After the withdrawal of nomination of independent candidate Pradeep Kumar in Hamirpur, now only three candidates are left in the fray.

In Nalagarh, independent candidate Gurnam Singh withdrew his nomination papers and now five candidates are contesting the elections.

In Dehra, no candidate has withdrawn his nomination and five candidates will contest the by-election.

Kamlesh Kumari (53) from Congress, Hoshiar Singh (57) from BJP and independent candidates Sulekha Devi (59), Arun Ankesh Syal (34) and Sanjay Sharma (56) are contesting in Dehra Assembly of Kangra district.

BJP's Ashish Sharma (37), Congress's Pushpinder Verma (48) and independent candidate Nand Lal Sharma (64) are in the fray from Hamirpur.

In Nalagarh, Congress's Hardeep Singh Bawa (44), BJP's KL Thakur (64), Swabhiman Party's Kishori Lal Sharma (46) and independents Harpreet Singh (36) and Vijay Singh (36) are in the fray.