The BJP has nominated Baldev Olakh, a former district BJP president of Rampur, to contest the forthcoming 2017 assembly election to Bilaspur. Pradip Gangwar is in the fray as a nominee of BSP. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP candidate from the Rampur Lok Sabha constituency, Nepal Singh had established a lead of 33718 votes over his nearest Samajwadi Party rival. The Congress which currently holds the seat came third and BSP was relegated to the fourth place. After the alliance of Congress and SP, the seat is all set to witness a keen contest between BJP and SP-Congress combine.