Himachal Pradesh (Seraj) Assembly Election Results 2022 highlights: Results have been announced in Seraj constituency. The counting of votes began at 8 am on Thursday. This seat was one of the most watched seats as Chief Minister Jairam Thakur is contesting from here for the third straight time. He was up against Chet Ram Thakur (Congress) and Adv Gita Nand Thalur (AAP), along with candidates for other parties and independents.
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The constituency went to poll on November 12, 2022. Out of around 55.74 lakh eligible voters, nearly 75.6 percent voters cast their votes this time. Earlier in 2017, he had defeated his nearest rival Chetram Thakur by a margin of 11,254 votes.. While Jairam Thakur had received a total of 35,519 votes, Chetram got 24,265 votes. In 2012, Thakur had defeated Congress’ Tara Thakur by a margin of 5,752 votes.
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It's case of winning seat and losing state for Jairam Thakur. While the incumbent CM is leading by nearly 40,000 votes in Seraj, the dismal performance across Himachal Pradesh means that Thakur is on his way out of the office. He has conceded the defat and has announced that he will resign today.
at 11 am, the trends are inching towards more concrete results in some seats of Himachal Pradesh. One of such seats is Seraj. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur is leading in this legislative constituency by wide margin., Irrespective of the macro picture, trends show Thakur will be able to retain his seat.
Despite all the mixed signals in morning trends, the Bharatiya Janta Party is very much confident about return to power. Suresh Kashyap, Himachal Pradesh BJP chief, told NDTV that the party is not 'nervous' at all. Kashyap added that people of Himachal are with the BJP.
CM Jairam Thakur, who won this seat in the last elections, is leading in the morning trends.
The Seraj constituency of Himachal Pradesh had gone to poll on November 12, 2022 last month. The BJP has repeatedly said that the party will buck the tradition and win the hill state again.