Photos | Himachal Pradesh election results: BJP to form the government

PM Narendra Modi’s BJP is set to return to power as the results of the Himachal Pradesh elections show the ouster of Congress party, according to current trends. Counting continues in Himachal Pradesh. However, BJP is the clear victor.

Updated on: Dec 18, 2017 9:47 PM IST

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CM Virbhadra Singh celebrates his son Vikramaditya’s success as he wins his first assembly election from Shimla rural, at their residence, in Shimla on Monday. BJP won with 44 seats. (PTI)

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BJP president Amit Shah arrives at the party head quarters in New Delhi to address media. Amit Shah says the BJP’s vote share in the state has increased by 10% from the last time. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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BJP workers celebrate party’s win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Congress candidate from Kasumpti, Anirudh singh celebrate his victory with supporters. Goa chief minister and former defence minister in the Modi government, Manohar Parrikar, says about Rahul Gandhi: “In his opening innings, he scored zero.” (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)

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Cases containing EVMs sit in a high security room before vote counting. The Chief Election Commissioner AK Jyoti assured there can be no tampering of EVMs, “Questions being raised about EVMs have already been answered by us in the media. VVPATs were there in every polling stations in Gujarat, which enabled voters to see whom they voted for, so issues being raised aren’t right. I assure that EVMS cannot be tampered with.” (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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 BJP candidate from Shimla, Suresh Bhardwaj, celebrates his victory with supporters in Himachal Pradesh. Counting of votes began at 8am in the hill state that witnessed a record 75.28% turnout. Election Commission officially declared the first seat in Himachal Pradesh elections 2017 for Congress candidate Anirudh Singh from the Kasumpti constituency. Singh defeated Vijay Jyoti by a margin of 9,397 votes. (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)

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Live results are projected on a screen as election officials hold electronic voting machines at a poll counting center. Narinder Bragta, of the BJP, is the likely winner in Jubbal-Kotkhai constituency, where the brutal rape and murder of a Class 10 girl ignited protests over law and order issue against the Virbhadra Singh government. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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An election official operates a computer for vote counting at a poll counting center in Dharmsala on Monday. There are 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh assembly and a party needs 35 seats to be able to form a government. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)