Dharamshala: Dr. Anil Dhiman the BJP candidate for the Bhoranj bye election convincingly beat Ms Promila, the Congress candidate by 8290 votes. The seat had fallen vacant on the death of the ID Dhiman, who was the father of Dr Anil Dhiman.
HP assembly polls are due in the year end and the bye-election is being considered as a warning call for Congress for the upcoming general assembly poll in December.
Votes polled by candidates in the Bhoranj Bye-election
- Anil Dhiman – BJP — 24434 votes
- Ms Promila – Congress — 16144
- Ms Kusim – 403
- Pawan Kumar 4630
- Ramesh Dogra 974
- NOTA 263
Arvind Sharma is an award winning bi-lingual journalist with more than 20 years of experience.
He has worked with Divya Himachal, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhasker, Vir Partap, Ajit and PTI.
In 2010, he was conferred the Himachal Kesri journalism award. He reports on the Tibetan Government in Exile, politics, sports, tourism and other topics. He lives in Dharamshala.
