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HP elections: Doon constituency records highest poll percentage
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Doon assembly seat of Solan district recorded the highest voting percentage of 85.2. This was followed by Sirmaur district's Shillai constituency where 84.1 percent voting was recorded. Seraj's seat in the Mandi district stood third with 82 percent voters turnout.
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Himachal election: Polling party suspended after EVMs found in a private v
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
District election commission authorities said that they received information after the completion of polling that polling party no.146 assigned to Duttnagar-49 was carrying EVM/VVPAT in their private vehicle bearing registration number HP-03D-2023. Congress workers alleged that the EVM/VV
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Himachal sees 73.23 pc voter turnout in assembly polls
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Solan recorded the highest voter turnout with 76.82 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise. Shimla logged voter turnout of 69.88 per cent, according to the latest data.
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Himachal sees 55.65 pc voter turnout till 3 pm
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Of the eight Assembly constituencies in Shimla district, Jubbal-Kotkhai recorded the highest turnout of 64.71 per cent till 3pm while Kasumpti logged 47 per cent.
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Congress to have majority in Himachal, BJP won't succeed in poaching MLAs:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday said that the people of Himachal Pradesh were in a mood to change the government in the state by ruling out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state assembly election.
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Himachal Assembly polls: Confident of winning 40-45 seats, says Congress c
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Vikramaditya who is a son of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, and also a sitting MLA from Shimla Rural was entrusted by the Congress once again and given a ticket against BJP's Ravi Mehta, AAP's Prem Thakur.
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Nearly 30,000 security personnel deployed to ensure free, fair polls in Hi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Central government deployed 67 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) comprising 6,700 personnel and 15 CRPF companies for holding free and fair Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh.
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Vignettes from Himachal poll campaign
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
From the death of the country's oldest voter to how polling personnel and equipment are mobilised uphill, braving rough terrain and, often, unforgiving weather, here's a look at stories from the poll-bound state that courted headlines ahead of the polling for 68 Assembly constituencies on Sa
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Himachal polls: Key constituencies to watch out in high-stakes battle
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The polling will take place on November 12 after a hectic campaign. Himachal Pradesh has seen alternate governments between BJP and Congress over the past few decades and the BJP has expressed confidence of retaining power in the hill state.
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Himachal Pradesh election: Over 55 lakh voters to decide fate of 412 candi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The state, which has seen the power alternate between the BJP and Congress over the past several elections, will go to the polls on Saturday.
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BJP expels Himachal member for 'anti-party' activities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The BJP state president Suresh Kashyap expelled state executive committee member Annu Thakur for six months.
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FM lauds Himachal CM for ensuring fruits of 'double-engine' govt
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Addressing a press conference in Shimla on Thursday, Sitharaman said the BJP government not only implemented the flagship schemes of the central government as well as those of the state on same priority so that the people of Himachal Pradesh could derive the targeted benefits of the schemes.
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