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BJP MANIFESTO PROMISES ❚ Induction plate to every household ❚ 500 new buses ❚ Job creation for 10 lakh jobless ❚ Free medicines to all in govt hospitals ❚ Policy to regularise services of PTA and para teachers ❚ Enhancement of social security pension and pension to retired employees ❚ Soft loans for students and farmers ❚ Free pilgrimage for pensioners once in five years ❚ Insurance cover for lawyers, truck and taxi drivers ❚ Enhancement of daily wages ❚ Law and Sanskrit universities

Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal campaigning for the BJP. Tribune file photo

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HAROLI 43 Voters: 72,205; MLA: Mukesh Kumar Agnihotri (Cong) JAWALI 09 Voters: 80,748; MLA: Neeraj Bharti (Cong) KARSOG (SC) 26 Voters: 60,351; MLA: Hira Lal(Ind) KUTLEHAR 45 Voters: 72,569; MLA: Virender Kanwar (BJP) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Mukesh Kumar Ram Kumar Neeraj Bharti Arjun Singh Sanjay Singh Hira Lal Mansa Ram Virender Kanwar Ram Dass Agnihotri (54) (43) (34) (40) Guleria (50) (46) (71) (48) Malangad (64) Congress BJP Congress BJP Independent BJP Independent BJP Congress MA MPhil BE MA,BEd (BJP rebel) Higher BA LLB Matriculate Assets: Assets: (computers) Assets: MSc,BEd secondary Assets: Assets: Assets: Rs 30 lakh Rs 50 lakh. Assets: Rs 1.13 crore. Assets: Assets: Rs 9.16 lakh Rs 52 lakh Rs 2,59,43,000. Sitting MLA. New entrant and former Rs 20 lakh. Rs 2.5 crore Rs 12 lakh Won on Congress ticket Sitting MLA. Elected twice, remained deputy student leader. Making it difficult for BJP Won as Independent in twice. speaker of HP Assembly. candidate Arjun Singh. 2007, joined BJP as Congress likely to benefit. associate member.

INDORA (SC) 07 Voters: 73,954; MLA: Des Raj (BJP; denied ticket) JHANDUTA (SC) 46 Voters: 66,141; MLA: Rikhi Ram Kondal (BJP) KASAULI (SC) 54 Voters: 57,218; MLA: Dr Rajiv Sehzal (BJP) LAHAUL & SPITI (ST) 21 Voters: 21,990; MLA: Dr Ramlal Markande (BJP) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Kamal Kishor Reeta Dhiman Manohar Dhiman Rikhi Ram Beeru Ram Dr Rajiv Sehzal Vinod Sultanpuri Ravi Thakur Dr Ramlal Markande (59) (36) (55) Kondal (65) Kishore (59) (41) (30) (50) (47) Congress BJP Independent BJP Congress BJP Congress Congress BJP BA,BEd Matriculate Matriculate ITI (diploma) MBBS BAMS LLB Graduate, hotelier PhD Assets: Assets: Rs Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Rs 9 lakh. 6.40 lakh. Rs 2 crore Rs 1.30 crore Rs 1.06 crore Rs 31.15 lakh Rs 3.95 crore Rs 15 crore Rs 43.87 lakh A BJP rebel. Deputy Speaker; has won Remained two-time Sitting MLA. Son of six-time MP, KD First timer and son of late Lata Made debut on HVC ticket; became four elections (1985, 1990, Congress MLA in 1993 and Sultanpuri; secretary Pradesh Thakur (former Congress MLA); minister in BJP-HVC government; lost 1998 and 2007). 2003. Congress Committee. close associate of Gandhi family. to Congress in 2003; won in 2007.

JAISINGHPUR 13 Voters: 73,865; MLA: Atma Ram (BJP) JOGINDERNAGAR 31 Voters: 82,743; MLA: Gulab Singh Thakur (BJP) KASUMPTI 62 Voters: 59,121; MLA: Sohan Lal (Cong) MANALI 22 Voters: 60,676; MLA: New constituency MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Atma Ram Yadvinder Goma Gulab Singh Thakur Surinderpal Thakur Anirudh Singh Khushi Ram Kuldeep Tanwar Govind Thakur Bhuvneshwar Dharamvir (78) (26) (64) (52) (35) Balnatah (62) (56) (44) Gaur (38) Dhami(63) BJP Congress BJP Congress Congress HLP CPM BJP Congress Independent Matriculate BTech Lawyer Matriculate Graduate Graduate Doctorate Graduate Senior Matriculate Ex-servicemen, Assets: Won three elections on Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: secondary Assets: won Assembly Rs 5.22 lakh Cong ticket; joined Rs 1.09 crore Rs 7,78,30,000 Rs 71,36,000 Rs 4,55,63,000 Rs 1.74 crore Assets: Rs 15.78 crore polls in 1990, 1998, 2003 First-timer, son of former BJP, won in 1998; former Speaker Nephew of Gulab Singh, who Newcomer, zila parishad Sitting BJP MLA from Rohru, Social activist associated with Son of Kunj Lal Thakur, a Rs 12.5 crore Fought three elections on and 2007. Congress MLA Milkhi Ram Goma. and PWD Minister. defeated latter in 2003, but lost to chairman. forced to shift after delimitation. literacy, Kheti Bachao campaigns. former minister; fought First timer and son of Raj BSP ticket and as him in 2007. three elections, but won Krishan Gaur, former Independent, lost all. Prem Singh (42) Vijay Jyoti (40) only one on BJP ticket in minister. BJP Independent 2007. Illiterate Matriculate Assets: Rs 1,03,27,000 Assets: Rs 7,23,07,000 Panchayat pradhan of Bhatta Hails from erstwhile Kufer, new to electoral politics. princely state of Keonthal.

JASWAN-PRAGPUR 11 Voters: 68,069; MLA (Pragpur): Yograj JUBBAL-KOTKHAI 65 Voters: 63,538; MLA: Narinder Bragta KINNAUR (ST) 68 Voters: 51,264; MLA: Tejawant Negi (BJP) MANDI 33 Voters: 63,347; MLA: Anil Sharma (Cong) (Cong); MLA (Jaswan): Nikhil Rajour (Cong) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Narinder Bragta Rohit Thakur Tejwant Negi Jagat Singh Negi Chet Ram Negi Anil Sharma DD Thakur Bikram Thakur Nikhil Rajour Naveen Dhiman (60) (38) (52) (64) (64) (56) (62) (48) (57) (37) BJP Congress BJP Congress HLP Congress BJP BJP Congress Himachal Postgraduate Graduate Graduate Graduate Graduate Pre- Lawyer BSc Secondary Lokhit Party Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: Assets: engineering Assets: Assets: School BSc Rs 1,85,42,418 Rs 4,73,83,84 Rs 3,45,35,472 Rs 2,82,98,230 Rs 2,82,98,230 Assets: Rs 52.67 lakh Rs 50.19 lakh graduation Won from Shimla in 1998, Grandson of late Congress Lost in 2003, won in 2007. Won the 2003 polls, lost in Won in 1998 as BJP Rs 12.68 crore Former Congress MLA, Won Assembly polls from diploma Assets: Rs 28.20 lakh shifted in 2003 and won stalwart Ram Lal Thakur, 2007. candidate, contesting on Son of former Telecom joined BJP; lost in 2007. Jaswan in 2003. Assets: Rs 56.32 lakh Won as Independent in the seat in 2007. won the seat in 2003. HLP ticket this time. Minister Sukh Ram; won in Made political debut from 2003 polls; lost in 2007 on 2007; was Sports Minister the seat represented by his BJP ticket; both parents and Raja Sabha MP. sister, Viplove Thakur remained MLA from moved to the Rajya Sabha. Pragpur. Mother, Sarla Sharma was State Congress chief.

JAWALAMUKHI 12 Voters: 65,398; MLA: Ramesh Dhawala (BJP) KANGRA 16 Voters: 68,113; MLA: Sanjay Chaudhary (BJP) KULLU 23 Voters: 73,346; MLA: Govind Thakur (BJP) NACHAN (SC) 28 Voters: 69,669; MLA: Dile Ram (BJP) MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS MAIN CONTESTANTS Ramesh Dhawala Sanjay Rattan Surender Kumar Kaku Pawan Kajal Masheshwar Singh Ram Singh Tek Chand Dogra Vinod Kumar Damodhar Singh (61) (49) (58) (38) (63) (57) (67) (32) (47) BJP Congress Congress Independent (BJP rebel) Himachal Lokhit Party BJP, Sangh activist Congress BJP Independent Matriculate BA,LLB BA Matriculate College dropout Graduate Art and craft Senior Draughtsman Assets: Assets: Assets: Rs 17 lakh. Assets: Rs 1.65 crore. Assets: Rs 4.38 crore Assets: Rs 3.45 crore diploma secondary Assets: Rs 30.38 lakh Rs 49.53 lakh Three-time BJP MP, twice Banjar Runs shawl business, first timer. holder Assets: Rs 23 lakh Food and Supplies Minister Contested two Assembly MLA and state BJP president in 1990; lost to Assets: Rs 32 lakh Rs 10.93 lakh First timer and BJP rebel. in BJP regime, won as polls as Independent and Virbhadra Singh in 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Won the seat thrice, but lost First timer and Sangh Independent in 1998 and lost. Fielded by Congress Sanjay Chaudhary (46) Dr Rajesh Sharma (00) Prem Lata Thakur (56) to BJP in 2007. activist. on BJP ticket in 2003, for the first time. BJP Congress rebel Sunder Thakur (48) Independent 2007. Postgraduate MD Congress Higher secondary Assets: Rs 50 lakh. Assets: Rs 75 lakh LLB, hotelier Assets: Rs 1.95 crore Entry of Congress, BJP rebels has Assets: First timer, proxy candidate of made it a four-cornered fight. It could be anyone’s Rs 9.94 crore. her husband Satya Parkash Thakur, a game in Kangra. A hotelier. Congress rebel.

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