Himachal Pradesh Elections 2017, Know your constituency: Pachhad

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is all set to go to polls in a single-phase on November 9, 2017. The counting of votes will take place on December 18, 2017. The hill state has 68 constituencies.

The Pachhad Vidhan Sabha constituency, located in Sirmaur district, is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. The seat is reserved for scheduled caste candidates. In 2012 assembly polls, the number of electors was 62697.

The constituency will have 110 polling stations.

Himachal elections 2017: Candidates contesting from Pachhad

1. Gangu Ram Musafir

Party: Indian National Congress

Symbol: Hand

2. Suresh Kumar Kashyap

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Symbol: Lotus

In 2012, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Kumar won the seat with 25488 votes.

The term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly comes to an end on January 7, 2018.