New Delhi, October 14: Himachal Pradesh will go to polls on November 12 to elect its next government and the results of the Assembly elections will be declared on December 8, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday.
The Election Commission did not announce the dates of the Gujarat Assembly elections which were also expected to be held by the end of this year. The ECI held a press conference for the election schedule announcement of Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh on Friday. "We are committed to conducting free and fair elections," said the EC Commissioner.
"We are making efforts to increase the participation of people in the elections and we also try to manifest women empowerment through the polls," he added.
The term of the Gujarat Assembly ends on February 18, 2023 while the term of the Himachal House will end on January 8, 2023.
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The Election Commission did not announce the dates of the Gujarat Assembly elections which were also expected to be held by the end of this year.[/caption]
In the 182-seated Gujarat Assembly, there are 111 BJP and 62 Congress MLAs.
Last month, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey visited Gujarat and Himachal to review poll preparedness.
The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held on December 9 and 14 in 2017 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The votes were counted on 18 December. The incumbent BJP obtained a simple majority with an increase in the vote share in the last election. Despite a decrease in the number of seats, the BJP retained its simple majority in the house and formed government for the sixth time.
In the results declared for all the 182-seated Gujarat Assembly, the BJP won 99 seats, the Congress 77, one seat was won by the NCP while Bhartiya Tribal Party and Independent candidate won two and three seats, respectively. Himachal Pradesh voted to elect its Legislative Assembly on November 9, 2017.
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-PTC News with ANI inputs
