer/ Assistant electoral registration officer to register the names of left out and eligible persons, removal of the names of the dead and those who had shifted to another place and also remove the names of dual registered persons so as to update the electoral rolls.

State level Voters Day on 25th January 2014

Principal Secretary, Elections and Chief Electoral Officer, Shri Narender Chauhan said that State National Voters Day would be celebrated at Gaiety Theatre Shimla on 25th January, 2014. He said that the aim of observing this Day was to enhance participation of citizens in the democratic electoral process.

Shri Chauhan was addressing a meeting here today organized for reviewing the preparations of the function. He said that the Election Commission of India has decided to celebrate 25th January its Foundation Day as the National Voters Day every year. He said that the sub theme of the National Voters Day, 2014 was ‘Ethical Voting’. Shri Chauhan said that State level and District level National Voters Day Function of district Shimla would be organized jointly at Shimla. The voters belonging to polling stations located within the radius of two kilometers of State Headquarters would be felicitated with Electors Photo Identity Cards.

Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls

Shri Narinder Chauhan, Chief Electoral Officer said here today that Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls of all 68 Vidhan Sabha Constituencies was being done for conducting Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections with 1st January, 2014 as qualifying date. 

He said that draft of photo voters lists would be available in all the Polling Booths, offices of Electoral Registration Officers/ Assistant Electoral Registration Officers on 1st October, 2013. He said that claims and objections if any could be filed between 1st October to 31st October ,2013 and the voters lists would be read out for verification in Gram Sabha and Local Bodies meetings on 2nd October to 20th October ,2013. He said that special campaign would be launched in all the polling booths on 6th October to 27th October, 2013. He said that claims and objections would be disposed off upto 2nd November to 14th November, 2013. Final photo electoral rolls would be published on 6th January, 2013. He said that for further information one can visit departmental website http://ceohimachal.nic.in., besides on Toll Free No. 1950.

He said that special meeting of Gram Sabhas in all Vidhan Sabha Constituencies would be held on 2nd October,2013 to make the voter lists more transparent ,besides special meetings would also be held at ward level in urban areas.

Public holiday on 6th October

A Spokesman the State Government said here today that 6th October, 2013 had been declared as a public holiday (if necessary) in the areas of those Panchayati Raj Institutions where the bye-elections are scheduled to be held to fill up the vacant seats in these Panchayati Raj Institutions. All Government Offices, Boards, Corporations, Educational Institutions and Industrial Establishments situated in the State under Industrial Disputes Act and shops would remain closed on the said date in the areas of these Institutions. This would also be a paid holiday to daily wages employees and also within the meaning of Section 25 of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881.

He said that Special casual leave may be given to those employees who were working in different places in the State but have a right to vote in above Panchayati Raj Institutions on the production of certificate from the concerned Presiding Officer that the employees has actually to cast his/her vote.

Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls

Narinder Chauhan, Chief Electoral Officer said that Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls of 68 Vidhan Sabha Constituencies of Himachal Pradesh with 1st January, 2014 as qualifying date would be conducted from 1st to 31st October, 2013. 

He said that draft photo voters lists would be available in all the polling booths, offices of electoral registration officers/ assistant electoral registration officers on 1st October, 2013. He said that claims and objections could be filed between 1st to 31st October, 2013 and the voters lists would be read out for verification in Gram Sabha and Local Bodies meetings on 2nd October and 20th October, 2013. He said that special campaign would be launched in all the polling booths on 6th October and 13th October, 2013 and claims and objections would be disposed off from 2nd November to 14th November, 2013. He said that final printing of photo electoral rolls for final publication would be done by 30th December, 2013 and final photo electoral rolls would be published on 6th January, 2014. 

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