Himachal Assembly election result 2022 LIVE updates: Counting starts; will ‘rivaz’ change for BJP, Cong keeps fingers crossed
Shimla, December 8
More than 10,000 security personnel, returning officers, and other support staff are overseeing the counting of votes for the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls on Thursday.
The counting starts at 8 am in 68 counting halls spread across 59 locations throughout the state.
The counting started with the postal ballot at 8 am followed by EVM counting at 8.30 am. About 76.44 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise in the assembly polls held on November 12.
In case the Congress wins Himachal Pradesh polls, it would be a major boost for the party that currently is in power on its own only in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
Winning a state in the north, albeit a small one, would be significant for the party especially because its electoral clout in the north has been on a decline for more than a decade now. A comeback in Himachal Pradesh would be a “huge morale booster” after its bad performance in Delhi MCD elections.
In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP won a comfortable majority of 44; the Congress got 21, with one seat going to CPI-M, and two to Independents.
