Himachal Breaking: Dhumal family’s dominance continues in Hamirpur, Ashish Sharma wins by 1571 votes
The Dhumal family dominates Hamirpur. The victory of BJP candidate Ashish Sharma has proved this once again. In the assembly by-election, the electoral contest between BJP candidate Ashish Sharma and Congress candidate Pushpinder Verma was close. Ashish Sharma managed to win the Hamirpur seat by 1571 votes.
Ashish Sharma talking to journalists after the victory
Hamirpur, July 13: The Dhumal family dominates Hamirpur. The victory of BJP candidate Ashish Sharma has proved this once again. In the assembly by-election, the electoral contest between BJP candidate Ashish Sharma and Congress candidate Pushpinder Verma was close. Ashish Sharma managed to win the Hamirpur seat by 1571 votes.
Get The Latest News Of Himachal First On Mobile, Click Here To Join Our WhatsApp Group
BJP candidate Ashish Sharma has won from Hamirpur seat for the second consecutive time. As soon as the counting of votes started, Congress candidate Pushpinder Verma took the lead, but the atmosphere changed after the sixth round of counting. There was a festive atmosphere in the Congress till the fifth round, while there was silence in the BJP camp.
In the sixth round, BJP candidate Ashish Sharma broke the lead of Congress and took the lead. Congress could not break this lead of BJP. Three candidates were trying their luck in Hamirpur by-election. In the end, the game was in the hands of BJP, here the deposit of the independent candidate was forfeited. He got only 73 votes, while 198 people opted for NOTA. At the same time, Ashish Sharma got 27041 votes and Pushpinder Verma got 25470 votes.
It is worth mentioning that in the three assembly elections, the responsibility of Hamirpur was given to Anurag Thakur by the top leadership, the responsibility of Nalagarh was given to former Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur and the responsibility of Dehra was given to BJP State President Rajiv Bindal.
Earlier, in the assembly by-elections held along with the Lok Sabha, BJP had won the Barsar seat of Hamirpur. Hamirpur district is the home district of the Chief Minister of Himachal, despite this, Anurag Thakur gave victory to BJP in Hamirpur assembly by-election and Barsar assembly by-election held along with Lok Sabha.
Read More | Big Breaking: Chief Minister Sukhu’s wife wins Himachal Pradesh by-election, know the complete numerical figures
Continuing the achievement of the journey of effectiveness and credibility of more than 10 years in the career of journalism, as a woman journalist, I am Serving as the founder, promoter and editor of DiaryTimes with the trust and support of all. My credible coverage may not have given a big shape to the numbers, but my journey presents articles that make you aware of the exact and meaningful situations of Himachal’s politics, ground issues related to the public, business, tourism and the difficult geographical conditions of the state and financial awareness. DiaryTimes, full of the experience of my precise editorial expertise, is awakening the flame of credible journalism among all of you, so that the eternal flame of meaningful change can be lit in the life of the people of the state and the atrocities being committed against the people can be brought to the fore, I am motivated for that. If even a small change comes with the power of my journalism and the whole world becomes a witness to that issues, then I will consider myself fortunate.
