Shimla: Himachal Pradesh will go to polls on November 12 for the assembly elections. Apart from the BJP and the Congress, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) is also fielding candidates on 11 seats in the assembly elections and has also announced the names of candidates. The Theog seat in Shimla district was won by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in the 2017 assembly elections.

However, the 2017 victory was due to infighting in the Congress and Rakesh Singha won the seat. At the same time, this time there is factionalism in both the Congress and the BJP and that is why the Communist Party is hoping for good results. Speaking to the media, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader has pointed out that the party does not have enough support base to win the assembly. However, there are party workers across the state and there is a good number in Shimla.  

Before 2017, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) had last won an assembly seat in 1993. However, the CPM has won other elections, including the Shimla Municipal Corporation. In 2012, the CPM occupied both the mayor and deputy mayor posts in a corporation.

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