The counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh election 2022 result has kicked off on Thursday. The Himachal Pradesh election 2022 result will be declared as soon as the result of 68 assembly constituencies is out. The main contenders in the HP election 2022 are the BJP and the Congress. The hilly state has 68 seats and the halfway mark is 35. The party which wins 35 seats will be declared the winning party with a clean majority in the Himachal Pradesh poll 2022. In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP had won 44 seats and the Congress 21, with one seat going to CPI-M, and two to independent candidates. The HP polls 2022 will be declared today (Thursday), stay tuned with Livemint to catch all the Himachal Pradesh election 2022 result LIVE Updates.
Himachal Pradesh Election Result 2022 Live Updates: AAP scores ‘zero’ in the hilly state
Contrary to its clean sweep in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has failed completely in Himachal Pradesh. The party has failed to open its account just like in Uttarakhand, another hilly state.
Himachal Pradesh election result: Independent candidates KL Thakur and Hiteshwar Singh lead
Two independent candidates are ahead of BJP and Congress from two seats.
From the Banjar constituency, Hiteshwar Singh is leading and KL Thakur is winning from the Nalagarh seat, according to the election commission data.
Himachal Pradesh election results LIVE: Congress leads on Manali seat
Congress candidate Bhuvneshwar Gaur is leading from Manali seat while BJP’s Govind Singh Thakur trailing.
Himachal Pradesh election results: BJP leads from Kangra seat
BJP candidate Pawan Kumar Kajal is leading from Kangra seat. Earlier, he was the head of Congress Working Committee. He left Congress and joined BJP in August this year.
Himachal Pradesh election results: Tough fight in Chamba
In Chamba seat, a close contest is seen between the BJP and the Congress.
According to EC’s data, Neeraj Nayar (Congress) has secured 6,207 votes as of 10 am while BJP’s Neelam Nayyar has secured 6,740 votes. Neelam is wife of sitting MLA of Chamba, Pawan Nayyar.
Himachal Pradesh election results: Vikramaditya Singh leading from Shimla rural
Congress’ Vikramaditya Singh, son of the former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Late Virbhadra Singh is leading from Shimla rural.
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Himachal Pradesh election results: Close fight between BJP and Congress
As per the early trends, BJP and Congress are in a close fight in Himachal Pradesh.
BJP- 30
Congress- 28
Independent- 3
Himachal Pradesh election results: Partywise early trends
Congress leading from:
- Shimla
- Arki
- Banjar
- Dharamshala
- Fatehpur
- Kinnaur
- Kullu
- Kutlehar
- Manali
- Nagrota
- Sarkaghat
- Shillai
BJP leading from:
- Lahaul & Spiti
- Seraj
- Bharmour
- Baijnath
- Bhoranj
- Chamba
- Chintpurni
- Darang
- Dharampur
- Jawali
- Jubbal-Kotkhai
- Mandi
- Nachan
- Palampur
- Paonta Sahib
- Sullah
- Sundernagar
Independent leading from:
- Hamirpur (Ashish Sharma)
- Nalagarh (KL Thakur)
Himachal Pradesh assembly elections result: BJP leading on 7 seats
BJP is ahead of Congress as per Election Commission’s early trends. The saffron party is leading on 7 seats while Congress is on 3 seats.
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Himachal Pradesh election results: Congress leads on 1 Assembly seat
Congress is leading on one Assembly seat of 68 seats in Himachal Pradesh, as per election commission official trends.
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‘Expecting above 40 seats,’ Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief
Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief and wife of former HP Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Pratibha Singh said her party is expecting above 40 seats in today’s election results.
“We are expecting above 40 seats, it can be more than 42, and can go up to 45 and above, I am not exaggerating, it could be less than this but it is clear that we are forming the government. This is the response from the people. I visited the areas and I have seen the response people and what they want that is very clear,” said Himachal Congress chief.
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Himachal Pradesh election results 2022: Congress keeps fingers crossed; outcome to define road to 2024
The Congress party may have its eyes firmly set on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, but it kept its fingers crossed as it waited for the counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election.
For the Congress, which has been on a downhill electorally since the last two election cycles, wresting Himachal Pradesh from the BJP is a matter of survival.
The stakes are high for the grand old party which has installed a non-Gandhi Congress president after 24 years, with former chief Rahul Gandhi giving the campaign circuit a complete miss.
The Congress has lost in nine states over two years, including West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry in 2021 and Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur this year.
The Congress is banking on anti-incumbency and is raising issues of price rise, unemployment and the old pension scheme in this election to woo the voters and bring about a change.
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Himachal Pradesh election results: Congress ahead of BJP
According to the Election Commission of India’s early trends, Congress is leading in Himachal Pradesh.
- Congress- 23
- BJP- 21
- Independent- 3
Himachal Pradesh election 2022 LIVE: Independent candidates that can change the game?
The independent candidates with better chances of winning include K L Thakur (Nalagarh), Manohar Dhiman (Indora), Ram Singh (Kullu), Raju (Arki), Hosihiyar Singh (Dehra), Indu Verma (Theog) and Sanjay Prasher (Jaswan-Pragpur).
Himachal Pradesh election LIVE updates: Tie between BJP and Congress in early trends
As per the early trends:
- BJP-16
- Congress-16
- Independent-3
Himachal Pradesh Assembly election LIVE updates: BJP aiming to create another record by winning the hilly state
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing to create a new record in Himachal Pradesh’s politics by winning the 2022 assembly elections in the state. No party has won a back-to-back election in Himachal Pradesh after 1985. If the BJP manages to retain power in the hill state, that would be another record.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly elelction: Early trends show CM Jai Ram Thakur leads
As per the early trends by the election commission, BJP’s Jai Ram Thakur is leading from Seraj constituency. Besides, BJP leading in 4 seats and Congress 1, shows early trend.
Himachal Pradesh election: Will BJP buck the decades old anti-incumbency trend?
Himachal election 2022 result LIVE Updates: Going by Himachal Pradesh’s “riwaj”, or tradition, it should be the Congress’ turn to form the next government. Himachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent government to power after 1985, a trend the ruling BJP, powered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personalised campaign, hopes to break.
The BJP slogan this time has been “Raj nahin, riwaaj badlega”, meaning the convention will change this time, not the government. With a muted campaign by the Aam Aadmi Party and its former state in-charge Satyendar Jain lodged in Tihar jail, Himachal election is considered two-way contest only between BJP and Congress.
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Himachal Pradesh election 2022: Counting of votes starts
The Election Commission has started counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election on Thursday. Postal ballots will be counted first.
Himachal Pradesh election result latest updates: Employment, education major issues
Employment and better education are the two major issues in Himachal Pradesh. The youth of Himachal Pradesh is rooting for better education and employment.
Himachal Pradesh election 2022: Visuals from the counting hall in Mandi
The SDM from Mandi said all preparations have been done for the counting day. The counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh election will begin at 8 am.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections LIVE updates: A look at key players, constituencies in hill state
The key constituencies include:
- Seraj: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has contested from here. Congress has put up Chetram Thakur who had contested from the seat last time also. Mahinder Rana is the CPI-M candidate.
- Haroli: Congress legislature party leader Mukesh Agnihotri has contested his fifth election from the Haroli assembly segment in the Una district. BJP has pitted state spokesperson Ram Kumar against him.
- Nadaun: Former Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, seen as a chief ministerial aspirant, contested from here. The BJP has fielded Vijay Agnihotri.
- Dalhousie: Former Himachal Minister and Congress leader Asha Kumari contested against BJP’s DS Thakur and AAP’s Manish Sareen.
- Shimla rural: Vikramaditya Singh, son of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, is recontesting from Shimla rural. BJP has fielded Ravi Mehta from the seat.
- Shimla Urban: Congress’ Harish Janartha is fighting against BJP’s ‘chaiwala’ candidate Sanjay Sood.
- Nurpur: BJP has fielded a new candidate Ranveer Singh who is fighting against Ajay Mahajan of Congress and Manishi Kumari from AAP.
- Nagrota: Congress candidate RS Bali is fighting against BJP candidate Arun Kumar Mehra and APP candidate Umakant Dogra.
- Sulah: Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Vipin Parmar is fighting from Sulah against Jagdish Sapheia and AAP candidate Ravinder Singh.
- Sujanpur: Congress has again fielded Rajinder Singh Rana who defeated former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal in the 2017 elections. BJP has fielded Ranjit Singh from the seat and AAP has fielded Anil Rana.
Himachal Pradesh polls vote counting to begin at 8 am
Himachal election 2022 result LIVE Updates: The vote counting in the high-stakes Himachal polls 2022 will begin at 8 am. The counting of votes for assembly elections 2022 will start at 68 counting halls in 59 locations throughout the state on Thursday morning.
While the early trends would start coming in from 8:30-9 am, the final result would be declared when the election commission announces the official result on all 68 assembly seats.
Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur relishes ‘gol gappas” on The Ridge
Himachal Pradesh assembly election results LIVE: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday appeared in a relaxed mood and was seen enjoying “gol gappas” at the famous Ridge in Shimla.
He was accompanied by Himachal Pradesh BJP’s organisational secretary Pawan Rana, party election co-incharge Devendra Singh Rana and BJP candidate from Shimla (urban) Sanjay Sood.
The chief minister also took a stroll on Mall Road.
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Himachal Pradesh polls 2022: ‘Legacy of Virbhadra Singh cannot be ignored,’ says HP Congress chief
Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Virbhadra Singh has joined the race for the chief ministerial post while making it clear that the family and legacy of Virbhadra Singh cannot be ignored.
The wife of former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Pratibha Singh in Shimla said, “People in the state want somebody from the Virbhadra family to carry the legacy for the development of the state.”
She said that most of the MLAs did not want to neglect the family of Virbhadra Singh and his legacy because he led the Congress in the state many times.
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Himachal Pradesh polls 2022 LIVE: Elaborate arrangements made for counting of votes, says electoral officer
Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg said that around 10,000 duty staff and security personnel have been deployed across Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Garg said that depending upon the availability of the space, a maximum of 14 counting tables and a minimum of 8 counting tables would be available in the counting halls.
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, he added.
Himachal Pradesh election 2022 LIVE: How Independent candidates can change the game?
Several independent candidates in the state claimed that they have started getting feelers from the two main parties for their support. Since, most of the exit polls have predicted hung assembly in the states, therefore, the role of independent candidates could be crucial.
Altogether, there are 91 independents in the fray including about two dozen rebels who may cut into the votes that would have normally gone to the official party candidates, and spoil their prospects.
The political parties, however, are focused on independents who have a bigger chance of winning. Both the BJP and the Congress are chalking out strategies to rope them in, in case they themselves fall short of majority.
In some elections in the past, Independents have played a significant role in the state, which has a record of alternating between the two main parties every assembly election.
In 1982, the Congress won 31 out of 68 seats in 1982 and formed the government with the help of independents. The BJP and Janata Party won 29 and two seats, respectively, and independents bagged six seats in that election.
BJP leader Shanta Kumar went to Raj Bhavan to stake his claim to form the government after two Janata Party members assured their support. But both of them failed to turn up there. Instead, four independents extended support to the Congress.
In 1998, the lone independent member Romesh Dhawala held the balance, supporting first the Congress and then the BJP-Haryana Vikas Congress alliance. Ultimately, a BJP-led government was sworn in.
Himachal Pradesh elections LIVE updates: Will BJP buck the trend in the hilly state?
The BJP has bucked the trend in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Assam, and Uttarakhand by repeating its state governments there, and is hoping to repeat its government in Himachal Pradesh, which is also the home state of BJP national president J P Nadda.
HIMACHAL PRADESH POLLS 2022: High stakes for Congress
The stakes are highest for the Congress which has been on a losing spree for over two years now, not registering a single state election victory on its own.
The party holds power only in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, both of which will go to polls in 2023. Congress insiders say that any hopes for the party’s revival has to start from Himachal Pradesh.
“If we don’t win Himachal, I don’t know from where we will win,” said a Congress leader to PTI news agency.
How different exit polls placed Congress and BJP in Himachal Pradesh election?
Himachal Pradesh election 2022 result LIVE Updates: This is how different exit poll results have placed the Congress and the BJP in the HP election 2022. Here are the numbers from different exit polls:
India Today-Axis My India
- Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)- 42% (24-34 seats)
- Congress- 44% (30-40 seats)
- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)- 2% (0-0 seats)
- Others- 12% (4-8 seats)
ABP-C Voter
- BJP- 45% (33-41 seats)
- Congress-41% (24-32 seats)
- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-2% (0 seats)
- Others-12% (0-4 seats)
TV9
- BJP-33 seats
- Congress- 31 seats
- AAP- 0 seats
- Others- 4 seats
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Himachal Pradesh election: Some facts
Himachal election 2022 result LIVE Updates: Of 55 lakh voters in the state, over 75% exercised their franchise in the November 12 election to elect its 68-member assembly and government. A total of 412 candidates are in the fray in this election. A higher women turnout has of late favoured the BJP, as seen in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, with the party hoping that similar trends will hold in Himachal Pradesh.
Women voter turnout in Himachal has surpassed men’s since 1998.
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How many seats needed to win in Himachal Pradesh poll?
Himachal Pradesh election 2022 result LIVE Updates: There are 68 constituencies in the Himachal elections and the halfway mark is 35
Exit poll prediction for Himachal Pradesh election
Himachal Pradesh election 2022 result LIVE Updates: India Today-Axis My India has predicted that Indian National Congress is slated to win the Himachal Pradesh by winning (30-40 seats). News24-Today’s Chanakya Exit Poll has predicted a hung assembly in the state with Congress and BJP getting stuck at 33 seats in 68-member assembly. ABP-C Voter Exit Poll said BJP will retain power and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will win for the second term. TV9 Bharatvarsh Exit Poll projected 33 seats for the BJP and 31 seats for Congress. All the exit polls have claimed that AAP will remain at the third spot winning between O and 5 seats only.
What do exit poll results say for Himachal Pradesh election?
Himachal Pradesh election 2022 result LIVE Updates: Most exit poll results for the Himachal election 2022 have predicted a hung assembly in the hilly state. The surveys projected a range of 24-41 seats for the BJP and 20-40 seats for the Congress.
Himachal Pradesh Election Result 2022 Live: Vote counting timing
The officials of the Election Commission of India will start counting the votes at 8 AM.
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