The party could pocket only the two seats of Pachhad and Paonta Sahib while the seats of Shillai, Nahan and Sri Renuka ji were taken by Congress, where Hattis are a dominant community.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government’s decision to give Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Hatti Community in Himachal Pradesh could swing the community votes in at least five assembly constituencies.