Ravi Thakur (politician)

Thakur is from Lahoul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. He is the son of Nihal Chand. He completed his BA in 1983 at Punjab University. He is a businessman and runs a hotel.^[1]

Thakur won from Lahoul and Spiti Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 9,948 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Ram Lal Markanda of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 1,616 votes.^[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.^[6][7]