Big Breaking: Chief Minister Sukhu’s wife wins Himachal Pradesh by-election, know the complete numerical figures
Numerical Figures
Shimla, July 12: Kamlesh Thakur, wife of the honourable Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, has won the assembly by-election. After the 10th round of counting, Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur from Dehra assembly seat got 32,737 votes, while BJP candidate Hoshyar Singh had to be content with 23,338 votes. Hoshyar Singh missed a hat-trick of victory. In postal votes, Kamlesh Thakur got 612 votes, while Hoshyar Singh got 478 votes.
However, after CM Sukhu’s wife won the by-election, the number of women MLAs in the assembly has increased to 3. This will be the first time when both husband and wife will be members of the assembly, that too when the husband of the woman MLA is the Chief Minister. After winning the by-election of Dehri Vidhan Sabha, the credibility of Chief Minister Sukhu has increased, because it was not easy to win by overcoming the criticism of nepotism in the current politics.
Although nepotism is visible in Himachal Pradesh, this did not happen even during Virbhadra Singh’s tenure, when he fielded his wife in the by-election. During Virbhadra Singh’s tenure, Pratibha won the election, but did not become an MLA. It was certain that the father and son were members of the House. During Virbhadra Singh’s last tenure, Vikramaditya Singh succeeded in becoming an MLA for the first time.
Out of the three assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, most eyes were on the Dehra assembly constituency of Kangra. The interesting thing was that the CM’s wife could not cast her vote here, because she is a voter of Hamirpur’s Nadaun assembly constituency. Everyone’s eyes were on the Dehra seat of Himachal Pradesh, because CM Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh was in the fray here. This seat was created after delimitation in 2012, since then Congress has not been able to win here in the three elections so far. BJP candidate Hoshyar Singh had won the election twice as an independent. In the last two elections, Hoshyar Singh was also benefiting due to the triangular contest, but this time the contest had become face to face.
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In the first two rounds, BJP candidate Hoshyar Singh had taken a lead of 360. After the third round of counting, Hoshyar Singh’s lead increased to 557. After the fourth round of counting, this lead was reduced to 37. By the fourth round, NOTA had received 50 votes. After the fifth round of counting, the tables turned. CM’s wife was ahead by 636 votes. In this round, Kamlesh got 13,300 votes, while Hoshyar Singh got 12,664 votes. After the sixth round of counting, Kamlesh Thakur had taken a lead of 1815 votes. By this round, Congress had got 52.38% votes. After the seventh round of counting, the Congress candidate’s lead increased to 5029, after which his victory seemed certain. After the eighth round of counting, Kamlesh Thakur’s lead increased to 6115. Kamlesh got 24,957 votes and Hoshyar got 18,842 votes. Kamlesh’s vote percentage was 56.63 percent. CM’s wife kept on gaining lead from the third round onwards.
After the ninth round, Congress’s lead increased to 7,860 votes. Kamlesh’s vote percentage was 57.51. After this round, Kamlesh Thakur reached the counting centre, while firecrackers started bursting at CM’s residence in Shimla. Election Commission’s official figure of the last round came at 12:10. In this round, Kamlesh Thakur’s lead increased to 9,399.
Assembly Election 2022 Result-
Hoshyar Singh won the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 as an independent candidate with 22,997 votes. He won with a lead of 3,877 votes and got 37.96% vote share. Dr. Rajesh Sharma of Congress got 19,120 votes, giving him 31.56% vote share and coming in second place. Ramesh Chand (BJP) came in third with 16,730 votes, with a vote share of 27.62%.
Assembly Election 2017 Result-
Hoshyar Singh won with 24,206 votes as an independent candidate. He won with a lead of 3,914 votes and got 44.32% vote share. Dr. Ravinder Singh Ravi (BJP) got 20,292 votes, giving him 37.16% vote share. Viplav Thakur (Congress) came third with 8,289 votes, with a vote share of 15.18%. NOTA got 903 votes, giving it 1.65% vote share. Others got 1.7 percent votes.
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