With a high voter turnout at the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 held on November 12, both Congress and BJP are trying to fight it out. While the former is banking on OPS and anti-cumbency, the BJP is hoping to retain power as well. A look at what polling data tells us.
Voting for the 68 assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh ended on Saturday with the hill state바카라 웹사이트posting a polling of 74.54 percent, pressing panic buttons among the parties – both one hoping to retain power and the other바카라 웹사이트eyeing a바카라 웹사이트come-back.
The figures say Neeraj Sharma , Office-on-Special Duty (OSD), Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation Programme (SWEEP) will further go up to create a record of sorts in the hill state.
"We have 2.2 postal ballots from Special categories , police force, Employees on emergency duties .There are going to be another 0.5 percent from the defence personnel" he old 바카라 this morning.
In 2017, Himachal Pradesh had 75.57 percent votes when ruling congress got wiped out of the power marking the BJP's come-back.
So, what does the higher polling percentage mean to Himachal Pradesh? Is the custom of alternating power changing? The BJP claims that Riwaaz badal raha hai and that바카라 웹사이트Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aapeal has big role to play in wooing Himachali voters.바카라 웹사이트The BJP leaders hvave also attribute the바카라 웹사이트higher polling to better mobilisation 바카라 웹사이트of their cadre voters.
The Congress, however,바카라 웹사이트is banking on continuity of the rotaional pattern of anti-incumbency in the바카라 웹사이트state, coupled with its guarantees to바카라 웹사이트implement바카라 웹사이트the Old Pension scheme (OPS) and provide바카라 웹사이트one lakh jobs within first 10 days of the government formation.
While Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur라이브 바카라 constituency has polled 82.02 percent votes,바카라 웹사이트highest in the district and바카라 웹사이트definitely a sign바카라 웹사이트of his바카라 웹사이트re-election for바카라 웹사이트the sixth term as MLA, Prem Kumar Dhumal or Pushkar Singh Dhami바카라 웹사이트lost their constituencies despite the parties winning.
That, however, doesn’t go well in case of several ministers like Govind Thakur, who polled 79.48 percent votes or Suresh Bhardwaj – senior most minister polling 67 percent votes. His constituency was changed from Shimla to Kasumpti.
Another cabinet minister Rakesh Pathania, whose constituency was changed from Nurpur to Fatehpur and faces a BJP Rebel Kripal Parmar (former Rajya Sabha member) has바카라 웹사이트polled 70 percent votes. Parmar had refused to withdraw from the contest despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi making him a call.
But that does means a lot on some of hot seats contested by the Congress leaders viz Vikaramaditya Singh, son of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh polling 72.50 percent votes, leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri's seat saw바카라 웹사이트78 percent voter turnout, Sukhwinder Sukhu of the Congress campaign saw바카라 웹사이트73.68 percent polling. The 76.50 percent polling in Drang constituency indicated a predictable and incredible ninth victory for바카라 웹사이트Kaul Singh Thakur, a former Speaker.
Dalhousie,바카라 웹사이트the constituency where바카라 웹사이트Asha Kumari is seeking her seventh term, polled바카라 웹사이트74.67 percent votes. 바카라 웹사이트Since the Congress has not projected any Chief Ministerial candidate to contain factionalism, any of these leaders바카라 웹사이트may be potential바카라 웹사이트Chief Ministerial candidates. One of the biggest and politically sensitive districts Kangra with its 15 seats, recorded 71.27 percent polling .
Mandi, the home district of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur with 10 assembly constituencies polled 74.94 percent votes. In 2017, the BJP had won nine out of the ten seats in Mandi whilet he one elected바카라 웹사이트independent candidate also turned to the BJP eventually.
If the party is able to win even half of the seats, it will definitely reflect on Thakur라이브 바카라 leadership. Not to forget that the BJP lost the Mandi Parliamentary bypoll in November 2021 causing a huge embarrassment to the ruling dispensation. This became a high point for the Congress terming it as a semi-final before the final (assembly elections).
Veteran journalist바카라 웹사이트Prakesh Lohumi says,바카라 웹사이트“One of the factors I see in November 12 polling is an under current against the government. It라이브 바카라 not just OPS but also inflation, employment and inefficient governance narrative. People say there is no wave but why such바카라 웹사이트high polling then? The reason is disenchantment with the government—that라이브 바카라 the pattern in Himachal Pradesh.”
In 2017, when the BJP returned the poll winning 44 seats, the highest ever it had won, the poll percentage bordered on 75 percent. There was a clear wave, corruption was a바카라 웹사이트major issue, beside women security in the backdrop of rape and murder case of a Kotkhai girl.
The Congress taking big advantage of the OPS could make significant gains as the employees unions had “campaigned’ openly on the slogan “vote for OPS”.
“We have promised, with our 10 guarantees, to restore OPS in the first cabinet meeting of the new government. We are going to form the government.The people have defeated the money power,. There will be a clear verdict in favour of the congress’ Said Pratibha Singh, PCC president. 바카라 웹사이트
Even even places like where voters had to brave바카라 웹사이트minus degree temperatures in the cold deserts of Spiti, voter turnout was as high as바카라 웹사이트77.89 percent. All 52 voters at Tashinang, the world's highest polling booth voted, voted, with the booth located ar a height of바카라 웹사이트15,256 ft recorded 100 percent polling.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who campaigned in the state in an effort to reverse irs바카라 웹사이트37-year-old anti-incumbency trend바카라 웹사이트in favour of the BJP, played an emotional card by telling voters that each vote you cast for ‘lotus’ will go directly to him, to strengthen him.
“Ghar ja kar kehna 바카라 웹사이트Modi ji aaye the , Namaskar bheja”, he바카라 웹사이트 said a poll rally at Solan.
The Congress, which tried to fight the election mainly on local issues, failures of the Jai Ram Thakur government, also invoked former Virbhadra Singh card. Full page ads in newspapers proclaiming바카라 웹사이트"Mujhe yaad rakhna” were flashed a day before the polling.
The Congress did not project as Chief Ministerial candidate owing to factionalism in the party and fought the elections under the united leadership of Pratibha Singh, wife of Virbhadra Singh.
AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi took charge of the campaign,바카라 웹사이트invoking her grand mother Indira Gandhi and the granting of statetehood바카라 웹사이트to connect with the people of Himachal Pradesh.바카라 웹사이트
She held back-to-back rallies across the바카라 웹사이트length and width of the state, keeping the BJP on바카라 웹사이트its toes despite바카라 웹사이트Rahul Gandhi being바카라 웹사이트busy with바카라 웹사이트Bharat Jodo Yatra and having no time to바카라 웹사이트campaign with his eyes on a bigger prize.
Meanwhile, the priciple concern바카라 웹사이트for the BJP, admits a senior leader, is바카라 웹사이트the presence of 21 rebels, a few of whom have바카라 웹사이트quite the potential to cause damage.
In this election, the prestige of BJP National president JP Nadda is also at stake as this is the바카라 웹사이트first election under his stewardship as party Chief바카라 웹사이트after바카라 웹사이트led the party to successful outcomes in UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.
Himachal Pradesh polls might also prove to be a litmus test for Modi's appeal바카라 웹사이트ahead of the upcoming 2024 Parliamentary elections.