BJP wins 44 seats in Himachal elections, Cong bags 21 seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party has won the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections with 44 seats and 48.8% vote share, whereas the Congress secured 21 seats with a 41.7% vote share. The BJP had earlier declared Prem Kumar Dhumal as its chief ministerial candidate. The election for the 68-member Assembly witnessed a record voter turnout of 74.6%.