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Himachal Pradesh Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Congress leading on 34 seats; BJP wins Sundernagar seat and leads on 31 as counting continues
December 8 marked the beginning of the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections vote counting amidst a tight contest. There are 68 counting halls spread out across 59 different places throughout Himachal. On November 12, 68 assembly seats in the state were up for election, and a turnout of around 75.6% was noted. The results will decide the political fate of BJP leader and chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and his 10 ministerial colleagues, besides Congress Legislature Party Leader Mukesh Agnihotri and former state Congress chief Sukhwinder Sukhu. In order to win a second term in office, the BJP launched a fierce campaign in the hill state, with Congress supporting it by supporting the '10 assurances' that the party set in its platform. The election fight has become more intense with the Aam Aadmi Party's emergence as the third major political party in the state. Besides these three, parties like the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Rashtriya Devbhumi Party (RDP) are also in the fray. Both BJP and Congress have claimed victory in the state which has had a tradition of changing governments for the past several years. If BJP wins then it will beat the anti-incumbency and change the trend of the alternate government in the state. The Election Commission has made adequate preparations for the counting of votes. There will be 68 counting halls in 59 locations across the state. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg said 10,000 duty staff including the security personnel have been deployed as part of security arrangements. He said teams of returning officers and assistant returning officers have also been deployed to ensure smooth counting process. He said that depending upon the availability of the space, a maximum of 14 counting tables and a minimum of eight counting tables would be available in the counting halls. He said that there will be a separate table for nearly 500 postal ballots. Besides, there will also be separate tables for scanning of electronically transmitted postal ballots linked to computers for counting. CEO said that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for the tribal Lahaul Spiti were shifted to Bhuntar in Kullu and the counting for Lahaul Spiti assembly segment will take place at Bhuntar. Similarly, for the tribal Bharmour assembly segment, the counting will take place in Chamba and for the Kinnaur assembly segment the counting will take place in Reckong-peo. Out of the postal ballots issued to employees deployed on election duty, 52,859 postal ballots were received back by December 6, 2022 (approximately 87 per cent) by the returning officers all over the state, Maneesh Garg had said on Wednesday. According to the exit polls predicted on Monday, BJP has an edge over Congress in a tough fight in Himachal Pradesh. While most exit polls predicted that BJP will likely retain Himachal Pradesh, one exit poll predicted Congress to lead in the sweepstakes to form government in the hill state. Notably, in the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP formed the government by winning 44 seats while Congress secured 21 seats. Stay with TOI for all live updates on HP election result 2022.Read Less
Confident that results will be in our favour: HP Congress chief Pratibha Singh
Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh on Thursday exuded confidence that the assembly election results will be in favour of her party even as the counting of votes for 68 seats in the state was underway.
Pratibha Singh, wife of former chief minister late Virbhadra Singh, said the Congress is hoping to win at least 40 to 42 seats.
"We are confident that results will be in favour of the Congress and we will form the government," she told reporters.
According to the latest trends given by Election Commission, the Congress was leading in 34 seats, followed by the BJP in 31 seats. Independent candidates were ahead in three seats.
Himachal polls: BJP wins 1 seat; Congress takes lead
Opposition Congress has taken a lead on 38 seats while the ruling BJP won one seat and was ahead on 26 in Himachal Pradesh where counting of votes was in progress on Thursday.
Independent candidates were ahead on three assembly seats, according to the Election Commission.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had fielded candidates on 67 seats, is yet to open its account.
The result of one seat of Sundernagar in Mandi district has been declared where BJP's Rakesh Jamwal, who is the sitting MLA, has defeated his nearest Congress rival by a margin of 8,125 votes.
BJP wins one seat in Himachal Pradesh, Congress leads on 39, BJP on 26, Independents on three
Hans Raj Churah leading by +3470
Neeraj nayar Chamba by +5151
Dalhousie DS THAKUR BY +6044
Bhatiyat Bikram Jarial +207
Bharmour Dr. Janak Raj +3470
Nurpur BJP +11206
Indora INC +421
Fatehpur INC +456
JAWALI INC +474
DEHRA IND +7009
JASWAN BJP +1657
Jawalaji INC +3346
JAISINGHPUR INC +3536
SULAH BJP +2828
NAGROTA INC +14604
Kangra BJP +7793
SHAHPUR INC +7580
DHARAMSHALA INC +3489
PALAMPUR INC +2161
BAIJANATH INC +2015
Lahaul spiti INC +1089
Manali BJP +51
KULLU INC +5827
BANJAR INC +1012
ANNI BJP +3711
Karsog BJP +10374
SUNDERNAGAR BJP WON
NACHAN BJP +3303
SERAJ BJP +27472
DARANG BJP +3469
JOGINDERNGR BJP +8125
Dharampur BJP +835
MANDI BJP +8921
BALH BJP+1969
SARKAGHAT BJP +1981
Bhoranj BJP+2128
SUJANPUR INC+923
HAMIRPUR IND +9599
BARSAR INC+4361
NADAUN INC +4441
How Nadaun became a hot seat in Himachal
Nadaun became a hot seat in the elections as Former Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who is seen as a chief minister contender, headed the Congress election campaign committee. Also, this was the fourth time that Agnihotri locked horns with him from the constituency.In the 2017 elections, Sukhu defeated Agnihotri by 2,349 votes, while in 2012, Agnihotri got the better of the Congress leader by more than 6,000 votes. In 2007, Sukhu defeated Agnihotri by over 500 votes.Home Minister Amit Shah's jibe at Sukhu about his chief ministerial candidature was also the talk of the town during the election campaigning.Shah had indirectly taken a dig at Sukhu's candidature, saying the Congress was a party of 'rajas and ranis' and even though many chief ministerial aspirants were in the fray, no one would actually get a chance.Top BJP leaders had campaigned for Agnihotri, who also remained steadfast in the area day and night, while Sukhu remained largely absent due to his responsibilities for the campaign.
HP polls: Congress's Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu leads with over 3,600 votes from Nadaun
Former Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was leading ?by over 3,600 votes against the BJP's Vijay Kumar Agnihotri from Nadaun constituency in Hamirpur district, early trends showed.
Of the total 15,893 votes counted so far, Sukhu polled 9,362 against 5,756 votes for the BJP candidate.Shankey Thukral of the Aam Aadmi Party was at a distant third with 632 votes.
Himachal polls: Surprising factor
Surprisingly, in Theog, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) Rakesh Singha is leading in Theog constituency with 4340 votes with Congress' and BJP's candidates trailing behind with 4407 and 2302 votes.
As BJP is looking to establish a footing in the Haroli seat which has been represented by Congress's Mukesh Agnihotri since 2003, the latter is leading with 10514 votes and BJP's Ram Kumar trails with 8610 votes.
According to the ECI, in Shimla, Harish Janartha of Congress is leading with 8071 and BJP's Sanjay Sood is still trailing with 7172 votes in the recently held assembly elections.
HP Election Results 2022: BJP rebel candidate contesting as an Independent candidate
Another BJP rebel candidate contesting as an Independent candidate from Dehra and is leading with 10903 votes so far. Besides, Congress candidate Dr Rajesh Sharma is ahead of BJP's Ramesh Chand by receiving 5848 votes till 10.55am.Meanwhile, the BJP rebel KL Thakur is also leading in Nalagarh with 12378 votes.
Election Results 2022: BJP's rebels lead Himachal polls in 3 constituencies, Congress ahead in 34
The vote counting trends of the Election Commission of India show that the Bharatiya Janata Party's rebels are leading from their respective constituencies in Himachal Pradesh as Independent candidates. However Congress is leading in 34 seats and BJP in 31.BJP's rebel Hiteshwar Singh is leading the Himachal assembly election as an independent candidate from Banjar with 8585 votes. However, Congress' Khimi Ram gained 8574 votes so far, and BJP's Surender Shourie is trailing with 7424 votes.
Elections 2022: BJP candidate Rakesh Kumar wins from Sundernagar Assembly constituency in Himachal Pradesh, as per Election Commission of India.
BJP candidate Rakesh Kumar has won from Sundernagar seat of Mandi district by a margin of 8125 votes
HP Election Results 2022: Six contestants are in the fray for the seat which has around 75,000 electors.
The other four candidates are Mahender Singh (CPI-M), Gita Nand (AAP), Indra Devi (BSP) and Narender Kumar (Independent).
Counting of votes for the 68-member assembly began at 8 am and the results of the elections will also reveal whether the BJP's all-out personalised campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to buck the 'alternative government' trend has worked or not.
CM Jai Ram Thakur leading in Seraj by margin of over 22,000 votes
Chief Minister and BJP leader Jai Ram Thakur is leading in the Seraj assembly constituency in Himachal Pradesh by a margin of over 22,000 votes over Chet Ram of the Congress, according to the Election Commission.
Thakur, 57, is seeking to continue as chief minister and break the tradition of 'alternate governments' in the state.Himachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent government to power in the last nearly four decades.
The Seraj constituency falls under the Mandi parliamentary seat, which state Congress chief Pratibha Singh represents. She won it in a by-election.Thakur has won five elections earlier in 1998, 2003, 2007, 2012 and 2017 from Seraj, which was earlier known as the Chachiot constituency.
The constituency has been dominated by the BJP for the last 25 years.In the 2017 assembly polls, Thakur had defeated Ram by a margin of over 11,000 votes.
Himachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent government to power in the last nearly four decades.
The results of the elections will also reveal whether the BJP's all-out personalised campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to buck the 'alternate government' trend has worked or not.
For the opposition Congress, however, a victory in Himachal is much-needed for its revival, as it has seen a spate of electoral losses in the last few years.About 76.44 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise in the assembly polls held on November 12.
A total of 412 candidates, including 24 women and 99 independents, are in the fray.
Himachal results: Others leading leaders
Others who are leading include Congress' Jagat Singh Negi from Kinnaur, Vikramaditya Singh, son of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, from Shimla Rural, and Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu from Naudan. Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra and K L Thakur from Nalagarh are among the Independents who are leading.
Himachal poll results: Who are leading from where
Candidates who are leading include Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur from Seraj, Ministers Bikram Singh (Jaswant Paragpur), Ram Lal Markande (Lahaul-Spiti), Rakesh Pathania (Fatehpur) and Speaker and BJP leader Vipin Singh Parmar (Sullah).BJP's Puran Chand (Darang), former minister Narender Bragata's son Chetan Bragata (Jubbal Kotkhai) and former Union minister Sukh Ram's son Anil Sharma (Mandi Sadar) are among those leading.
Himachal polls: Close fight seen between BJP, Cong in Himachal, CM Thakur ahead in Seraj
A close fight is being witnessed between the ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh while Independent candidates were ahead in four seats, according to the Election Commission.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had fielded candidates in 67 seats, is yet to open its account.According to the early trends available for all the 68 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 33, the Congress in 31 while Independents were ahead in four.
Kumari, who is from the erstwhile royal family of Chamba, was elected for the first time in 1985 and got reelected in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2012 and 2017.The former Congress in-charge of Punjab and an ex-minister, Kumari is the tallest leader in the district.In 2012, Kumari had defeated her BJP rival Renu Chadda with a margin of 7,365 but in 2017, her victory margin against Thakur reduced to 556.
Mahajan is the son of former Congress stalwart Des Raj Mahajan who was assembly speaker twice and had won from the Dalhousie constituency in 1967, 1972 and 1982.The Dalhousie seat has a large rural population (89.78 per cent) and saw bad roads and shortage of staff and infrastructure in health facilities and educational institutions becoming major poll issues.
Six-time Congress MLA Asha Kumari trailing in Dalhousie
Six-time Congress MLA Asha Kumari is trailing in Himachal Pradesh's Dalhousie assembly seat with BJP candidate D S Thakur in the lead, according to the Election Commission.
Kumari is among the chief ministerial probables in case the Congress wins the assembly elections.
Dalhousie in Chamba district shot into limelight after veteran Congress leader and former chief minister Virbhadra Singh's aide Harsh Mahajan joined the BJP and queered the pitch for arch rival Kumari, who is seeking re-election from the constituency.
His support to Thakur was a boost for the BJP that is looking to come to power in the hill state again.
Latest trends | Congress is leading on 33 seats, BJP on 31 seats and others on 4 seats in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal assembly results: Congress, BJP in neck-to-neck competition; both leading 32 seats
In a neck-to-neck competition between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC), trends show both leading at 32 seats in Himachal Pradesh.However, State Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, who hails from BJP is currently leading from his constituency, Seraj with close to 15 thousand votes.Thakur is currently leading the Seraj seat with 14921 votes while the Congress candidate for this seat, Chet Ram is trailing behind by receiving 4351 votes so far.Congress candidate from Shimla Rural and former CM late Virbhadra Singh's son, Vikramaditya Singh leading with a total of 7233 votes.In the state capital, Shimla, Harish Janartha of Congress is currently leading with 3449 votes and BJP's Sanjay Sood is trailing in the constituency with 2565 votes in the recently held assembly elections.
