SHIMLA: The BJP is ahead of the Congress in all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, according early trends.
BJP’s candidate from Mandi, actor Kangana Ranaut, is leading, while Union minister Anurag Thakur, seeking a fifth term from the Hamirpur seat, is also ahead. Former Union minister and Congress candidate from Kangra seat, Anand Sharma, is trailing and former BJP state president and sitting BJP MP from Shimla seat, Suresh Kashyap, is also leading.
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.