Himachal polls: Cong declares 56 of 68 candidates: Virbhadra from Arki, Sukhu from Nadaun

Hours after the BJP named all of its 68 candidates for the November 9 assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, the incumbent Congress too named 56 candidates on Wednesday. These included chief minister Virbhadra Singh from Arki constituency in Solan district, and state unit chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu from Nadaun in Hamirpur district. Here’s the complete list:

Seat: Candidate

Churah (SC): Surinder Bhardwaj

Bharmour (ST): Thakur Singh Bharmauri

Chamba: Neeraj Nayyar

Dalhousie: Asha Kumari

Bhatiyat: Kuldeep Singh Pathania

Nurpur: Ajay Mahajan

Indora (SC): Kamal Kishore

Fatehpur: Sujan Singh Pathania

Jawali: Chander Kumar

Dehra: Viplove Thakur

Jaswan: Pragpur Surinder Mankotia

Jawalamukhi: Sanjay Rattan

Jaisinghpur (SC): Yadvinder Goma

Sullah: Jagjivan Pal

Nagrota: GS Bali

Kangra: Pawan kajal

Dharamsala: Sudhir Sharma

Baijnath (SC): Kishori Lal

Lahaul Spiti (ST): Ravi Thakur

Banjar: Aditya Vikram Singh

Anni (SC): Bansi Lal

Karsog (SC): Mansa Ram

Sundernagar: Sohan Lal Thakur

Nachan (SC): Lal Singh Kaushal

Seraj: Chet Ram Thakur

Drang: Kaul Singh Thakur

Jogindernagar: Jeevan Lal Thakur

Dharampur: Chander Shekhar

Sujanpur: Rajinder Rana

Hamirpur: Kuldeep Pathania

Barsar: ID Lakhanpal

Nadaun: Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu

Chintpurni (SC): Kuldeep Kumar

Gagret: Rakesh Kalia

Haroli: Mukesh Agnihotri

Una: Satpal Raizada

Jhanduta: Biru Ram Kishore

Ghumarvin: Rajesh Dharmani

Bilaspur: Bambar Thakur

Sri Naina Devi Ji: Ram Lal Thakur

Arki: Virbhadra Singh

Doon: Ram Kumar

Solan: Dhani Ram Shandil

Kasauli: Vinod Sultanpuri

Pachhad: Gangu Ram Musafir

Nahan: Ajay Solanki

Sri Rainuka Ji: Vinay Kumar

Paonta Sahib: Kirnesh Jung

Shillai: Harshvardhan Chauhan

Chopal: Subhash Manglate

Kasumpati: Anirudh Singh

Shimla: Harbhajan Singh Bhajji

Jubbal- Kotkhai: Rohit Thakur

Rampur (SC): Nand Lal

Rohru (SC): Mohan Lal Brakta

Kinnaur (ST): Jagat Singh Negi

(Story has been updated)