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PM Modi Visits Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat Ahead Of Assembly Election : Highlights
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Updated : November 08, 2017 11:51 pm IST
Assembly Election 2017: PM Narendra Modi addreses rally in Himachal Pradesh's Dhaula Kuan in Paonta Sahib
New Delhi: Traditional rivals - the Congress and the BJP - will be locking horns in 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh tomorrow. This time, 337 candidates including 62 MLAs are in the poll fray. Among the heavy weights are Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, eight Chief Parliamentary secretaries, Deputy Speaker Jagat Singh Negi, 10 ministers and over a dozen former ministers.
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Over 180 independents and a dozen rebels of the Congress including former ministers Singhi Ram (Rampur) and Vijay Singh Mankotia (Shahpur) are in the fray.
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A total of 50,25,941 voters are eligible to cast their vote.
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Congress had fielded two independents from Paonta Sahib and Kangra and the BJP has fielded four Congressmen including former minister Anil Sharma and given ticket to on Independent from Chopal.
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Dharamsala will see 12 candidates pitting against each other, the maximum number of contestants in a constituency. On the other hand, Jhanduta will see a straight contest.
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Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mansa Ram would be contesting for the 11th straight time from Karsog (SC).
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There are 19 women in the poll fray, six from the BJP and three from the Congress and the rest are contesting from various other parties or as independents.
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Interestingly, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has changed his constituency to Arki, to make way for his son Vikramadita Singh and former chief minister PK Dhumal too has changed his battleground to Sujanpur this year.
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While The BJP went all guns blazing at the Congress, hitting the Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for corruption, the Congress took them on over the issues of GST and demonetisation.
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The 12 days of campaign were electrifying and saw over 450 rallies by the campaigners. While Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed three rallies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed seven rallies and BJP chief Amit Shah too pitched in for six rallies to sway the voters of the hill state to their side.
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Apart from the arch rivals - the BJP and the Congress, which are competing on all 68 seats, the BSP is contesting on 42 seats, followed by the CPI(M) which has fielded 14 candidates. Swabhiman Party and Lok Gathbandhan Party have fielded six candidates each and there are three candidates from the CPI.
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The Election Commission today barred exit polls related to Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections starting 8 am on November 9 till 6 pm on December 14.
Invoking its powers under Section 126A of the Representation of People Act, 1951, the poll panel has barred exit poll in connection with the two state assembly elections between the notified period.
Voting in Himachal Pradesh is scheduled to be held in a single phase on November 9 while in Gujarat, voting will be held in two phases on December 9 and 14.
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The prestige of a father-son and a father-daughter duo is at stake in Mandi Sadar where former Telecom minister Sukh Ram's son Anil Sharma is pitted against state Congress minister Kaul Singh Thakur's daughter Champa Thakur." itemprop="description
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The Congress and the BJP are returning to power alternately since 1985.
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There are 50,25.941 voters in the state including 25,31,321 men and 24,57,032 women.
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338 candidates will try their luck in the assembly election scheduled for November 9. Along with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, 10 ministers, eight Chief Parliamentary secretaries have thrown their hat in the ring.
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Virbhadra Singh is a six-time chief minister in Himachal Pradesh, while Prem Kumar Dhumal has held the post twice. The two have taken turns at the helm of the state from 1993. Virbhadra Singh will be fighting for the Arki seat, after giving the ticket for the Shimla rural seat to his son Vikramaditya Singh, who will be contesting the election for the first time.
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Himachal Pradesh will go to elections on November 9, with the polls expected to be a two-way battle between the incumbent Congress government and the BJP. Congress announced veteran Virbhadra Singh as their chief ministerial candidate, while BJP recently announced that Prem Kumar Dhumal will lead the party in Himachal Pradesh.
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