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BJP ousts Congress in Himachal
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SME Times News Bureau | 18 Dec, 2017
The BJP was set on Monday to wrest power in Himachal Pradesh from the
Congress, winning 19 seats and leading in 25 in hard fought Assembly
elections, although its two top leaders were worsted in the contest.
Needing
35 seats to control the 68-member House, the Bharatiya Janata Party was
on course to win 44 the Congress had bagged 11 seats and led in 10
others. An Independent and the CPI-M got one seat each.
The
Congress accepted defeat in Himachal Pradesh, which went to the polls on
November 9. Among its prominent winners were outgoing Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh (Arki) and his son Vikramaditya Singh (Shimla Rural),
who entered the Assembly for the first time.
State BJP chief
Satpal Satti was humiliated in Una by Satpal Singh Razda of Congress
while the BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal lost in
Sujanpur.
Dhumal's confidants Ravinder Ravi, Gulab Singh and Randhir Sharma, all outgoing legislators, also lost.
Congress cabinet ministers Sudhir Sharma, Thakur Singh and Prakash Chaudhary faced defeat.
Chaudhary
lost in Balh in Mandi district to BJP's Inder Singh Gandhi. BJP's
Ravindra Dhiman defeated Congress' outgoing legislator Yadvinder Goma in
Jaisinghpur and Kishori Lal of the BJP overcame Bansi Lal of the
Congress from Anni.
BJP's Suresh Bhardwaj retained his Shimla seat, defeating Harbhajan Bhajji of the Congress.
Anil
Sharma, who resigned from the government and the ruling Congress and
joined the BJP just before the polls along with his father and former
Telecom Minister Sukh Ram, retained his Mandi seat.
Independent
Hoshiar Singh dealt a humiliating defeat to heavyweights Ravinder Ravi
(BJP) and Viplove Thakur (Congress) in Dehra.
Outgoing
legislator Anirudh Singh of the Congress retained his Kasumpti seat by
defeating BJP's Vijay Jyoti Sain. Both belong to the royal families.
CPI-M's Rakesh Singha defeated both the BJP and Congress in Theog.
BJP
spokesperson Ganesh Dutt told IANS: "We have crossed the half-way mark.
This clearly shows we are going to form the government in the state."
A
total of 337 candidates contested the election. A total of 37,83,580
people voted in the hill state -- a record 75.28 per cent polling.
The
Congress and the BJP contested in all the 68 constituencies. Most exit
polls had predicted the BJP's return to power with an easy majority.
The
state has alternately elected Congress and BJP since 1985. In 2012, the
Congress won 36 seats and the BJP 26. Independents bagged six seats.
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