Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
Himachal Pradesh is all set to vote and while a total number of 55, 92, 828 electors will decide the political fate of leaders from different parties, one voter will be dearly missed.
That man is none other than Shyam Saran Negi, independent India’s first voter. Negi passed away on 5 November this year at the age of 106. He died of natural causes at his home in Kinnaur district’s Kalpa.
Negi, who is known for not skipping a single election – be it general or state, voted till his last breath as he exercised his franchise days before the state elections (12 November) where he cast his vote through a postal ballot instead of attending a polling booth owing to ill health.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
BJP national president JP Nadda when asked about Himacha Pradesh Election 2022 and CM face of the BJP, Nadda said, “We definitely are in comfortable majority. Jairam Thakur led the election campaign, and he will continue”
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
Himachal Pradesh, where the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress are locked in an aggressive direct fight, recorded a voter turnout of 37.19 per cent in the first five hours till 1 pm on Saturday, the Election Commission said.
The voting commenced on a tardy note and gradually picked up pace as the sun came up in the hill state where the BJP is eyeing history by repeating its government, while the Congress is urging voters to go by the tradition of voting out the incumbent government.
The voting started on a slow note with only around 5 per cent polling recorded in the first hour. Till 11 am, 19.98 per cent polling was recorded.
At 1 pm, the state recorded 37.19 per cent.
The highest polling of 41.89 percent was recorded in Sirmour district, followed by 41.17 percent in Mandi, the home district of Chief Minister Jairam Thakur.
PTI
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday appealed to the voters of Himachal Pradesh to “vote with full understanding in weaving the future of Himachal” as the state goes to the polls to decide the fate of 412 candidates for 68 assembly constituencies.
“Dear Himachali people, you all understand the situation of yourself and your state very well. Considering your circumstances, perform the duty of voting with full understanding and make your important contribution to changing the situation and weaving the future of Himachal. Jai Hind. Jai Himachal,” she wrote on Twitter.
Polling began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements on Saturday.
ANI
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
A 105-year-old woman named Naro Devi cast her voted today in Churah assembly constituency of Chamba district.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
From Shimla to the icy heights of Spiti, voters across Himachal Pradesh stepped out on Saturday to elect a new state government. It is a crucial test for the BJP hoping to beat precedent and return to power as well as for the Congress looking for electoral revival.
Voting began at 8 am on a slow note with an Election Commission official saying only four per cent polling was registered till 9 am. It began to pick up as the morning progressed and the winter chill eased a bit. Polling will continue till 5 pm in all 68 assembly constituencies.
In an early morning message to voters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged them to enthusiastically participate in the “festival of democracy” and register a voting record. In a tweet, Modi also greeted young voters who will be exercising their franchise for the first time.
PTI
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
As the assembly election is underway in Himachal Pradesh, polling officials reached the snow-covered assembly constituencies on foot to reach higher reaches of the state on Friday morning.
Snow spells in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh over the past few days have covered several polling booths in the state in a thick layer of white, making it challenging for the polling parties to reach these areas.
ANI
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
It will definitely change. People have made up their mind to change the tradition because the development in last 5 yrs can be seen on ground. So, there’s an atmosphere of joy & people want the Govt repeated: BJP chief on the alternating party trend #HimachalPradeshElection2022 pic.twitter.com/8QrMyzAho2
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
#HimachalPradeshElections 157 polling stations across the state are such that are being managed solely by women staff. In Hamirpur district, cr?che facility has also been made available so that those who come with children don’t have to face any issue: CEC Rajiv Kumar pic.twitter.com/D7wueeb3kk
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 LIVE
BJP chief JP Nadda & his wife Mallika Nadda cast their votes at a polling station in Vijaypur, Bilaspur
He says, “With the kind of atmosphere I’m seeing since morning, I think people have zeal and that zeal is over something right. I request people to cast vote in large numbers” pic.twitter.com/z5IhuIJosJ