The snow-laden states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have four and five constituencies respectively. Uttarakhand witnessed a one-sided battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, with the Saffron Party sweeping all the seats.
In Himachal Pradesh too, BJP made a clean sweep while Congress ended up with zero seats in both the states.
Here is the list of the successful candidates from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the Lok Sabha election 2019:
Himachal Pradesh
Constituency |
Winner |
Party |
---|---|---|
Kangra |
Kishan Kapoor |
BJP |
Mandi |
Ram Swaroop Sharma |
BJP |
Hamirpur |
Anurag Singh Thakur |
BJP |
Shimla |
Suresh Kumar Kashyap |
BJP |
Uttarakhand
Constituency |
Winner |
Party |
---|---|---|
Tehri Garhwal |
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah |
BJP |
Garhwal |
Tirath Singh Rawat |
BJP |
Almora |
Ajay Tamta |
BJP |
Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar |
Ajay Bhatt |
BJP |
Hardwar |
Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' |
BJP |
The key candidates in the fray from Uttarakhand were former chief minister Harish Rawat, sitting MPs Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah and Ajay Tamta, Trivendra Singh Rawat, Manish Khanduri, Pradeep Tamta, and Ramesh Pokhriyal.
From Himachal Pradesh, the key candidates were Anurag Thakur, Aashray Sharma, Ram Swaroop Sharma, Kishan Kapoor, and Ram Lal Thakur.
In Uttarakhand, over 78 lakh voters cast their votes for the 52 candidates in fray from the five Lok Sabha constituencies.
In Himachal Pradesh, more than 53 lakh voters exercised their franchise and voted for the 45 candidates in the fray. Over 71 per cent of the electorate cast their vote with Mandi recording the highest voter turnout. The Election Commission (EC) had set up 7,723 polling stations across the state for smooth conduct of polls. The fate of the candidates was decided on Thursday when counting of votes took place.