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 Bhattiyat Vidhan Sabha constituency, located in Chamba district, is one of the 68 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. In 2012 assembly polls 47,960 people had cast their votes.
The constituency will have 115 polling stations.
Bhattiyat constituency came into existence by in 2008, following the Delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies by the Election Commission.
Himachal elections 2017: Candidates contesting from Bhattiyat
1. Kuldeep Singh Pathania
Party: Indian National Congress
Symbol: Hand
2. Bikram Singh Jaryal
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Symbol: Lotus
3. Nagesh Kumar
Party: Independent
Symbol: Hat
4. Rahul Rampatia
Independent
Symbol: Diamond
In 2012, BJP candidate Bikram Singh Jaryal won the seat with 18098 votes.
The term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly comes to an end on January 7, 2018.
