Arrangements made for 2nd phase of HP Polls
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Shimla,
Dec
18:
Elaborate
arrangements
have
been
made
for
the
final
and
second
phase
of
Assembly
polls
in
Himachal
Pradesh
to
be
held
on
Wednesday.
The polling for 65 seats in 68-member State Assembly will decide the fate of 335 candidates. Some of the major candidates in the fray include Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh (Rohru) and the BJP's chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal (Bamsan). With over 4.5 million people eligible to cast their votes, the second phase of the election is likely to see an interesting contest. The first phase of election took place for the three seats of Bharmaur, Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur on November 14.
Counting of votes will take place on December 28 and results are expected by afternoon. The term of the current State Assembly is till March 9, 2008.
ANI
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