Himachal Pradesh Solan Result 2022: Congress veteran Shandil Kashyap defeats BJP candidate and his son-in-law

Himachal Pradesh Solan Result 2022: Dhani Ram Shandil, veteran Congress leader and retired army personnel, on Thursday retained his Solan Assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh. He defeated his nearest BJP rival and son-in-law Rajesh Kashyap. Shandil grabbed more than 50 per cent votes from the constituency.

Shandil defeated Kashyap by a margin of 3,858 votes.

Eighty-two-year-old retired army colonel Shandil is the oldest candidate in the fray.

The contest grabbed several eyeballs as it was a close fight between father-in-law and son-in-law. This is the third time Shandil contested this seat.  

Anju from Aam Aadmi Party and Rajinder from Bahujan Samaj Party were also contesting for the same seat.

In the 2017 assembly elections, Shandil somehow just managed to hold on to his seat.  He just won by an extremely narrow margin of 671 votes against Kashyap. 2017 Election was the first time, Kashyap had contested from Solan.

Shandil was also an MP from Shimla previously.

This seat of Solan is categorized as Scheduled Caste section. 

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. There were 412 contesting candidates, majorly from BJP, Congress and others like CPIM, AAP, BSP.

In the 2017 assembly election in Himachal Pradesh, the BJP had won 44 seats and the Congress won in 21 seats. One seat went to the CPI-M, and two to independent candidates.