Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017 News
Rahul Gandhi will visit Shimla on Friday to review his party's dismal performance in the recently held assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh.
2017 has been a good year for the BJP with resounding victories in several states. In the year gone by, BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
Jairam Thakur was in a close race with JP Nadda for the CM post in Himachal Pradesh.
The shock defeat of the party's chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal, who has been the state's chief minister for two full terms, opened up the race for the top post, bringing Union minister JP Nadda into the contention.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah to address party cadres at the meet
BJP won in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh
Gujarat: BJP won 99/182 seats; Congress won 77
Himachal Pradesh: BJP won 44 of 68 seats; Congress won 21
BJP came back to power in 1998 in Gujarat and has ruled uninterrupted since then.
Nadda and Thakur emerged frontrunners on Monday evening
Their names emerged after a meeting of the BJP parliamentary board
Nadda is Union Health Minister, and Thakur was a minister in the previous BJP government in Himchal Pradesh
After spearheading the campaign in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh to culminate in victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that he was elated with the mandate given by the people of both the states.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi also took to Twitter to thank people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
Rahul thanked the people of Gujarat and Himachal
He tweeted that he accepted the verdict of the people of the two states
He had taken charge as Congress chief after last phase of polling in Gujarat
Adityanath said the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh results show support for the Centre's policies.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged victorious in Gujarat as well as Himachal Pradesh, and the Assembly election results has led to celebration by party cadres in different parts of the country. Senior party leaders of the party and BJP chief ministers lauded the party leadership for the victory in both the state.
Sitting incumbent Virbhadra Singh won with a handsome margin from Arki.
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The Election Commission will declare the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017 on Monday.
The BJP looks set to wrest power from the Congress in Himachal Pradesh as it was leading in over 40 seats while the ruling party bagged one seat and was leading in 21 others, according to Election Commission trends.
Counting of votes will be held at 37 centres across Gujarat's 33 districts.
According to the final figures released by the Election Commission, the voter turnout in the second phase of voting on December 14 stood at 69.99 percent.
In the first phase of polls held on December 9, 66.75 percent voting was recorded.
Himachal Pradesh witnessed a 75.28 percent turnout in Assembly elections.
Most of the exit polls have projected a clear majority for the saffron party in Himachal Pradesh.
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