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Himachal Election Results News LIVE updates: As CM race heats up in Congress, Pratibha Singh says no groupism
09 Dec, 2022 | 05:53:13 PM IST
Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh results 2022 news live updates: The BJP has posted a historic victory in Gujarat, winning 156 seats in the 182-member state assembly.
The Congress party finished second, winning 17 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that made its debut with a high-decibel campaign won 5 seats. Independents won three seats and the Samajwadi Party picked up one.
The BJP improved its vote share to 53 per cent from 49 per cent last time, while the Congress party's vote share fell sharply from 42 per cent to 27 per cent, as a good chunk of its voters appeared to have switched to AAP, which secured 13 per cent of the votes counted.
The BJP not only beat its best showing till date - 127 seats in 2002, but also surpassed the record set by the Congress party in 1985, when it won 149 seats under the leadership of late Madhavsinh Solanki.
In winning a seventh term, the BJP also matched the Left Front's feat in West Bengal. The BJP has not lost an election in Gujarat since 1995.
Himachal Pradesh results: The Congress wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985.
According to the results declared by the Election Commission, the BJP won 25 seats, while eight state ministers including Suresh Bhardwaj, Ram Lal Markanda and Surveen Chaudhary lost.
The Independents won from three constituencies and the Aam Aadmi Party, which had contested from 67 seats, failed to open its account.
The BJP and the Congress contested on all 68 constituencies.
AAP, whose campaign had tapered after the initial phase, bagged 1.10 percent of votes. The CPI (M), which fought on eleven seats, also did not win any seat and its sitting MLA from Theog lost. It got 0.66 percent of votes, Independents and others got 10.39 percent while 0.59 percent of votes went to NOTA.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hailed the people of Himachal Pradesh and his party leaders as the Congress secured a much-needed win, riding on anti-incumbency and a slew of poll promises including bringing back the old pension scheme and providing jobs to the youth and Rs 1500 to every woman.
Party leader Rahul Gandhi assured the people that every promise made by the Congress will be fulfilled.
The Congress now gets down to the task of choosing the next chief minister of Himachal Pradesh.
The Congress party finished second, winning 17 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that made its debut with a high-decibel campaign won 5 seats. Independents won three seats and the Samajwadi Party picked up one.
The BJP improved its vote share to 53 per cent from 49 per cent last time, while the Congress party's vote share fell sharply from 42 per cent to 27 per cent, as a good chunk of its voters appeared to have switched to AAP, which secured 13 per cent of the votes counted.
The BJP not only beat its best showing till date - 127 seats in 2002, but also surpassed the record set by the Congress party in 1985, when it won 149 seats under the leadership of late Madhavsinh Solanki.
In winning a seventh term, the BJP also matched the Left Front's feat in West Bengal. The BJP has not lost an election in Gujarat since 1995.
Himachal Pradesh results: The Congress wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985.
According to the results declared by the Election Commission, the BJP won 25 seats, while eight state ministers including Suresh Bhardwaj, Ram Lal Markanda and Surveen Chaudhary lost.
The Independents won from three constituencies and the Aam Aadmi Party, which had contested from 67 seats, failed to open its account.
The BJP and the Congress contested on all 68 constituencies.
AAP, whose campaign had tapered after the initial phase, bagged 1.10 percent of votes. The CPI (M), which fought on eleven seats, also did not win any seat and its sitting MLA from Theog lost. It got 0.66 percent of votes, Independents and others got 10.39 percent while 0.59 percent of votes went to NOTA.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hailed the people of Himachal Pradesh and his party leaders as the Congress secured a much-needed win, riding on anti-incumbency and a slew of poll promises including bringing back the old pension scheme and providing jobs to the youth and Rs 1500 to every woman.
Party leader Rahul Gandhi assured the people that every promise made by the Congress will be fulfilled.
The Congress now gets down to the task of choosing the next chief minister of Himachal Pradesh.
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Pratibha Singh, Mukesh Agnihotri, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu: The 3 main contenders
Pratibha Singh, Congress’s Himachal Pradesh unit chief and Mandi LS MP. She is the widow of Virbhadra Singh, who had been chief minister of Himachal Pradesh six times.
Mukesh Agnihotri, a journalist who turned to politics, was the leader of the opposition in the assembly. He has won five times from Haroli.
Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu is former state president. He is the head of the party’s campaign committee. Started with student politics in the NSUI, then proceeded to become the state Youth Congress chief and a muncipal councillor before coming to state-level politics. He won for the fifth time from Nadaun.
Mukesh Agnihotri, a journalist who turned to politics, was the leader of the opposition in the assembly. He has won five times from Haroli.
Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu is former state president. He is the head of the party’s campaign committee. Started with student politics in the NSUI, then proceeded to become the state Youth Congress chief and a muncipal councillor before coming to state-level politics. He won for the fifth time from Nadaun.
Himachal election results: Some key results
- Outgoing Jai Ram Thakur won the Seraj seat by a margin of more than 31,000 votes.
- Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu wins from Nadaun assembly seat, defeating BJP's Vijay Kumar Agnihotri
- Congress Dhani Ram Shandil retained Solan defeating BJP candidate Rajesh Kashyap.
- Congress' Kuldeep Rathore won from Theog assembly seat against BJP's Ajay Shyam.
- BJP's D S Thakur defeated six-time Congress MLA Asha Kumari in Dalhousie seat.
- Congress MLA Bhawani Singh won Fatehpur seat defeating Rakesh Pathania.
- Congress' Harish Janartha won Shimla Urban seat defeating nearest BJP rival Sanjay Sood
- BJP candidate and minister Sukh Ram Chaudhary won from Poanta Sahib.
- Former Union minister late Sukh Ram's son Anil Sharma retained Mandi Sadar seat for BJP.
- Independent candidate Ashish Sharma, a BJP rebel, won from Hamirpur
The Congress CLP meeting has been pushed forward to 6 pm.
Congress observers meets Himachal Pradesh governor
Himachal Pradesh Congress in-charge Rajiv Shukla and party observers Bhupesh Baghel and BS Hooda meet Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. They informed the governor that the party has the majority and will seek a formal meeting with him later to stake claim to form the government.
Himachal poll result: No groupism in Congress, Pratibha Singh now says
Hours after her statement sparked controversy, Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh said there is no groupism in the party. "We will be holding a meeting in the evening and then deciding the name of the CM. There is no groupism and everybody is with us," Pratibha Singh said. Earlier she had said the party cannot ignore the person (her husband- Virbhadra Singh) in whose name it contested the polls and won.
Nearly 41% winners in Himachal have declared criminal cases: Report
- Nearly 93 % winning candidates in Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls are crorepatis
- 41 % have declared criminal cases against themselves
- In 2017, 32% MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.
- 9 out of 40 winning candidates from Congress
- 3 out of 25 winning candidates from BJP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves
- This was in a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
The meeting of Himanchal Congress MLAs has been moved to 4 pm.
We will have a Chief Minister and the High command will make the one from those who had contested the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections.
- Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Congress leader
Party cannot neglect former CM Virbhadra Singh's family: Pratibha Singh ( Click to read)
Ahead of the meeting of Congress legislators meeting to pick the new CM of Himachal Pradesh, state president Pratibha Virbhadra Singh said the party cannot neglect the family of Virbhadra Singh. The party has won the election in his name, face and work many times, she said. (Click to read)
TV pictures show Pratibha Singh's supporters flocking the hotel where the MLAs are to meet.
I will definitely pitch a name. The party cannot neglect the family because we have won this election in his (Virbhadra Singh) name, face, and because of his work. You cannot use his name, face, and family and then give all the credit to someone else. Even the high command would not do that.
- Pratibha Singh, Himachal Pradesh Congress chief to Republic TV
The meeting of Congress MLAs to pick new CM is formally scheduled at 3 pm
Himachal results: Meeting of Congress MLAs today in Shimla
- Congress has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs in Shimla today
- Two party observers -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and senior leader from Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda -- along with AICC in-charge for Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Shukla have arrived.
- State party president Pratibha Singh is considered a key frontrunner for the chief minister's post.
- She is closely followed by former party chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and outgoing CLP leader Mukesh Agnihotri.
Lesson for Congress from its Himachal win. Keep Rahul Gandhi away from state elections
- Amit Malviya, BJP IT Cell in-charge
Himachal results: Who all are in race for CM post?
Pratibha Singh, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Mukesh Agnihotri, Vikramaditya Singh are aspirants. Two other aspirants, Asha kumari and Kaul Singh Thakur lost the election. Some others hope to emerge as compromise CM candidate.
Who will be the new chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
Who will Congress pick as the next CM of Himachal Pradesh? The party has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs in Himachal Pradesh in Shimla today. The meet is likely to pass a resolution authorising the Congress president to elect the CLP leader.
Himachal results show narrow difference in vote share
The Congress' vote share was 43.9 per cent and the BJP's was 43 per cent. The gap was less than one per cent. This was highlighted by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief J P Nadda in their address to party workers in Delhi after the poll results were declared.
Gujarat poll result shows BJP's increase in vote share
The BJP improved its vote share to 53 per cent from 49 per cent last time. The Congress party's vote share fell sharply from 42 per cent to 27 per cent. A good chunk of Congress voters appeared to have switched to AAP, which secured 13 per cent of the votes counted.
Himachal Pradesh poll result: Congress wrests state from BJP
The Congress wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The BJP won 25 seats. Eight state ministers including Suresh Bhardwaj, Ram Lal Markanda and Surveen Chaudhary lost.The Independents won from three constituencies and the Aam Aadmi Party, which had contested from 67 seats, failed to open its account
Gujarat poll result: BJP's landslide win
The BJP posted a historic victory, winning 156 seats in the 182-member state assembly. The Congress party finished second, winning 17 seats, while AAP, which made its debut, won 5 seats. Independents won three seats and the Samajwadi Party picked up one.
Two elections, different results
Elections were held to the state legislative assemblies in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. In Gujarat, the BJP stormed to the biggest ever win by any political party in the state, while the Congress crashed to its worst ever defeat. In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress rode back to power with a simple majority defeating the BJP.
