Ahead of the announcement of Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, the BJP finalised its first list of 45 candidates. Party has decided to shift Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal to Hamirpur.
The party re-nominated at least eight ministers for the elections including former Health Minister Rajiv Bindal, who has been shifted from Solan to Nahan. Solan was reserved for SC candidate. Theog MLA Rakesh Verma, who was mulling to shift his base to Chopal, announced party candidate from Theog.
Detail list of 45 BJP candidates for the assembly poll. Chamba district
Churah: Hansraj
Chamba: BK Chouhan
Dalhousie: Renu Chaddha
Bhatiyat: Vikram Jarial
Kangra district
Noorpur: Ranveer Singh Nikka
Jaswan-Pragpur: Vikram Thakur
Sulah: Bipan Singh Parmar
Nagrota-Bagwan: Mangal Chaudhary
Shahapur: Sarveen Chaudhary
Dharmashala: Kishan Kapoor
Palampur: Praveen Sharma
Lahaul-Spiti: Ramlal Markandaya
Kullu district
Manali: Govind Thakur
Banjar: Khimi Ram
Anni (SC): Kishori Lal
Mandi district
Siraj: Jairam Thakur
Darang: Jawahar Singh Thakur
Joginder Nagar: Gulab Singh Thakur
Dharampur: Mahendra Thakur
Mandi: Durga Dutt Thakur
Balh (S.C): Inder Singh Gandhi
Hamirpur district
Bhoranj (SC): Ishwar Das Dhiman
Sujanpur: Urmil Thakur
Hamirpur: Prem Kumar Dhumal
Badsar: Baldev Sharma
Nadaun: Vijay Agnihotri
Una district
Chintapurni (SC): Balbeer Chaudhary
Una: Satpal Singh Satti
Kutlahar: Virendra Kanwar
Bilaspur district:
Jhandutta (S.C): Rikhi Ram Kaundal
ShriNainaDevi: Randheer Sharma
Solan district:
Aarki: Govind Ram Sharma
Nalagarh: K L Thakur
Doon: Vinod Chandel
Kasauli (SC): Rajeev Sehjal
Sirmaur district:
Pacchad (S.C): Suresh Kashyap
Nahan: Rajeev Bindal
ShriRenukaJi (S.C): Hirda Ram
PontaSaheb: Sukhram Chaudhary
Shillai: Baldev Tomar
Shimla district:
Theog: Rakesh Varma
Kusumpati: Prem Singh Thakur
Shimla: Suresh Bhardwaj
Jubbal-Kotkhai: Narindra Bragata
Rampur (S.C): Prem Singh Drek.
