Ravi Thakur (politician)

Ravi Thakur (born 1962)[1] is an Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh.

He won the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress and served till February 2024.

[3] He lost the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election to Ram Lal Markanda of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 1,478 votes.

[4] In February 2024, he was disqualified along with five other Congress MLAs for cross voting for BJP in the Rajya Sabha election.

[5] He contested the by-election on the BJP ticket but came third behind winner Anuradha Rana of the Indian National Congress who defeated independent candidate Ram Lal Markanda, by a margin of 1,960 votes.