In Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has won from Hamirpur constituency by a margin of 9302 votes. Results of seven constituencies in the state have come in. Out of which three seats have gone in favour of Congress, two independents and two to BJP.
The BJP candidate and state General Secretary of the party Rajiv Bindal has defeated his close rival of Congress Kush Parmar from Nahan constituency of Sirmour district by 12 thousand 840. Another BJP candidate from Gobind Singh Takur defeated his close rival Congress candidate Bhuwaneshwar Goud by a margin of 3198 votes. From Paonta Saheb seat of Sirmour district the independent candidate Kirnesh Jung has been declared winner. He defeated his close rival BJP candidate Mr. Sukh Ram by 790 votes who is also a sitting member of the assembly. From Sujanur, the independent candidate Rajender Rana has been declared elected with a margin of 24 thousand 674 votes.
The Congress candidate Kishori Lal has been declared elected from the Baijnath constituency of Kangra district. He defeated BJP candidate Mulk Raj by 6652 votes. The Congress candidate Babbar Thakur defeated BJP candidate Suresh Chandel by a margin of 5 thousand 141. The Congress candidate Khub Ram from Anni constituency of Kullu district has won against the BJP candidate Kishori Lal by a margin of 1662 votes.
In the outgoing Himachal assembly of the 68, BJP had 41, Congress 23 and BSP – one seat. There were three independents in the last assembly.