Himachal Pradesh Election Results 2022 Updates: Congress holds meeting of newly-elected Himachal MLAs

Himachal polls: Rebels played spoilsport in 12 out of 68 assembly seats

Rebels played a spoilsport for both the BJP and Congress in 12 out of the 68 assembly segments in Himachal Pradesh.

1. The rebels, who contested as independents in the assembly polls, marred the prospects of BJP candidates in eight seats.
2. Congress candidates were hit in four assembly segments.
3. Out of the total 99 independents who were in the fray, 28 were rebels.
4. All the three winning Independents -- K L Thakur from Nalagarh, Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra and Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur -- were BJP rebels who were denied party tickets.

Party's high command to decide on Himachal CM, say Congress MLAs

All 40 MLAs took part in the CLP meeting today and all have unanimously passed the proposal to leave the decision to select the CM of the state on party high command: Congress Himachal Pradesh in-charge Rajeev Shukla

Eight cabinet minister were trounced.

Only three -- outgoing Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his cabinet colleagues Bikram Singh and Sukh Ram Chaudhary -- managed to retain their seats. BJP stalwart Rajiv Bindal, who was elected to the assembly five times in a row and served as minister, speaker and party's state unit president, lost the poll.

EC notifies names of newly elected legislators in HP Assembly

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday notified the names of newly elected members of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha alongwith their party affiliation and presented it to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. Principal Secretary ECI Rahul Sharma and Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg met the governor and presented a certificate bearing names of members elected in the recently held Vidhan Sabha elections.

Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief Pratibha Virbhadra Singh arrives at Congress headquarters in Shimla for the Legislature Party meeting.

Shimla | The moment all MLAs reach Shimla, there will be a CLP meeting....Voting happens where there is a dispute and there is no dispute: Congress leader Rajiv Shukla, in charge of Himachal Pradesh

Supporters of state president Pratibha Singh blocked the car of AICC central observers demanding to make her the chief minister in Shimla

Congress observers meet Himachal governor ahead of MLAs' meeting to pick CM

Himachal Pradesh Congress in-charge Rajiv Shukla and party observers Bhupesh Baghel and Bhupinder Singh Hooda meet with State Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, at Raj Bhawan, in Shimla on Friday. (ANI Photo)

There is no groupism in Congress: Himachal Pradesh party chief Pratibha Singh

Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh informed that they will be holding a meeting to decide upon the name of the Chief Minister of the hill state in the evening. "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 hours after her statement sparked a row of controversy. State President Pratibha Virbhadra Singh, in a conversation with ANI, was seen hinting at her desire to be chosen as the CM of the state as she said that the party cannot ignore the person (her husband- Virbhadra Singh) in whose name it contested the polls and won.

Himachal Pradesh | State in-charge Rajeev Shukla & supervisors Bhupinder Hooda, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel holds meeting with HP Congress chief Pratibha Singh and other leaders at a hotel in Shimla.

Legislative Party meeting will be held. Whatever the High Command decides will be the final: Chhattisgarh CM and supervisor Bhupesh Baghel, in Shimla on the CM face

There is no question of neglecting anyone. Everyone will be taken together to go ahead. Everyone has the right to express their opinion. There is no problem: Chhattisgarh CM and party's Himachal supervisor Bhupesh Baghel, in Shimla

Himachal Pradesh in-charge Rajeev Shukla & supervisors Bhupesh Baghel and Bhupinder Hooda arrive in Shimla ahead of Congress legislative party meeting.

In Shimla, people of Shimla won, Congress won and workers & leaders won.Everyone was working. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra played the most crucial role. There were blessings of Sonia-Rahul Gandhi. It's the first victory under the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge as party chief: B Baghel

Sukh Ram’s legacy continues to pave way for son’s victory from Mandi

Sukh Ram was Chanakya of Himachal politics and now his son Anil Sharma and grandson Ashray are trying to be that but while Ashray is struggling to come into a ctive politics, Anil has failed to win the trust of the BJP. It’s the Sukh Ram legacy that continues to win from Mandi.

Despite rifts in the party and his poor terms with Jai Ram Thakur, Anil kept the Mandi seat fo r the fifth time — a proof that people won’t forget Sukh Ram so soon. Anil won the seat by 10,006 votes by defeating Congress leader Kaul Singh’s daughter Champa Thakur for second consecutiv e time. Three-time MP and five-time MLA, former Union minister Sukh Ram died in May.

Himachal polls: Rebels played spoilsport in 12 out of 68 assembly seats

Rebels played a spoilsport for both the BJP and Congress in 12 out of the 68 assembly segments in Himachal Pradesh.

• The rebels, who contested as independents in the assembly polls, marred the prospects of BJP candidates in eight seats.
• Congress candidates were hit in four assembly segments.

1. Out of the total 99 independents who were in the fray, 28 were rebels.
2. All the three winning Independents -- K L Thakur from Nalagarh, Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra and Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur -- were BJP rebels who were denied party tickets.

This big responsibility was given by Sonia Gandhi & she told me that she was choosing me as state chief & now I'll (Singh) have to go to all 68 constituencies & win the state. I did that honestly. Result is before us: HP Congress chief Pratibha Singh

Since 1998, the women voters have decided who governs Himachal Pradesh. This time their high turnout helped the Congress win 40 seats, but only one of them has made it to the House.

They have stayed ahead of men even in attending political rallies and joining the door-todoor campaigns. Of the 37. 2 lakh votes polled in 2017, men accounted for 18. 1 lakh, while the women accounted for 19. 1 lakh or 6. 21% more. That time, the women helped the BJP because it made special promises to them, while this time they favoured the Congress to claim a monthly stipend of Rs 1,500 promised to each of them in the 18-60 age group. The BJP’s free schemes such as bicycles and scooties for schoolgirls, 33% quota for women in the government jobs, Grihini Suvidha and Ujjwala, and Mukhyamantri Shagun failed to lure them.

In 2022, women had the higher turnout in 42 of the 68 constituencies. In seven seats, they had at least 5,000 more votes than men, with the highest difference of 8,189 being in Jogindernagar. The 27. 8 lakh men voters were 72. 4% of their category, while the 27. 3 lakh women were 76. 8%. The parties wooed women for good reason. The Congress promised them a stipend despite the state’s financial crisis, and it helped win 40 seats.

Despite all the wooing of women, only 24 of them were fielded as candidates against 412 seats. Only one woman, Reena Kashyap of the BJP from Pacchad, won. She had also won the 2019 byelection. She beat Dayal Pyari of the Congress by 3,857 votes. Senior women politicians such as Sarveen Chaudhary (BJP) from Shahpur and Asha Kumar (INC) from Dalhousie lost.

The Congress, which wrested power from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs here on Friday and the meet is likely to pass a resolution authorising the Congress president to pick the CLP leader.

The Congress on Thursday won 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985.

Leader of the opposition Mukesh Agnihotri said that a meeting would be held in Shimla on Friday.

Deciding on the chief ministerial face who can bind the party going forward is the immediate challenge for the Congress.

HP polls: Congress secures 43.90% vote share, BJP close behind with 43%

The Congress secured 43.90 per cent vote share as it wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP, winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its tradition of voting incumbent government out of power since 1985.

Despite getting 43 per cent vote share, the BJP could only manage to win 25 seats, with many segments witnessing lower victory margins.

Three Independents also emerged victorious in the assembly polls, results for which were declared on Thursday.

The vote share was up for the Congress as against previous assembly elections.

The BJP and the Congress contested on all 68 constituencies, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fielded its candidates on 67 seats, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on 53 and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on 11 seats.

The AAP failed to open its account and the CPI-M also did not win any seat while its sitting MLA from Theog also lost.

The AAP received 1.10 per cent votes, the CPI-M 0.66 per cent, the BSP 0.35 per cent, and Independents and others got 10.39 per cent, while 0.59 per cent went to NOTA.

40 Congress lawmakers in Himachal to nominate legislative party leader

A day after getting majority in the 68-member legislative assembly, 40 Congress lawmakers will meet in the state capital on Friday in the presence of party's state in-charge Rajeev Shukla and special observer and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to nominate the legislative party leader.

State party president Pratibha Singh, former party chief Sukhwinder Sukhu and Mukesh Agnihotri are considered key frontrunners for the chief minister's post.

With only two wins in assembly polls, 'royals' losing their charm in Himachal Pradesh

The erstwhile royals of Himachal Pradesh who once commanded their own space in politics are losing their charm as only two of them won in the state polls this time while two others lost at the hustings.

Vikramaditya Singh, the son of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and the scion of erstwhile royal family of Rampur Bushahr, won by a margin of 13,860 votes from Shimla rural, while Anirudh Singh of the erstwhile royal family of Koti, won from Kasumpti seat.

Virbhadra Singh had dominated the state politics for over four decades and served as the chief minister several times. His wife Pratibha Singh, who hails from the erstwhile royal family of Keonthal, is currently the state Congress chief and is among one of the frontrunners for the chief minister's post.

While Vikramaditya Singh defeated BJP's Ravi Mehta, Anirudh Singh defeated outgoing Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj by a margin of 8,865 votes. Bhardwaj had changed his seat from Shimla Urban to Kasumpti.

Himachal Pradesh polls: Congress scores victory on several seats by narrow margin

Though the Congress wrested power from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh by winning 40 out of the 68 assembly seats, party candidates had a wafer-thin victory margin of less than 2,000 in 15 seats.

The difference in the number of votes received by the candidates of the two parties in Bhoranj, Sujanpur, Darang, Bilaspur, Sri Naina Devi, Rampur, Shillai, and Sri Renukaji was less than 1,000 votes.

In Bhattiyat, Balh, Una, Jaswan Pragpur, Lahaul and Spiti, Sarkaghat, and Nahan the difference was only between 1,000 to 2,000.

Outgoing Chief Minister Jairam Thakur won by 38,183 votes -- the highest victory margin -- from Seraj in Mandi district, while BJP's Pawan Kajal won in Kangra by a margin of 19,834 votes.

HP polls: BJP suffers setback in three out of four parliamentary constituencies

The BJP, which won 25 seats in the Himachal Pradesh elections, suffered a setback in the assembly segments falling under Shimla, Hamirpur and Kangra parliamentary constituencies in the hill state.

However, the party put up a good show in Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.

The Congress wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP, winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The results of the November 12 assembly elections were declared on Thursday.

The promise of restoration of the old pension scheme proved to be a shot in the arm for the Congress, while the issues of apple growers marred the BJP's prospects in about 20 seats.

The voters were upset over the rising unemployment and inflation and there was a strong anti-incumbency against the government, political observers said.

Deciding on the chief ministerial face who can bind the party going forward is the immediate challenge for the Congress.

State party president Pratibha Singh is considered a key frontrunner for the chief minister's post, closely followed by former party chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and outgoing CLP leader Mukesh Agnihotri.

AICC in-charge of Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Shukla had on Thursday said the Congress was happy that it is getting an opportunity to form the government in the state and asserted that the party will do everything to fulfil the 10 guarantees made to the people of the state and would provide better governance to people.

"The newly-elected Congress MLAs would meet in Shimla on Friday post-election results and decide on electing the new legislature party leader," Shukla had told PTI on Thursday.

Sources said the MLAs are likely to pass a one-line resolution authorising Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to decide the CLP leader. This has been the tradition in the Congress party, they said.

Leader of the opposition Mukesh Agnihotri said that a meeting would be held in Shimla today.

Congress to hold meeting of newly-elected Himachal MLAs in Shimla

The Congress, which wrested power from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs here on Friday and the meet is likely to pass a resolution authorising the Congress president to pick the CLP leader.

The Congress on Thursday won 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985.

With the Congress emerging victorious in Himachal Pradesh, state party president Pratibha Singh is considered a key frontrunner for the chief minister's post, closely followed by former party chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and outgoing CLP leader Mukesh Agnihotri. Deciding on the chief ministerial face who can bind the party going forward is the immediate challenge for the Congress.

Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs have been asked to stay in Shimla only. Observers Bhupesh Baghel, Bhupinder Hooda and In-charge Rajeev Shukla are likely to meet the MLAs in Shimla tomorrow: Sources

Himachal Pradesh continued its decades-long tradition of not voting an incumbent government to power as the Congress on Thursday won 40 seats in the recently concluded polls while the BJP secured victory in 25 seats.

Results of all 68 assembly seats officially declared: Congress has won majority with 40 seats, BJP has won 21 seats, and others 3

Results for 64 of 68 assembly seats have officially been declared so far: BJP has won 21 seats, Congress 40 and others 3.

The BJP is leading in the remaining 4 seats.

Rahul Gandhi didn't address a single election rally in Himachal Pradesh

AICC in-charge for party affairs in Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Shukla said the party workers did well and thanked all the leaders for campaigning in the elections.

Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh congratulated the people of the state for the party's victory in the state.

"Hearty congratulations and best wishes to all the people of Himachal and party workers for the huge victory of the Congress in Himachal assembly elections. This is the victory of all of you," Singh said in a tweet in Hindi.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, "Heartfelt thanks to the people of Himachal Pradesh for this decisive victory. Hearty congratulations to all Congress workers and leaders. Your hard work and dedication are truly behind this victory," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

"I assure you again, every promise made to the public will be fulfilled at the earliest," Gandhi added.

With the Congress winning the Himachal Pradesh elections on Thursday, party leaders thanked the people of state for reposing faith in it and giving a clear mandate.

"This victory is of all of you. Thank you Himachal Pradesh," the party said in a tweet in Hindi from its official handle.

Results for 60 of 68 assembly seats have officially been declared so far: BJP has won 18 seats, Congress 39 and others 3.

The Congress is leading in 1 seat while the BJP is ahead in 7 seats.

Thank people of Himachal for affection, support to BJP. We will keep working to fulfil state's aspirations, raise people's issues: PM Modi

Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh's son and sitting Congress MLA from Shimla (Rural) Vikramaditya Singh retained his seat by defeating his nearest rival Ravi Kumar Mehta of the BJP by 13,860 votes. There were six candidates in fray from this seat.

Results for 54 of 68 assembly seats have officially been declared so far: BJP has won 18 seats, Congress 33 and others 3.

The Congress is leading in 7 other seats while the BJP is ahead in 7 seats

People voted for change in Himachal: Congress

It's victory of people of state. People voted for change & against unemployment & inflation. We'll be united and there won't be any factionalism in our party. We met party chief M Kharge & had a discussion regarding our next step: Rajiv Shukla, Congress in charge of Himachal

I have handed over my resignation to the Governor: Outgoing Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur

I have handed over my resignation to the Governor. We will never stop working for the development of the people. We need to analyse things. There were some issues that changed the direction of the results. I will go to Delhi if they call us, said Thakur.

We are not worried about poaching: Himachal Congress chief

It is a very emotional moment for me as I can see the same kind of support from people as it was for late Virbhadra Singh. Chandigarh is easily accessible meeting point for MLAs & we are not worried about poaching: Pratibha V Singh, HP Congress president on poll results

Himachal Pradesh cabinet minister Dr Ram Lal Markanda lost the Lahaul and Spiti assembly seat to Congress rival Ravi Thakur by a margin of 1,616 votes, according to the Election Commission.

Outgoing Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur reaches Raj Bhawan in Shimla to tender his resignation to the Governor.

Priyanka Gandhi's 10-pointer manifesto worked: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

High command will decide next CM of Himachal. Priyanka Gandhi's 10-pointer manifesto worked there. Gujarat's results are shocking as situation during the campaigning was different, a surprising victory for BJP, said Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

Our observers and in-charge secretaries are going to Himachal Pradesh and they will decide when to meet the Governor and call a meeting of Congress MLAs: Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge

Results for 44 of 68 assembly seats have officially been declared so far: BJP has won 15 seats, Congress 26 and others 3.

The Congress is leading in 13 other seats while the BJP is ahead in 11 seats

Need to protect Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs from 'poaching' bid: Bhupesh Baghel

As the Assembly poll trends showed the Congress was likely to get a majority in Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said the party needed to protect its MLAs in the hill state from any possibility of horse-trading. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can "go to any level", he claimed.Baghel, who was appointed as senior observer by the Congress for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls, denied speculation that the newly elected party MLAs from Himachal Pradesh will be shifted to Chhattisgarh.

Newly elected Congress MLAs to meet in Chandigarh, says AICC in charge of state Rajeev Shukla

Congress to hold meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs in Himachal Pradesh in Chandigarh after declaration of results today, meet likely to pass resolution authorising Congress president to elect CLP leader, says AICC in charge of state Rajeev Shukla.