HP Assembly Elections 2022: Polling to be held on 12 November, Counting votes on Dec 8 | KBM

ABP News-CVoter’s (Centre for Voting Opinion & Trends in Election Research) second opinion poll predicts a comfortable victory for the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) in the forthcoming Assembly Elections of Himachal Pradesh. As per the opinion poll data, BJP expected to win 38-46 seats. However, their vote share is likely to decline from its 2017 levels of 48.8% to 46%. The vote share of INC (Indian National Congress) is expected to reduce from its 2017 levels of 41.7% to 35.2%, and they are expected to win 20-28 seats. AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) is likely to win 0-1 seats and their extensive election campaign is likely to fetch them a 6.3% vote share as opposed to 0% in 2017. Others are expected to win 0-3 seats and receive a vote share of 12.5%.