Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh to vie for post again, Congress releases candidate list for poll
The party has fielded 59 candidates for the November 9 Assembly election.
The Congress party on Wednesday announced its candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, ANI reported. Elections to the 68-seat Assembly will be held on November 9 and the counting of votes will take place on December 18.
The incumbent Congress has announced names of 59 candidates. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who is the party’s candidate for the post again, will contest from the Arki Assembly seat. He has been fielded against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ratan Singh Pal in the constituency.
#HimachalElections HP CM Virbhadra Singh to contest from Arki, Rajinder Rana to contest from Sujanpur.
— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2017
Congress releases list of 59 candidates for the November 9 Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls#HimachalElections pic.twitter.com/PT9bHpGweK
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) October 18, 2017
Earlier on Wednesday, the BJP also announced its list of candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election. The BJP is yet to declare its chief ministerial candidate.
