Himachal Pradesh Bypolls: BJP-Congress Battle For Mandi Lok Sabha Seat

Voting for all three Assembly bypolls and the Mandi Lok Sabha seat were held on Saturday

The BJP is ahead in one three Assembly seats that went for bypolls last week, and is neck-and-neck with the Congress in the race for the single Lok Sabha seat up for grab in the state.

The lead for the Mandi Lok Sabha seat is swinging back and forth between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.

The BJP has fielded Kargil war hero Brigadier (retd) Khushal Chand Thakur and the Congress has fielded Pratibha Singh, who is the wife of the late former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.

At 10.50 am, Pratibha Singh had 2.03 lakh votes to Chand Thakur's 1.99 lakh votes.