BJP announced its candidates for all 68 Himachal Assembly seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced its candidates for all 68 Assembly seats.
Twenty-four of 28 sitting lawmakers were given ticket, including Maheshwar Singh, whose party Himachal Lokhit Party merged with the BJP.
Former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti are among the party candidates.
Dhumal and Union Minister J P Nadda are seen as two most likely choices for the post of Chief Minister if the saffron party comes back to power in the Congress-ruled state.
Here is the list -
| Constituency No. | Name of constituency | Name of candidate |
| 1 | Churah (SC) | Shri Hansraj |
| 2 | Bharmour (ST) | Shri Jiya Lal Kapoor |
| 3 | Chamba | Shri Pawan Naiyar |
| 4 | Dalhousie | Shri D.S. Thakur |
| 5 | Bhattiyat | Shri Vikram Singh Jaryal |
| 6 | Nurpur | Shri Rakesh Pathaniya |
| 7 | Indora (SC) | Smt. Reeta Dhiman |
| 8 | Fatehpur | Shri Kripal Parmar |
| 9 | Jawali | Shri Arjun Singh Thakur |
| 10 | Dehra | Shri Ravindra Singh |
| 11 | Jaswan-Pragpur | Shri Vikram Singh |
| 12 | Jawalamukhi | Shri Ramesh Dhavala |
| 13 | Jaisinghpur (SC) | Shri Ravindra Dhiman |
| 14 | Sullah | Shri Vipin Singh Parmar |
| 15 | Nagrota | Shri Arun Kumar (Kuka) |
| 16. | Kangra | Shri Sanjay Chaudhary |
| 17 | Shahpur | Smt. Sarvin Chaudhary |
| 18 | Dharamshala | Shri Kisan Kapoor |
| 19 | Palampur | Sushree Indu Gauswamy |
| 20 | Baijnath (SC) | Shri Mulakh Raj Premi |
| 21 | Lahaul & Spiti (ST) | Dr. Ramlal Markandeya |
| 22 | Manali | Shri Govind Singh Thakur |
| 23 | Kullu | Shri Maheshwar Singh |
| 24 | Banjar | Shri Surendra Shourie |
| 25 | Anni (SC) | Shri Kishori Lal |
| 26 | Karsog (SC) | Shri Hira Lal |
| 27 | Sundernagar | Shri Rakesh Jamwal |
| 28 | Nachan (SC) | Shri Vinod Kumar |
| 29 | Seraj | Shri Jai Ram Thakur |
| 30 | Darang | Shri Jawahar Thakur |
| 31 | Jogindernagar | Shri Gulab Singh Thakur |
| 32 | Dharampur | Shri Mahendra Singh Thakur |
| 33 | Mandi | Shri Anil Sharma |
| 34 | Balh (SC) | Shri Indra Singh Gandhi |
| 35 | Sarkaghat | Col. Indra Singh Thakur |
| 36 | Bhoranj (SC) | Smt. Kamlesh Kumari |
| 37 | Sujanpur | Shri Prem Kumar Dhumal |
| 38 | Hamirpur | Shri Narendra Thakur |
| 39 | Barsar | Shri Baldev Sharma |
| 40 | Nadaun | Shri Vijay Agnihotri |
| 41 | Chintpurni (SC) | Shri Balbir Singh Chaudhary, |
| 42 | Gagret | Shri Rajesh Thakur |
| 43 | Haroli | Shri Ram Kumar Sharma |
| 44 | Una | Shri Satpal Singh Sati |
| 45 | Kutlehar | Shri Virendra Kuwar |
| 46 | Jhanduta (SC) | Shri J.R. Katwal |
| 47 | Ghumarwin | Shri Rajendra Garg |
| 48 | Bilaspur | Shri Subhas Thakur |
| 49 | Sri Naina Deviji | Shri Randheer Sharma |
| 50 | Arki | Shri Ratan Singh Pal |
| 51 | Nalagarh | Shri Krishan Lal Thakur |
| 52 | Doon | Sardar Paramjeet Singh (Pammi) |
| 53 | Solan (SC) | Shri Rajesh Kashyap |
| 54 | Kasauli (SC) | Shri Rajeev Sahjal |
| 55 | Pachhad (SC) | Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap |
| 56 | Nahan | Shri Rajeev Bindal |
| 57 | Sri Renukaji (SC) | Shri Balbir Chauhan |
| 58 | Paonta Sahib | Shri Sukhram Chaudhary |
| 59 | Shillai | Shri Baldev Singh Tomar |
| 60 | Chopal | Shri Balbir Singh Verma |
| 61 | Theog | Shri Rakesh Verma |
| 62 | Kasumpti | Smt. Vijay Jyoti Sain |
| 63 | Shimla | Shri Suresh Bhardwaj |
| 64 | Shimla Rural | Shri Pramod Sharma |
| 65 | Jubbal-Kotkhai | Shri Narendra Bargata |
| 66 | Rampur (SC) | Shri Prem Singh Draik |
| 67 | Rohru (SC) | Smt. Shashi Bala |
| 68 | Kinnaur (ST) | Shri Tejwant Negi |
The BJP has not named its chief ministerial candidate.The BJP Central Election Committee had met last week to finalise their candidates in the state. The single-phase election for the 68 Assembly seats will be held on November 9. Votes will be counted on December 18.
-PTC News