BJP sweeps LS polls in HP, wrests Sujanpur Assembly seat

Virender Kashyap(BJP) retained the Shimla(Reserve) Parliamentary seat, defeating Mohan Lal Brakata of Congress, a sitting MLA from Rohroo by 84198 votes while AAP candidate Subhash Chander and CPI (M) candidate Jagat Ram polled 14,213 and 11,424 votes.

The Congress, which had won 36 out of 68 Assembly seats in 2012 polls, could get a lead only in eight segments while BJP got lead in 60 constituencies.

The BJP improved its vote share to 54.3 per cent while Congress polled 40.7 per cent votes followed by AAP (2.1 per cent) and CPI(M) 0.8 per cent.

As many as 29,032 (0.9 per cent) voters opted for NOTA.

In 2012, BJP had lost power to Congress in the state after losing the assembly elections.