New Delhi: Meeting polls in Himachal Pradesh will probably be held on 12 November and counting of votes will happen on 8 December, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar introduced Friday.
Dates for Gujarat elections will probably be introduced later, he added.
“There’s nonetheless time for the Gujarat meeting’s tenure to finish. There are a number of different elements. For Himachal Pradesh, climate too is a crucial issue, so dates should be introduced early. All elements will probably be assessed by the fee, following which Gujarat election dates too will probably be introduced accordingly,” Kumar mentioned at a press convention in Delhi.
Each states are at the moment dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP).
Himachal: Status, revival and enlargement
Himachal Pradesh is the house state of BJP nationwide president JP Nadda and Union Minister Anurag Thakur. The get together faces a status battle, greater than anything, within the hill state.
In each meeting election in Himachal since 1985, the state elected alternate governments to energy — between the Congress and the BJP. The final time any get together gained two consecutive phrases within the state was the Congress which did so within the 1982 and 1985 meeting polls, based on Election Fee data.
This 12 months, Himachal Pradesh will contest a three-corner battle with the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) too throwing its hat within the ring for all 68 seats within the state.
Within the 2017 meeting election, the BJP had gained 44 seats in Himachal Pradesh and scored a vote share of 48.8 per cent. The Congress had gained 21 seats and a vote share of 41.7 per cent.
Whereas the BJP faces some extent of anti-incumbency consider sure belts within the state, the Congress perceives it as a chance to revive itself, particularly at a time when the get together guidelines in solely two states — Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
The AAP has adopted its governance mannequin in Delhi that revolves round higher faculties, higher healthcare, water and energy subsidies, jobs and welfare measures amongst different issues, as its major ballot plank. It’s at the moment recognised as a state get together in Delhi, Punjab and Goa. Getting recognised as a state get together in one other will qualify AAP as a nationwide get together.
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Gujarat: Excessive stakes battle
Gujarat, the house state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah, is taken into account a BJP stronghold. The get together has dominated the state for almost three many years now. For the BJP, it’s extra of a status battle to retain the throne.
Elections on this state are additionally very essential for the Congress, which has been attempting to revive itself with Rahul Gandhi launching the Bharat Jodo Yatra, and the AAP, which gained the Punjab elections earlier this 12 months and has been attempting to increase its footprint throughout India forward of the 2024 normal elections.
Gujarat has 182 meeting seats, of which the BJP gained 99 within the earlier election held in 2017, down from 115 it had gained in 2012. The Congress gained 77 seats in 2017, up from 61 it had gained in 2012. There was evidently a good contest by way of vote share with the BJP getting 49 per cent and Congress getting 41 per cent of complete votes within the 2017 Gujarat polls.
The AAP had unsuccessfully contested 30 seats in Gujarat in 2017. Since then, the get together has been engaged on constructing an organisational base within the state. This 12 months, the AAP appears to have invested a big chunk of its assets within the Gujarat polls, with two of Kejriwal’s closest aides — Rajya Sabha MPs Sandeep Pathak and Raghav Chadha — appearing as observers.
(Edited by Anumeha Saxena)
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