New Delhi: The dates for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections have been announced on October 14. The Election Commission in a press conference has declared to hold two-phase elections in the state.
The voting in the state will be held in November 12. While the counting of votes will be held in December 8 along with the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. With this, the model code of conduct has come into force in the state from today.
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The term of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly will end on January 8, 2023. At present, there is a BJP government in the state under the leadership of Jai Ram Thakur. Talking about political parties, Aam Aadmi Party has been active in the state for a long time. While on behalf of BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, National President JP Nadda have also visited the state. At the same time, the Congress party is also trying hard to get power again in the state.
No government repeated after 1985
If we look at the electoral data of Himachal Pradesh, no party has been able to return to power in the state for two consecutive terms since 1985. In 1985, BJP came twice in the state in a row, but since then no ruling party has returned to the state. However, this time too the BJP is trying hard to return to power again in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly elections. In the 2017 assembly elections, BJP had won 44 seats, Congress 21 and others three.
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Himachal Pradesh has total 68 assembly seats
In Himachal Pradesh, of the total 68 assembly seats, 17 assembly seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes in the 2017 elections. At the same time, 3 assembly constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The state had 48 assembly seats for the general category.
