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Shimla, December 18: The counting of votes in Himachal Pradesh assembly elections has started and the fate of around 337 candidates, including that of Chief Virbhadra Singh and his predecessor Prem Kumar Dhumal, will be decided. Along with 68 other seats, stay tuned at India.com to get latest updates on Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti assembly constituencies where more than 20 candidates are in the fray. (Check out live news updates on Himachal Pradesh assembly elections here)
Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti are the assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh that went for polls in the first week of November. On all these three seats there is a five-way battle including Congress, BJP, BSP, HLP and NCP.
The hilly region has witnessed a record 75.28 per cent turnout and pollsters have predicted victory for the BJP. Adequate security arrangements have been made for counting which would start simultaneously in all 68 constituencies at 42 counting centres.
During the poll campaigning corruption was the main focus of the BJP with the party training its guns at Chief Minister Singh, while the Congress hit out at the BJP over the issue of GST and demonetisation.
From Kinnaur, Congress candidate Jagat Singh Negi had won the election and defeated BJP leader Tejwant Singh Negi by 6,288 votes in 2012.
In Lahaul and Spiti there is a huge fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC). Both have fielded their candidates in Lahaul and Spiti for the polls. Apart from them there are two independent candidates who will contest in this seat.
Himachal has a tradition of change in government after every election and going by the trend, this time it is the turn of the BJP which is upbeat after exit poll results. There are 25 Congress, 28 BJP and four independent MLAs in the outgoing House, while one seat was lying vacant after the death of former minister Karan Singh from Banjar.
While the BJP is confident of winning the polls with a comfortable majority, the Congress has rejected the exit-polls and claimed that it was all set to repeat.
(With input from PTI)
| Himachal Pradesh – Kinnaur | ||
| Counting In Progress | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| JAGAT SINGH NEGI | Indian National Congress | 19158 |
| TEJWANT SINGH NEGI | Bharatiya Janata Party | 19004 |
| JEEVAN SINGH | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 887 |
| KAILASH CHAND | Bahujan Samaj Party | 395 |
| RAJEEV KUMAR NEGI | Rashtravadi Pratap Sena | 312 |
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 241 |
| Himachal Pradesh – Lahaul & spiti | ||
| Result Declared | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| DR. RAM LAL MARKANDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7756 |
| RAVI THAKUR | Indian National Congress | 6278 |
| RAJINDER KARPA | Independent | 2240 |
| SUDARSHAN JASPA | Independent | 655 |
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 70 |
| Himachal Pradesh Result Status |
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Status Known For 68 out of 68 Constituencies
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| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 | 40 | 43 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Independent | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 62 | 68 |
Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya leading by 1316 votes in Shimla Rural #HimachalPradeshElections2017
— ANI (@ANI) December 18, 2017
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