BJP ahead in all four LS seats in HP, Kangana and Anurag leading

Shimla, Jun 4 (PTI) The BJP is ahead of the Congress in all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, according to Election Commission trends.

BJP's candidate from Mandi, actor Kangana Ranaut, is leading by a margin of 30,017 votes, while Union minister Anurag Thakur, seeking a fifth term from the Hamirpur seat, is ahead by a margin of 71,838 votes, as per the poll panel's data.

Former Union minister and Congress candidate from Kangra seat, Anand Sharma, is trailing by 1,11,047 votes and former BJP state president and sitting BJP MP from Shimla seat, Suresh Kashyap, is leading by 36,547 votes.

Speaking to PTI, Suresh Kashyap said that results seem to be on the lines of exit polls and people have made up their mind to make Narendra Modi the prime minister for a third term. the BJP leader expressed his gratitude to the party leaders, workers and voters.

Counting began at 8 am at 80 counting centres across the state for Himachal Pradesh's four Lok Sabha seats and six assembly constituencies where bypolls were held, officials said.

The bypolls were held on June 1, simultaneously with elections to the four Lok Sabha seats.

The assembly constituencies where bypolls were held are Sujanpur, Dharamshala, Lahaul & Spiti, Barsar, Gagret and Kutlehar.