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He won the seat in the 2024 bye-election to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly with 35,768 votes. Check his verified record below and rate his performance on NetaSampark.\n\n## Who is Rakesh Kalia?\n\nRakesh Kalia represents the Gagret Assembly constituency in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He was elected in the 2024 bye-election to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (results declared 2024-06-04).\n\n## Rate Rakesh Kalia: Neta Trust Score\n\n Rakesh Kalia has not been rated yet. Be the first citizen to rate this MLA.\n\nThe Neta Trust Score is a score out of 100 built from citizen ratings on NetaSampark across 10 factors: leadership, transparency, accessibility, communication, responsiveness, development work, integrity & ethics, public engagement, citizen confidence and problem resolution. It reflects the opinions of NetaSampark users and is not an official government rating.\n\n## Gagret election result (2024)\n\n- Winner: Rakesh Kalia (INC) – 35,768 votes (55.69% of valid votes)\n- Runner-up: Chaitanya Sharma (BJP) – 27,281 votes\n- Margin: 8,487 votes\n- Source: Election Commission of India, bye-election 2024 result statistical report.\n\n## Political career\n\n- 2024: Elected MLA from Gagret in the bye-election (declared 2024-06-04) – INC, 35,768 votes, margin 8,487 over Chaitanya Sharma (BJP) [ECI]\n- Note: career events beyond official records (ECI results, official ministers list) are not included.\n- This section uses official records only (ECI results, official council of ministers lists); other career events are not included.\n\n## Rakesh Kalia's education and profession\n\nEducation: Graduate.\nProfession: Advocate.\n\n## Rakesh Kalia's assets and affidavit\n\nAffidavit details for Rakesh Kalia have not yet been verified by NetaSampark.\n\n## Neta Updates from Rakesh Kalia\n\nRakesh Kalia has not yet started posting updates on NetaSampark. When his office joins NetaSampark Leader, citizens following this profile will see his announcements, work and event updates here.\n\n · Are you Rakesh Kalia or his office?\n\n## Sources\n\nElection Commission of India statistical reports (2024 bye-election to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly). Last verified: 10 October 2026.","Set No-110,  ••••","V.P.O. Bhanj ••••","Himachal Pradesh","UNA","Male","1968-06-09T18:30:00.000000Z",58,"2024: Elected MLA from Gagret in the bye-election (declared 2024-06-04) – INC, 35,768 votes, margin 8,487 over Chaitanya Sharma (BJP) [ECI]\nNote: career events beyond official records (ECI results, official ministers list) are not included.","Sitting","Advocate","Graduate","Gagret",6090,"published",0,"2026-08-06T01:29:06.000000Z","2026-10-10T02:06:59.000000Z",35768,"55.69",8487,"Chaitanya Sharma (BJP), 27,281 votes (2024)","Rakesh Kalia, Gagret MLA: Profile & Rating | NetaSampark","Rakesh Kalia is the MLA for Gagret, Himachal Pradesh (INC). 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