Himachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent authorities to energy within the final practically 4 many years
SHIMLA: The Congress has surged forward of the BJP main on 38 out of the 68 seats whereas the ruling social gathering has received one seat and is forward on 26, in response to early traits from Himachal Pradesh the place counting of votes solid within the meeting polls is in progress.
Impartial candidates have been forward on three seats whereas the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP), which had fielded candidates on 67 seats, is but to open its account, in response to the Election Fee.
The results of one seat of Sundernagar in Mandi district has been declared the place BJP’s Rakesh Jamwal, who’s the sitting MLA, has defeated his nearest Congress rival by a margin of 8,125 votes.
Candidates who’re main embrace Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur from Seraj, Ministers Bikram Singh (Jaswant Paragpur) and Speaker and BJP chief Vipin Singh Parmar (Sullah).
The chief minister has attained a wholesome lead of greater than 31,000 votes over his nearest Congress rival Chet Ram.
Ministers Ram Lal Markanda (Lahaul Spiti), Govind Sih Thakur (Manali) and Suresh Bhardwaj (Kasumpti), Rajinder Garg (Ghumarwin), Rajiv Saizal (Kasauli), Rakesh Pathania (Fatehpur) and Sarveen Chaudhary (Shahpur) too are main.
BJP’s Puran Chand (Darang) is forward of his rival whereas former minister Narender Bragata’s son Chetan Bragata of the BJP (Jubbal Kotkhai) is trailing. Former Union minister Sukh Ram’s son Anil Sharma (Mandi Sadar) is main from his seat.
Congress chief Mukesh Agnihotri, who’s the chief of opposition within the state meeting, is main from Haroli, whereas former state Congress chief Kuldeep Rathore (Theog), former minister Sudhir Sharma (Dharamsala), and Dhani Ram Shandil (Solan) too are forward.
Others who’re main embrace 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 Okay L Thakur from Nalagarh are among the many Independents who’re main.
Senior Congress chief and sitting MLA Asha Kumari was trailing from Dalhousie whereas Congress’ Kaul Singh was trailing from Darang.
The chief minister and Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh have maintained that their events would get full majority with over 40 out of the 68 seats.
Pratibha Singh, who’s the spouse of former chief minister late Virbhadra Singh, instructed reporters, “We’re assured that outcomes will likely be in favour of the Congress and we’ll kind the federal government”.
Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Suresh Kashyap too exuded confidence of retaining energy within the state.
“We’re assured of successful the election. The BJP will retain energy within the state and break the custom,” Kashyap stated referring to the practically four-decade pattern in Himachal Pradesh, the place the BJP and the Congress alternate in energy each meeting election.
The counting of votes for the 68-member meeting started at 8 am the place the ruling BJP is hoping to retain energy.
Himachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent authorities to energy within the final practically 4 many years.
For the opposition Congress, nevertheless, a victory in Himachal is much-needed for its revival, because it has seen a spate of electoral losses in the previous few years.
About 76.44 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise within the meeting polls held on November 12. A complete of 412 candidates, together with 24 girls and 99 independents, are within the fray.
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