All eyes are on Himachal Pradesh, where the state defies the anti-incumbency movement . The state has not been re-elected since 1985 .
New Delhi: All eyes are on Himachal Pradesh, where the assembly election results will determine whether the state defies the anti-incumbency movement or re-elects the ruling party, something that has not happened since 1985.It should be the Congress who decides the next government.Yet, with all but two exit polls suggesting a clearer position for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, pollsters are paying attention to which direction the voters have voted in the closely fought contest this time, indicating that the convention will change, not the government.In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP gained 44 seats and the Congress 21, with one seat being given to independent candidates, while the BJP is hoping for a bigger female vote percentage in Himachal Pradesh, where it has only recently won.
The opposition Congress has bucked the trend in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Assam, and Uttarakhand, which is also the home state of BJP national