IANSHINDICounting of votes polled in the Himachal Pradesh election started at 8 am today. More than 10,000 security personnel, returning officers, and other support staff have been deputed to oversee the counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls on Thursday.
The counting started at 8 am in 68 counting halls spread across 59 locations throughout the state. The counting started with the postal ballot at 8 am followed by EVM counting at 8.30 am. The counting trends will be available on Voter Helpline App and on results.eci.govt.in.
A three-tier security system has been set up for the strong rooms, the innermost parameter of which will be guarded by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), and second and third by the armed Police and district executive force, the officer said.
About 76.44 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise in the assembly polls held on November 12.
As many as 52,859 (87 per cent approximately) postal ballots were received by December 6 by the returning officers from all over the state – an increase of 17 per cent as compared to 2017. A total of 45,126 were received in 2017.
In Himachal Pradesh, the exit polls projected a range of 24-41 seats for the BJP and 24-40 seats for the Congress. The majority mark is 35 seats. Meanwhile, BJP has taken an early lead in the counting.
Here are the highlights
The counting started at 8 am in 68 counting halls spread across 59 locations throughout the state. The counting started with the postal ballot at 8 am followed by EVM counting at 8.30 am. The counting trends will be available on Voter Helpline App and on results.eci.govt.in.
A three-tier security system has been set up for the strong rooms, the innermost parameter of which will be guarded by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), and second and third by the armed Police and district executive force, the officer said.
About 76.44 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise in the assembly polls held on November 12.
As many as 52,859 (87 per cent approximately) postal ballots were received by December 6 by the returning officers from all over the state – an increase of 17 per cent as compared to 2017. A total of 45,126 were received in 2017.
In Himachal Pradesh, the exit polls projected a range of 24-41 seats for the BJP and 24-40 seats for the Congress. The majority mark is 35 seats. Meanwhile, BJP has taken an early lead in the counting.
Here are the highlights
- 8 AM: Counting of votes starts. In the first 30 minutes, postal ballot papers were counted
- 8.07 AM: BJP gained early trend
- 8.30 AM: Counting of votes for electronic voting machines (EVMs) commenced
- Congress candidate from Shimla Rural and former CM late Virbhadra Singh's son, Vikramaditya Singh is leading
- Senior Congress leader Asha Kumari is trailing
- Priyanka Vadra monitoring Himachal Election situation from Shimla farmhouse
- 10.45 AM: Congress leading on 33 and BJP on 31 seats as per EC trends
- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had fielded candidates in 67 seats, is yet to open its account.
- 11 AM: Congress's lead has crossed the majority mark of 35 while BJP's lead has come down below 30
- 11.07: Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur wins from Seraj, reports News18
- 11.15: Vote Share as per election commission: BJP: 43.55%, INC: 42.92%, AAP: 1.00%
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