HP bypolls: Congress leading in all three assembly seats

Congress candidates, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife, are in the lead in all three assembly constituencies in the state where bypolls were held earlier this week, officials said on Saturday.

The counting of votes for the by-elections in Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am.

Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur was leading by 1,815 votes against her nearest rival and BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh in the Dehra assembly seat after the sixth round of counting, the officials said.