Shimla, October 18, 2017: Close on the heels of the BJP, the Congress has also announced its candidates for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. Though the BJP has come out with complete list of candidates for all the constituencies, the Congress has released its first list of 59 candidates.
Six-time Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh (83) will be contesting this time from Arki constituency.
Notably, the Congress has not announced any candidate in the first list from Shimla (Rural) constituency represented by CM Virbhadra Singh in the outgoing Assembly. This seat was left by the CM for his son Vikramaditya Singh.
The Congress had followed one family, one ticket rule while distributing tickets for Punjab Assembly elections held early this year.
The list is as under: