Shimla:
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Virbhadra Singh today won from Shimla (Rural) constituency defeating his BJP rival Ishwar Rohal by 19,033 votes.
Mr Singh, who is a strong contender for the post of Chief Minister, is a sitting member of Lok Sabha.
He had resigned from the Union Cabinet after a special Court framed charges against him in a graft a case but the Congress high command appointed him state party president to lead the party in the assembly polls.