Himachal Pradesh: Congress, BJP in neck-to-neck battle

SHIMLA: The Congress has actually risen ahead of the BJP leading on 38 out of the 68 seats while the ruling celebration has actually won one seat and is ahead on 26, according to early patterns from Himachal Pradesh where counting of votes cast in the assembly surveys remains in development. Independent prospects were ahead on 3 seats while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had actually fielded prospects on 67 seats, is yet to open its account, according to the Election Commission. The outcome of one seat of Sundernagar in Mandi district has actually been stated where BJP’s Rakesh Jamwal, who is the sitting MLA, has actually beat his nearby Congress competitor by a margin of 8,125 votes. Prospects who are leading consist of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur from Seraj, Ministers Bikram Singh (Jaswant Paragpur) and Speaker and BJP leader Vipin Singh Parmar (Sullah). The primary minister has actually achieved a healthy lead of more than 31,000 votes over his closest Congress competitor Chet Ram. Ministers Ram Lal Markanda (Lahaul Spiti), Govind Sih Thakur (Manali) and Suresh Bhardwaj (Kasumpti), Rajinder Garg (Ghumarwin), Rajiv Saizal (Kasauli), Rakesh Pathania (Fatehpur) and Sarveen Chaudhary (Shahpur) too are leading. BJP’s Puran Chand (Darang) leads his competitor while previous minister Narender Bragata’s boy Chetan Bragata of the BJP (Jubbal Kotkhai) is routing. Former Union minister Sukh Ram’s kid Anil Sharma (Mandi Sadar) is leading from his seat. Congress leader Mukesh Agnihotri, who is the leader of opposition in the state assembly, is leading from Haroli, while previous state Congress chief Kuldeep Rathore (Theog), previous minister Sudhir Sharma (Dharamsala), and Dhani Ram Shandil (Solan) too are ahead. Others who are leading consist of Congress’ Jagat Singh Negi from Kinnaur, Vikramaditya Singh, child of late primary minister Virbhadra Singh, from Shimla Rural, and Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu from Naudan. Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra and K L Thakur from Nalagarh are amongst the Independents who are leading. Senior Congress leader and sitting MLA Asha Kumari was routing from Dalhousie while Congress’ Kaul Singh was tracking from Darang. The primary minister and Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh have actually kept that their celebrations would get complete bulk with over 40 out of the 68 seats. Pratibha Singh, who is the other half of previous primary minister late Virbhadra Singh, informed press reporters, “We are positive that outcomes will remain in favour of the Congress and we will form the federal government”. Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Suresh Kashyap too radiated self-confidence of maintaining power in the state. “We are positive of winning the election. The BJP will keep power in the state and break the custom,” Kashyap stated describing the almost four-decade pattern in Himachal Pradesh, where the BJP and the Congress alternate in power every assembly election. The counting of elect the 68- member assembly started at 8 am where the judgment BJP is intending to maintain power. Himachal Pradesh has actually not returned any incumbent federal government to power in the last almost 4 years. For the opposition Congress, nevertheless, a triumph in Himachal is much-needed for its revival, as it has actually seen a wave of electoral losses in the last couple of years. About 76.44 percent of citizens had actually exercised their franchise in the assembly surveys hung on November12 An overall of 412 prospects, consisting of 24 ladies and 99 independents, remain in the fray. 9.15 am: Congress leads in 36 seats, BJP 31 and others 1. 9.20 AM: Congress leads in 36, BJP 30, others 2. 9.25 AM: Congress 35, BJP in 31, others 2. 10 AM: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur leads in Seraj constituency 10.25 AM: Four Independents (3 BJP and 1 Congress rebel) ahead10 28 AM: Ministers Bikram Singh (Jaswant Paragpur), Ram Lal Markande (Lahaul-Spiti) and Speaker and BJP leader Vipin Singh Parmar (Sullah) ahead 10.40 AM: Both BJP and Congress lead in 32 seats 11 AM: Six-time Congress MLA Asha Kumari tracking in Dalhousie 11.20 AM: Congress leads in 35 seats, BJP in 30 12 PM: Congress leads in 38 seats 12.30 PM: Congress leads in 39 seats …
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