Amid the political disaster in the hill state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to sweep all 4 Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh — Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur and Shimla — India TV-CNX Opinion Poll has revealed. In a surprising upset for the ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh, the BJP on Tuesday gained the state’s lone Rajya Sabha seat with its candidate Harsh Mahajan defeating Congress stalwart Abhishek Manu Singhvi and apparently setting the stage for a no-trust movement in the meeting.
Vote share
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the BJP obtained 69.11 per cent of votes whereas Congress received solely 27.30 per cent.
2019 data
BJP candidate Kishan Kapoor gained the Kangra constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections by defeating Congress candidate Pawan Kajal with a margin of 4,77,623 votes. In Mandi, BJP candidate Ram Swaroop Sharma gained by defeating Congress candidate Aashray Sharma with a margin of 4,05,459 votes. BJP candidate Anurag Singh Thakur gained the Hamirpur constituency by defeating Congress candidate Ram Lal Thakur with a margin of 3,99,572 votes and in Shimla BJP candidate Suresh Kumar Kashyap gained by defeating Congress candidate Dhani Ram Shandil with a margin of 3,27,514 votes.
