Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat: BJP candidate Anurag Thakur defeated Congress candidate Satpal Singh Raizada by a huge margin of 1 lakh 77 thousand votes
Anurag Thakur receiving the certificate of victory for the fifth time.
Reported & Written By Kumud Sharma, Diary Times, Hamirpur, June 04BJP candidate Anurag Thakur from Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, which has become the hot seat of Himachal Pradesh’s Lok Sabha elections, has created history by defeating Congress candidate Satpal Singh Raizada by a huge margin of votes.
It is worth noting that after becoming an MP for the fourth time in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Anurag Thakur has created history by winning for the fifth time in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.BJP candidate Anurag Thakur is going to enter Parliament by winning the Lok Sabha election from Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat for the fifth time.On the other hand, Congress candidate Satpal Singh Raizada has suffered a heartbreaking defeat.The Congress party high command expressed confidence in Satpal Singh Raizada to break into the BJP’s stronghold Hamirpur parliamentary constituency, but the BJP has cut off Raizada’s wings.
BJP candidate Anurag Thakur from Hamirpur parliamentary constituency has defeated Congress candidate Satpal Singh Raijada by a huge margin of 1 lakh 77 thousand votes.
BJP candidate Anurag Thakur got a total of 5 lakh 88 thousand 745 votes, while Congress candidate Satpal Singh Raizada, who came second, got 4 lakh 11 thousand 439 votes.
Due to the ninth consecutive victory of BJP from Hamirpur parliamentary constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, it has become a big challenge for Congress to win the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat. Let us tell you that since 1998, BJP has occupied the Hamirpur parliamentary constituency.
Before BJP candidate Anurag Thakur, BJP candidate Suresh Chandel from Bilaspur has also reached the Parliament by winning the Lok Sabha elections three times in a row, but due to Operation Duryodhan, BJP candidate Suresh Chandel had to lose the seat in the year 2007 and after that in the by-election, former BJP Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal won the Hamirpur parliamentary seat, but as soon as the BJP government was formed in Himachal Pradesh, Prem Kumar Dhumal had to become the Chief Minister, after which a by-election had to be held once again on the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat and in the second time, Prem Kumar Dhumal’s son Anurag Thakur won the by-election. Since then, Anurag Thakur has won the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat for the fifth time.Born on 24 October 1974, Anurag Thakur has not lost any election yet despite being less than 50 years old.In the year 2017, he also played an important role in making his father Prem Kumar Dhumal the CM candidate, but Dhumal lost the assembly elections and could not become the CM.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Anurag Thakur won for the fourth time.BJP candidate Anurag Thakur got 68.81 percent votes.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress candidate Rajinder Rana got 28.54 percent votes.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Anurag Thakur got 57.97 percent votes.Congress candidate Satpal Raizada has improved the performance of the Congress party in Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, increasing it from 28.54 percent votes to 40.55 percent votes. NOTA has also registered half a percent of votes in Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat.Apart from Congress and BJP, 10 candidates contested in Hamirpur parliamentary constituency. Bahujan Party’s Hemraj Mahaj, who came third, got 2758 votes.
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