Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Results Highlights: Congress proves majority with 40 seats, BJP wins 25

As the counting of votes ended in Himachal Pradesh, Congress claimed back the hill state, proving majority in 40 seats, while BJP managed to claim 25 seats to its name, thereby continuing the anti-incumbency trend in the state.

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Counting of votes ends: Congress proves majority with 40 seats, BJP wins 25

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Himachal Pradesh polls: Six-time Congress MLA Asha Kumari loses in Dalhousie

BJP candidate D S Thakur defeated six-time Congress MLA Asha Kumari in Himachal Pradesh's Dalhousie assembly seat by a margin of 9,918 votes, according to the Election Commission.

Asha Kumari was among the chief ministerial probables in Himachal Pradesh with trends showing the Congress surging ahead of the BJP on 39 of the total 68 seats in the hill state.

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Thank the people of Himachal for the affection and support for BJP: Modi

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BJP concedes defeat in Himachal Pradesh

Minister Suresh Bhardwaj loses from Kasumpti

Himachal Pradesh minister Suresh Bhardwaj lost from the Kasumpti seat on Thursday, defeated by sitting Congress MLA Anirudh Singh.

The victory margin for Anirudh Singh was 8,655 votes.

Will tender my resignation to Governor shortly, says Jai Ram Thakur

State minister Dr Ram Lal Markanda loses Lahaul & Spiti seat to Congress's Ravi Thakur

BJP hammered in areas where youngsters go to the Army: Congress MP Anand Sharma

Independent candidate Hoshyar Singh wins from Dehra constituency

BJP's Hans Raj wins from Churah constituency

Congress candidate Sudarshan Singh Babloo wins from Chintpurni constituency

BJP's Dr Janak Raj wins from Bharmour constituency

Independent candidate Ashish Sharma wins from Hamirpur constituency

BJP's Reena wins from Pachhad constituency

Congress's Rohit Thakur wins from Jubbal-Kotkhai; Jagat Singh Negi wins Kinnaur seat

Congress candidate Neeraj Nayar wins from Chamba constituency with a total of 32,783 votes

BJP's Sukh Ram wins from Paonta Sahib with a total of 31,008 votes

BJP considered itself strong in Himachal but Congress will form majority, says party leader S S Sukhu

BJP's Anil Sharma wins from Mandi constituency, with a total of 31,303

Going by trends, Congress is going to form government in Himachal: Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda

Congress candidate Harish Janartha wins from Shimla with 15,803 votes

BJP's Ranbir Singh wins from Nurpur constituency with 43,679 votes

Victory in sight for Congress with lead in 38 seats

Congress leader and former CM Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya crosses halfway mark in Shimla Rural

Will do everything in people's interest if party wins in Himachal: Congress's Rajiv Shukla

The Congress leader also praised Priyanka Gandhi for her extensive campaigning.

Cong leaders Bhupesh Baghel, Bhupinder Hooda, Rajiv Shukla heading to Himachal Pradesh with party inching towards majority in polls

Congress's Vikramaditya Singh nears victory; leads with 26,137 votes in Shimla Rural

Confident that results will be in our favour: Pratibha Singh

Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh on Thursday exuded confidence that the Assembly election results will be in favour of her party even as the counting of votes for 68 seats in the state was underway.

Pratibha Singh, wife of former chief minister late Virbhadra Singh, said the Congress is hoping to win at least 40 to 42 seats.

"We are confident that results will be in favour of the Congress and we will form the government," she told reporters.

Congress's Harish Janartha leads in Shimla with 15,436 votes

Independent candidate Ashish Sharma leads in Hamirpur

Jai Ram Thakur retains Seraj seat

Congress inches closer to victory with lead in 38 seats

BJP's Rakesh Kumar wins from Sundernagar constituency with 29,432 votes

Congress surpasses BJP with lead in 35 seats

Jai Ram Thakur leads in Seraj with 26,743 votes

Congress's Vikramaditya Singh maintains lead in Shimla Rural with 13,205 votes

Tight race as BJP, Congress lead in 32 seats each

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Congress, BJP go neck and neck with both parties leading in 31 seats

Congress takes narrow lead against BJP

Huge lead for CM Thakur in Seraj constituency with 14,921 votes

Late CM Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh leads in Shimla Rural with 4,914 votes

Tight race between BJP, Congress as both parties lead in 30 seats

BJP leads in 31 seats, Congress in 23

BJP leading in 20 seats, Congress in 13

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Himachal polls: BJP leading in 7 seats, Congress in 3

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Early trends show BJP leading in Himachal

Will Thakur's 'rivaj badlega' campaign change Himachal's anti-incumbency trend?

The results will decide the political fate of BJP leader and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his 10 ministerial colleagues, besides Congress Legislature Party Leader Mukesh Agnihotri and former state Congress chief Sukhwinder Sukhu.

Thakur led his campaign with the slogan 'rivaj badlega' (electoral traditions will change) as BJP governments have repeated in the recent Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana polls.

This small hill state has not seen any incumbent party returning to power since 1985. Since then both archrivals -- the Congress and the BJP -- ruled the state alternatively in eight terms.

Victory in Himachal a much-needed revival for Congress

For Congress,a victory inHimachalis much-needed for its revival, as it has seen a spate of electoral losses in the last few years.

HimachalPradesh has not returned any incumbent government to power in the last nearly four decades.

Most of the exit polls have predicted an edge for the ruling BJP in the hill state in the closely contested elections.

Counting of votes on 68 seats underway

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Counting of votes begins. Will BJP retain the hill state?

HP Poll results to be out soon. Will people go against historical penchant for anti-incumbency?

The scenic state of Himachal saw Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress wrestle intensely to claim power. From massive public meetings to extravagant road shows, Himachal witnessed the frenzy of the political slug-fest

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Will take Virabhadra Singh's work forward, says wife and HPCC chief Pratibha Singh

“People remember the development work undertaken during the Congress governments in the past and the Congress is all set to form the government. We will take the work of Virbhadra Singh ji forward,” she said.

Congress all set to form government, CM pick will be decided, says Pratibha Singh

Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh, wife of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, on Wednesday indicated that “Holly Lodge” – the family’s ancestral home – remained interested in the CM’s post if the party wins the assembly election.

Himachal gears up as counting of votes to start at 8

Vote counting to begin in 68 counting halls at 59 locations

More than 10,000 security personnel, returning officers, and other support staff will oversee the counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls on Thursday.

The counting will start at 8 am in 68 counting halls spread across 59 locations throughout the state, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg said on Wednesday. The counting will start with the postal ballot at 8 am followed by EVM counting at 8.30 am.

Garg said that subject to availability of space, a maximum of 14 counting tables and a minimum of eight counting tables will be placed in the counting halls, with a separate table to accommodate nearly 500 postal ballots.

There will also be separate tables for scanning of electronically transmitted postal ballots linked to computers for counting. - PTI.

Infographic | Seat-share of BJP, Congress in Himachal Pradesh over the years

The Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 is a squarely bipolar contest between the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janta Party this year, as experts wait and watch if the state votes out the incumbent government in power and the Congress reclaims its stronghold in the state again.

A look at data since 1982 shows that Congress, even as it has given BJP a tough competition over the years, has seen its influence over seats wane in recent years while the BJP has gained prominence.

Over the years, the Congress has won more seats than the BJP however, the saffron party has steadily improved on closing in on this gap.

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