The hill state of Himachal Pradesh went to polls in a single phase on November 12 to elect the 68-member assembly. The fate of 412 candidates lies sealed in the EVMs as over 75 per cent of votes were cast in the state. The counting of votes will take place on December 8.
The state is witnessing a battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress but the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and 99 independent candidates, including 20 rebels from the BJP and seven from the Congress, can make their presence felt and change the overall picture on the counting day.
The BJP and the Congress fielded candidates in all the 68 assembly constituencies, while the AAP on 67 seats, followed by BSP on 53, the Rashtriya Devbhoomi Party on 29, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on 11, Himachal Jan Kranti Party on 6, and others on 9 seats.