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Swarajya Staff
May 23, 2019, 04:05 PM | Updated 04:05 PM IST
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Indicating a swell of support for the BJP across all sections of Himachal Pradesh’s society, the party has garnered an unprecedented vote share of close to 70 per cent in the hilly state.
BJP leads in all the four Lok Sabha constituencies - Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur and Shimla - in the state.
While Anurag Singh Thakur has garnered around 69 per cent of the total vote share in Hamirpur constituency, Kishan Kapoor accounts for close to 72 per cent of the votes in Kangra.
On the other hand, around 69 per cent of the electorate voted for Ram Swaroop Sharma in the Mandi constituency. Suresh Kumar Kashyap, who secured over six lakh votes in Shimla, took home over 66 per cent of the vote share.