Himachal Pradesh Election 2022: Fatehpur Assembly Seat
Himachal Pradesh Election: Fatehpur Assembly Constituency 2022
Fatehpur is one of the 68 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Constituencies that comes under the Kangra district. People of Fatehpur voted for Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 on November 12 and the result was declared on December 8.
In Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2017, there were 75,079 registered voters for Fatehpur assembly seat, out of which 38,661 were male and 36,418 were female voters. 0.4% of voters opted for for the None of the Above (NOTA) option.
In the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, there were 8 candidates in the fray from Fatehpur constituency. Fatehpur was one of 21 seats won by the Indian National Congress. It was a close contest with Indian National Congress's Sujan Singh Pathania winning the election upstaging Bharatiya Janta Party's Kripal Singh Parmar by a margin of just 1,284 votes.
The top three candidates split 85.6% of votes between them. Indian National Congress's Sujan Singh Pathania secured a total of 18,962 votes, while Bharatiya Janta Party's Kripal Singh Parmar got 17,678 votes. Independent candidate Baldev Thakur bagged 13,090 votes to finish at the third place. The top three parties got 32.6%, 30.4% and 22.5% respectively.
In Himachal Pradesh Assembly election 2012, Indian National Congress's Sujan Singh Pathania outperformed Bharatiya Janta Party's Baldev Thakur by 7,217 votes.