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| office1 = [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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| predecessor1 = [[Suresh Bhardwaj (politician)|Suresh Bhardwaj]]<br />
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| constituency1 = [[Shimla Assembly constituency|Shimla]]<br />
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'''Harish Janartha''' (born 18 May 1965){{fact|date=August 2024}} is an Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh. He won the [[2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Shimla Assembly constituency]] representing the Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harish Janartha Election Results 2022: News, Votes, Results of Himachal-pradesh Assembly |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/himachal-pradesh-assembly-election-candidates-list-2022/harish-janartha-08063-1 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website=[[NDTV]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hon'ble Member Legislative Assembly |url=https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/517 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website=Himachal Pradesh 14th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha)}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Janartha was born in Kashani village, [[Tikkar]] ([[Rohru]]) in an Indian politician family from the [[Shimla district]]. He is the son of late Roshna Janartha and late Jawahar Janartha. He did his schooling at [[Bishop Cotton School, Shimla]], and later graduated in 1986 from the [[Panjab University|Punjab University, Chandigarh]]. He married Kusum Janartha, and together they have a son.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harish Janartha(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- SHIMLA(SHIMLA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/Himachalpradesh2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=212 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website=myneta.info}}</ref>{{failed verification |reason= no mention of school, college name, spouse name or son|date= November 2025}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Janartha was a member of the [[National Students' Union of India]] from 1982 to 1986. Later, he continued to be active in the State [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]] from 1986 to 1994 and the District Congress Committee in Shimla from 1994 to 2000. He served as an executive council member (finance) at Himachal Pradesh University and as an executive member of the Pradesh Congress Committee from 2012 to 2022.<br />
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He also served as a councilor of the [[Shimla Municipal Corporation|Municipal Corporation in Shimla]] twice, first from 2002 to 2007 and then from 2007 to 2012. Later, he became the Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Corporation, Shimla, from 2007 to 2012. In April 2022, he became the vice president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-26 |title=Pratibha Virbhadra Singh replaces Kuldeep Rathore as chief of Himachal Pradesh Congress |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/pratibha-virbhadra-singh-replaces-kuldeep-rathore-as-chief-of-himachal-pradesh-congress/articleshow/91107500.cms |access-date=2024-12-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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He won the [[2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Shimla Assembly constituency]] representing the Indian National Congress and defeated his nearest rival Sanjay Sood.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 December 2022 |title=Himachal Pradesh Assembly election results 2022: Full list of winners |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/himachal-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2022-full-list-of-winners-8312715/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> Thus, INC won after 15 years from this constituency and BJP lost it after 15 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nandan |first1=Nishant |date=8 December 2022 |title=Himachal Pradesh Election: शिमला शहरी सीट से भाजपा का चाय वाला प्रत्याशी हारा, 15 साल बाद कांग्रेस की जीत |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/himachal-pradesh/story-himachal-pradesh-bjp-chai-wala-candidate-lost-from-shimla-urban-seat-congress-government-harish-janartha-win-aap-7460666.html |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]] |language=hindi}}</ref> In 2017, he lost as an Independent candidate while he lost to the same candidate, Bhardwaj, in 2012 on Congress ticket. He rejoined the [[Indian National Congress]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 April 2019 |title=Himachal Congress rebel Janartha rejoins party |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/himachal-congress-rebel-janartha-rejoins-party |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=[[The Quint]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
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[[Category:Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]<br />
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