Himachal Election Results 2024 Live: Himachal set for tight contest between BJP-Congress, counting to begin soon

04/06/2024

Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live Updates: The counting of votes for Himachal Pradesh Election Result 2024 will be held today, i.e. Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The Himachal Pradesh Elections 2024 for 4 Lok Sabha seats were held in a single phase on June 1, 2024 and recorded a 71 percent voter turnout for the 4 seats. The HP Election Results 2024 Live updates and trends seat-wise, party-wise, and candidate-wise will be provided on Moneycontrol. Stay connected with us for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election results Live Updates.

In the News18 Mega Exit Poll, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to win all the four Lok Sabha seats in the state. Himachal Pradesh is the one of the three states apart from Karnataka and Telangana that is ruled by the Congress.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, the BJP won all four seats, with a vote share of 69.7%. The voter turnout was 80.1%. Anurag Thakur won from Hamirpur by a margin of 3,99,572. From Kangra, Kishan Kapoor won by 4,77,623, while Ram Swaroop and Suresh Kumar Kashyap won from Mandi and Shimla, respectively.

The state has a history of oscillating between Congress and BJP governments in the previous state elections. The Congress defeated the BJP in the 2022 Assembly elections, winning 40 of the 68 seats, and appointing Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as the chief minister. Shanta Kumar of the BJP served as the chief minister from 1977 to 1980 and then again from 1990 to 1992, followed by Virbhadra Singh of the Congress who held the office between 1983 and 2017.

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(This story will be updated with the latest trends)

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