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Himachal Pradesh Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Congress holds meeting of newly-elected Himachal MLAs

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jan 12, 2023, 13:24:56 IST

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Himachal Pradesh Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Congress holds meeting of newly-elected Himachal MLAs

Himachal Pradesh Election Results 2022 Live Updates: The Congress, which wrested power from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, has scheduled a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs in Shimla on Friday and the gathering is likely to approve a resolution authorising the Congress president to nominate the CLP leader.

The Congress on Thursday gained 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its history of not electing any incumbent administration to power since 1985.

Mukesh Agnihotri, the opposition's leader, said that a meeting will take place in Shimla on Friday.

The Congress's current dilemma is choosing a chief ministerial figure who can unite the party moving ahead.

State party president Pratibha Singh is considered a key frontrunner for the chief minister's post, closely followed by former party chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and outgoing CLP leader Mukesh Agnihotri.

Rebels played a spoilsport for both the BJP and Congress in 12 out of the 68 assembly segments in Himachal Pradesh.

The rebels, who contested as independents in the assembly polls, marred the prospects of BJP candidates in eight seats.
Congress candidates were hit in four assembly segments.
Out of the total 99 independents who were in the fray, 28 were rebels.
All the three winning Independents -- K L Thakur from Nalagarh, Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra and Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur -- were BJP rebels who were denied party tickets.

06:06 (IST) Dec 08

Exit polls predict a close contest between Congress and BJP in Himachal

06:05 (IST) Dec 08

How did BJP and Congress fared in vote share over the years

05:59 (IST) Dec 08

Himachal poll results: BJP eyes new record, Congress confident of getting majority

With exit poll predictions of a return of the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, the ruling party is hoping to set new records by changing the trend of not repeating government after five years while the Congress is hopeful that the party would form the government with a full majority in the hill state.

05:54 (IST) Dec 08

Day before election results, Cong expels 30 Himachal netas

A day before the counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, Congress expelled 30 of its office-bearers in the Chopal constituency in Shimla district for anti-party activities for a period of six years. State Congress president Pratibha Singh expelled the 30 office-bearers from the party’s primary membership with immediate effect on a complaint by Chopal block Congress committee. The party had fielded general secretary (organisation) Rajnish Kimta from the seat, who faced a tough fight from rebel former MLA Subhash Manglate, who contested asan independent after being denied a party ticket.

04:29 (IST) Dec 08

EC's special drive to improve turnout in 11 seats

State election department laid focus on 11 constituencies with low voter turnout in 2017 assembly polls. A comparative analysis of Dharampur, Jaisinghpur, Shimla, Baijnath, Bhoranj, Solan, Kasumpati, Sarkaghat, Jaswan Pragpur, Hamirpur and Badsar constituencies revealed that the voter turnout improved in nine of them by up to 7%.

04:29 (IST) Dec 08

Shimla turnout among lowest in state

Shimla assembly constituency recorded the lowest poll percentage of 62.5% — almost 13 percentage points lower than the 75.6% overall turnout. It was also less than the 2017 turnout by 1.4 percentage points.

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04:29 (IST) Dec 08

Urban centres recorded lower polling

Average voter turnout in urban areas was lower by 8 percentage points as compared to the rural constituencies. Dharamshala recorded 70.9% polling, Solan 66.8% and Kasumpti 68.3%. The overall turnout in urban areas of Himachal Pradesh averaged 67.6%, which is 8 percentage points lower than the turnout in its rural constituencies.

04:28 (IST) Dec 08

Himachal Pradesh clocked a record voter turnout of 75. 6% in the assembly elections on Nov 12

The polling for 68 constituency seats in Himachal Pradesh was held on November 12. The voting percentage through EVMs was 74. 6%, while postal ballots accounted for the remaining 1%. The total male, female and third-gender electors were: 27. 9 lakh, 27. 4 lakh and 38, respectively. Of these, the turnout was 72. 4% for men and 76. 8% for women. The turnout for third gender was 68. 4%. The highest polling percentage of 85.25 per cent was reported from Doon constituency.

04:27 (IST) Dec 08

Tight security in place for counting

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. No candidate or any other person will be allowed within 100 metres of counting centres except those with a valid identity card/pass issued by the Election Commission of India.

04:27 (IST) Dec 08

Counting to begin at 8am

he counting for Himachal Pradesh assembly elections will start at 8am in 68 counting halls spread across 59 locations. The counting will start with the postal ballot at 8am followed by EVM counting at 8:30am.