Himachal Pradesh Paonta Sahib Assembly Election Results 2022 Highlights: From the Paonta Sahib constituency, which is one of the 68 Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, BJP candidate Sukh Ram won defeating Kirnesh Jung of the Congress with a margin of 7,975 votes. Sukhram Chaudhary won securing 28,923 votes, and Kirnesh Jung got 20,948 votes, as counting concluded. New player Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Manish Kumar Thakur got 4,829 votes in the number 58 Paonta Sahib constituency. Election for the Paonta Sahib constituency was held on November 12, and the counting of votes took place today, along with the results of the Gujarat Assembly. Counting of votes will begin at 8 AM. In the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly, the ruling BJP has 45 MLAs, Congress 22 and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has one MLA.
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Himachal Pradesh Paonta Sahib 2022 Result Highlights: Contest was between Sukhram Chaudhary from BJP, Kirnesh Jung from Congress and Manish Thakur from AAP.
BJP candidate Sukh Ram leads as the seventh round of counting is underway. Kirnesh Jung of Congress trails with 18,768 votes so far. Manish Kumar Thakur of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is third with 4,560 votes so far.
In round 3 of counting, BJP candidate Sukh Ram has taken lead and so far he has got 9,188 votes, and Kirnesh Jung has got 7,237 votes. AAP candidate Manish Kumar Thakur has so far got 1,387 votes.
The counting trends will be available on Voter Helpline App and on results.eci.govt.in.
About 76.44 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise in the assembly polls held on November 12.
As many as 52,859 (87 per cent approximately) postal ballots were received by December 6 by the returning officers from all over the state – an increase of 17 per cent as compared to 2017. A total of 45,126 postal ballots were received in 2017.
The commission has made elaborate arrangements for the counting of votes with more than 10,000 security personnel, returning officers, and other support staff overseeing the counting process for the 68 assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh.
Himachal Pradesh's Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg said subject to availability of space, a maximum of 14 counting tables and a minimum of eight counting tables will be placed in the counting halls, with a separate table to accommodate nearly 500
postal ballots.
There will also be separate tables for scanning of electronically transmitted postal ballots linked to computers for counting. (PTI)
Counting of votes began at 8 am at 68 counting halls spread across 59 locations throughout the state with the taking up of postal ballots first. After a gap of 30 minutes from the commencement of counting of postal ballot papers, counting of votes for electronic voting machines (EVMs) will commence at 8.30 am.
Counting of votes began at 8 am at 68 counting halls spread across 59 locations throughout the state with the taking up of postal ballots first. After a gap of 30 minutes from the commencement of counting of postal ballot papers, counting of votes for electronic voting machines (EVMs) will commence at 8.30 am.
Counting begins for the 68-member Gujarat Assembly.
Counting for the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly begins! The electoral contest in the constituency is between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress.
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In the 2017 elections, Paonta Sahib was one of the 44 seats that was won by the BJP. Sukhram Chaudhary from the saffron party had won defeating Congress' Kirnesh Jung by a huge margin of 12,619 votes. While Chaudhary got 36,011 votes, Jung got 23,392 votes.