Himachal Assembly Election Result 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Congress wins state bagging 40 seats, BJP settles for 25 seats

Himachal Assembly Election 2022 Result: Key constituencies included Seraj from where Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had contested again. Though Thakur won, BJP could not reverse the anti-incumbency trend in the hill state.

Outgoing Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur tenders his resignation to Governor RV Arlekar. (Img credit: ANI)

Himachal Assembly Election 2022 results:The writing was  on the wall for some time and it's now final -  in Himachal Pradesh, voters have not bucked the anti-incumbency trend.  The Congress party won the majority of 68 seats as per the final results released by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Congress won 40 seats. BJP, the ruling party, managed to win only 25 seats in the state. 35 seats are needed to attain the majority mark in Himachal. Earlier in the day, it seemed like the contest was going to be a closely fought one but now Congress has comfortably won the state. The Aam Aadmi Party did not win any seat in the hill state. Of 55 lakh voters in the state, over 75 per cent exercised their franchise in the November 12 election to elect its 68-member assembly and government. A total of 412 candidates were in the fray in this election. In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP won 44 seats and the Congress 21, with one seat going to CPI-M, and two to independent candidates. Congress was hoping to change the last election's trend this year and are mighty pleased with the results.

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08 December 2022

20:40 IST

Congress sweeps the state bagging 40 seats, BJP claims 25

The final results are out and as per the final result updated by the Election Commission of India (ECI), Congress won the Himachal Pradesh assembly election and bagged 40 seats, . The BJP, on the other side, ended up with 25 seats, while the AAP managed to win only five.

18:57 IST

Family feud in Himachal polls as Congress' Dhani Ram Shandil defeats son-in-law, retains Solan seat

Veteran Congress leader Dhani Ram Shandil retained the Solan seat in Himachal Pradesh, defeating his nearest BJP rival and son-in-law Rajesh Kashyap. Dhani Ram Shandil, a retired army colonel and the oldest candidate in the fray at 82, had maintained a lead over Rajesh Kashyap right from the start, and the final margin of victory was 3,858 votes.