The small-sized hill state of himachal pradesh has four lok sabha seats. The most VIP seat of himachal pradesh is hamirpur parliamentary constituency. Union minister anurag thakur contests elections from here. bjp National President jagat prakash nadda is also from this parliamentary constituency. Apart from this, himachal pradesh chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri along with cabinet minister Rajesh Dharmani also belong to this hamirpur parliamentary constituency.
In such a situation, this seat is being considered as a hot seat during the lok sabha elections. bharatiya janata party has made Union minister anurag thakur its candidate for the fifth consecutive time, while the announcement of congress candidate is still awaited.
Congress last won the elections in 1996
Congress last won the elections from hamirpur parliamentary constituency in the year 1996. In the year 1996, General vikram singh (retd) defeated prem Kumar Dhumal. Till then Prof. Dhumal did not become the chief minister of the state. Later, in the year 1998, he became the chief minister of Himachal for the first time. Narayan Singh Parashar, who belongs to the home assembly constituency of chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, was also elected to parliament thrice from hamirpur parliamentary constituency. anurag thakur has been winning elections from this seat since 2008. In the year 2024, he is once again contesting from hamirpur parliamentary constituency.
History of victory in hamirpur parliamentary constituency?
Premchand Verma congress in the year 1967, Narayan Chandra Parashar congress in the year 1971, Thakur Ranjit Singh Janata party in the year 1977, Narayan Chandra Parashar congress in the year 1980 and 1984, Prof. prem Kumar Dhumal bjp, year 1996 General vikram singh congress, year 1998, year 1999 and year 2004 suresh Chandel bjp, year 2007 prem Kumar Dhumal bjp, year 2008 year, 2009, year 2014 and year 2019 anurag thakur won the elections from BJP.
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