<p>Himachal Pradesh has historically had a bipolar political landscape, something that has been reflected time and again in the Assembly elections in the state where the Congress and the BJP have alternately come into power.</p>.<p>With the 2022 polls less than a week away, we take a look at how the constituencies dominated by the SC and ST communities voted in the previous Legislative Assembly elections in 2017, with regard to different political parties. </p>.<p>Himachal has three constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs), namely, Bharmour, Kinnaur, Lahaul & Spiti, while 17 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs): Anni, Baijnath, Balh, Bhoranj, Chintpurni, Churah, Indora, Jaisinghpur, Jhanduta, Karsog, Kasauli, Nachan, Pachhad, Rampur, Rohru, Solan, and Sri Renukaji.</p>.<p>As the graph above indicates, most of the aforementioned 20 reserved constituencies were dominated by the BJP, with the Congress managing wins in only Sri Renukaji, Solan, Rohru, Rampur, and Kinnaur.</p>.<p>While other parties, such as the BSP and the CPI(M), managed to get some votes in a few of the 20 reserved constituencies, their vote shares were not enough to pose serious competition to the BJP and the Congress.</p>.<p>Given the trend of anti-incumbency in the state, the trend may well be the opposite this time. Himachal Pradesh goes to polls on November 12 and the results will be declared on December 8.</p>
<p>Himachal Pradesh has historically had a bipolar political landscape, something that has been reflected time and again in the Assembly elections in the state where the Congress and the BJP have alternately come into power.</p>.<p>With the 2022 polls less than a week away, we take a look at how the constituencies dominated by the SC and ST communities voted in the previous Legislative Assembly elections in 2017, with regard to different political parties. </p>.<p>Himachal has three constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs), namely, Bharmour, Kinnaur, Lahaul & Spiti, while 17 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs): Anni, Baijnath, Balh, Bhoranj, Chintpurni, Churah, Indora, Jaisinghpur, Jhanduta, Karsog, Kasauli, Nachan, Pachhad, Rampur, Rohru, Solan, and Sri Renukaji.</p>.<p>As the graph above indicates, most of the aforementioned 20 reserved constituencies were dominated by the BJP, with the Congress managing wins in only Sri Renukaji, Solan, Rohru, Rampur, and Kinnaur.</p>.<p>While other parties, such as the BSP and the CPI(M), managed to get some votes in a few of the 20 reserved constituencies, their vote shares were not enough to pose serious competition to the BJP and the Congress.</p>.<p>Given the trend of anti-incumbency in the state, the trend may well be the opposite this time. Himachal Pradesh goes to polls on November 12 and the results will be declared on December 8.</p>
