Himachal Records 71% Turnout for Lok Sabha Elections..
SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh saw a solid voter turnout of about 71% for the Lok Sabha elections, including postal ballots, according to a spokesperson from the Election Department.
This has given sleepless nights to the candidates mainly in Mandi where Vikramaditya Singh vs BJP'S Kangana Ranaut, in Kangra Anand Sharma vs Dr Rajiv Bhardwaj of BJP, in Hamirpur it is BJP’S Anurag Singh Thakur vs Satpal Raizada of Congress and in Shimla it is Vinod Sultanpuri vs Suresh Kashyap of Bjp. 
Here's the breakdown of voting percentages across the parliamentary constituencies (PC):
- **Mandi PC**: Around 73%
- **Hamirpur PC**: 72%
- **Shimla PC**: 71%
- **Kangra PC**: 68%
In Mandi's assembly constituencies (ACs), voting varied:
- Ani: 73%
- Balh: 75%
- Banjar: 70%
- Bharmour: 62%
- Drang: 74%
- Jogindernagar: 68%
- Karsog: 72%
- Kinnaur: 70%
- Kullu: 71%
- Lahaul-Spiti: 75%
- Manali: 72%
- Mandi: 75%
- Nachan: 77%
- Rampur: 74%
- Sarkaghat: 67%
- Seraj: 75%
- Sundernagar: 76%
For Hamirpur's ACs:
- Barsar: 70%
- Bhoranj: 69%
- Bilaspur: 71%
- Chintpurni: 71%
- Dehra: 63%
- Dharampur: 63%
- Gagret: 73%
- Ghumarwin: 72%
- Hamirpur: 68%
- Haroli: 70%
- Jaswan-Paragpur: 68%
- Jhanduta: 72%
- Kutlehar: 76%
- Nadaun: 72%
- Shri Nayana Devi Ji: 73%
- Sujanpur: 74%
- Una: 74%
In Shimla's ACs:
- Arki: 68%
- Chopal: 67%
- Doon: 74%
- Jubbal-Kotkhai: 75%
- Kasauli: 75%
- Kasumpti: 61%
- Nahan: 78%
- Nalagarh: 71%
- Pachhad: 72%
- Paonta Sahib: 74%
- Rohru: 74%
- Shillai: 71%
- Shimla: 63%
- Shimla Rural: 65%
- Solan: 69%
- Shri Renuka Ji: 69%
- Theog: 66%
In Kangra's ACs:
- Baijnath: 62%
- Bhatiyat: 65%
- Chamba: 67%
- Churah: 70%
- Dalhousie: 66%
- Dharamshala: 70%
- Fatehpur: 67%
- Indora: 69%
- Jaisinghpur: 62%
- Jawalamukhi: 69%
- Jawali: 65%
- Kangra: 70%
- Nagarota: 71%
- Nurpur: 67%
- Palampur: 69%
- Shahpur: 68%
- Sulh: 67%
For the recent bye-elections in six ACs, turnout was:
- Kutlehar: 76%
- Lahaul-Spiti: 75%
- Gagret: 73%
- Sujanpur: 74%
- Dharamshala: 70%
- Barsar: 69%
Postal ballots received include 41,924 votes, with 29,879 from those over 85 years old, 10,634 from persons with disabilities (PwDs) voting from home, and 1,411 from those on essential duty.
This high turnout reflects a strong participation from the people of Himachal Pradesh in the democratic process.
