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Counting of votes in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat begins at various counting centers in both the state.
New Delhi: Counting of votes in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat begins at various counting centers in both the state.
Himachal Pradesh:
Polling for 68 seats of Himachal Pradesh, which was held on November 9 in a single phase to choose the next chief minister, recorded 74.61 per cent voter turnout, the highest-ever in the state.
Congress leader and six-time Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh is fighting against former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal to be the next head of the state.
A total of 337 candidates, including 19 women, are in fray to sweep the polls in the hilly state.
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Virbhadra Singh and Dhumal were among the 62 sitting MLAs who contested the polls.
Gujarat:
The counting for the two phase Gujarat Assembly elections will begin at 8 a.m. and results are expected to come out by afternoon.
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Gujarat has 182 assembly constituencies.
A total of 977 candidates were in the fray in the first phase of elections, out of which 57 were women candidates and over 2.22 lakh people took part in the election to decide their fate. While in the second phase, 851 candidates fought, out of which 69 women candidates contested.
The voting in first phase of the Gujarat polls took place on 24,689 polling stations, while in the second phase, a total number of 25,558 polling stations were used.