A total of 50.25 lakh electorate, including 19 lakh women and 14 transgenders, will exercise their franchise. Polling in the state will be held from 8 am to 5 pm and web-casting will be used in 2,307 polling stations.
The BJP has declared Prem Kumar Dhumal (73), a two-time former CM, as its chief ministerial candidate. On the other hand, the Congress has declared incumbent CM Virbhardra Singh (83) as its leader.
The election for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency is scheduled to be held on November 9, 2017. The counting of votes will be done on December 18, 2017.
Himachal Pradesh goes to polls tomorrow with the Congress and the BJP locking horns in all 68 constituencies.
Exit poll results for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections cannot be made public before December 14 evening, the Election Commission said today.
Campaigning for the November 9 Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh is coming to an end today.
He also accused Modi of speaking "selectively" on the issue of corruption and demanded to know where the jobs that the BJP had promised were.
Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that Pm Modi has his own interpretation of a saying from the Bhagvad Gita, and that he believes “in eating up fruits of others’ labour”.
Expressing his faith in the poll panel, Virbhadra Singh said the period between voting and counting is long, assurance for proper safety of the machines is required.
Surjewala's remarks come days after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi dubbed the Goods and Services Tax "Gabbar Singh Tax" during a rally in Gujarat.
Accusing the Congress government of establishing a mafia raj, Prem Kumar Dhumal said that Virbhadra Singh turned this "dev bhumi", the land of gods, into "drug bhumi and crime bhumi".
After Una, PM Modi addressed a rally in Palampur in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh.
PM Modi said Congress' campaign against demonetisation was driven by its attempts to mislead the people and create an atmosphere against him before he can raise a storm over benami assets.
Seeking to play an emotional card as the area is dominated by soldiers and ex-servicemen, PM Modi said that "Himachal Pradesh is the 'Veer Bhoomi' and we are proud of our jawans of this land who guard the country."
Anurag Thakur said that if PK Dhumal's name as the party's CM face had been declared the day the list of candidates was announced in Delhi, the impact would not have been as powerful as it was now.
“ If I am corrupt, let the BJP prove it,” said a combative Virbhadra Singh who is confident of taking oath as Himachal CM for 7th term after November elections.
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