Himachal Pradesh Election 2022: Darang Assembly Seat
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Himachal Pradesh Election: Darang Assembly Constituency 2022
Darang is one of the 68 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Constituencies that comes under the Mandi district. People of Darang voted for Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 on November 12 and the result was declared on December 8.
In 2017, the Darang assembly seat had 77,478 registered voters. Of the, 39,513 were male and 37,965 were female voters. 0.5% of votes were casted for NOTA.
In the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, there were 6 candidates in the fray from Darang constituency. Darang was one of 44 seats won by the Bharatiya Janta Party. Bharatiya Janta Party's Jawahar Thakur won the election upstaging Indian National Congress's Kaul Singh by a margin of 6,541 votes.
98.5% of the total votes were casted to top three candidates. Bharatiya Janta Party's Jawahar Thakur got a total of 31,392 votes, while Indian National Congress's Kaul Singh secured 24,851 votes. Independent candidate Puran Chand grabbed the third spot with 7,672 votes. The top three parties got 48.4%, 38.3% and 11.8% respectively.
In Himachal Pradesh Assembly election 2012, Indian National Congress's Kaul Singh beat Bharatiya Janta Party's Jawahar Lal by 2,232 votes.