Himachal Pradesh ASSEMBLY Elections 2022
Election for the 68-member Himachal Pradesh assembly will be held in a single phase on November 12, 2022. Counting of votes will be done on December 8. The Election Commission announced the schedule for the polls on October 14. Nearly 56 lakh voters will decide the fates of 412 candidates in the hill state. Over 7,880 polling stations have been set up, including several in extremely remote regions. Over 7,200 of these are in rural areas, and only 646 in cities and towns. The contest is expected to be primarily between the incumbent BJP and the Congress. However it will also be interesting to observe the performance of AAP, a relatively new entrant in Himachal politics that is in power in neighbouring Punjab....More
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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 Dates
| DATE FOR NOMINATIONS | 17-10-2022 | MONDAY |
| LAST DATE FOR FILING NOMINATIONS | 25-10-2022 | TUESDAY |
| LAST DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATURES | 29-10-2022 | SATURDAY |
| DATE OF POLL | 12-11-2022 | SATURDAY |
| DATE OF COUNTING | 08-12-2022 | THURSDAY |
Himachal Pradesh has maintained a tradition of not returning the ruling party to power. The state has alternatively gone to the Congress and BJP kitties over the past few decades. The ruling BJP will is hoping to buck the trend and retain power. It is banking on the leadership of chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and the development plank with "double engine government" to woo voters. The party has launched intensive campaigning, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda, also a "son of the soil," holding several "mega rallies" in the state. The Congress on the other hand will be hoping the electorate sticks to the tradition of alternating between the BJP and itself. Many from the central leadership, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has joined the campaigning in Himachal Pradesh. It is also hoping that the vibes from Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo yatra will have a positive reflection at the ballots. The Congress is targeting the BJP on the issues of inflation and price rise. However the entry of AAP might change the math altogether. Whose apple cart will the Arvind Kejriwal-led party upset- the Congress's or the BJP's? AAP has promised 300 units of free electricity to every household, six lakh government jobs, unemployment allowance of Rs 3000 and a return to the old pension scheme in its manifesto to impress voters.