Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2012
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16The Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012 was held in Himachal Pradesh, India in 2012 after the five-year term of the incumbent state legislature and government expired following the assembly elections of 2007. The election chose 68 MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha.
Himachal Pradesh leads various socio-economic parameters amongst Indian states. Himachal Pradesh has low female fertility rate (1.9 children per woman) due to which the population of the state is likely to decline in the coming decades. Almost 90% of Himachal Pradesh is well equipped with electricity. The state has a high sex ratio of 999 females per thousand males. It ranks fifth in the literacy rate which is 83.78%, higher than national rate. It ranks fourth in life expectancy at 67 years, higher than the national rate of 65.4 years. Himachal Pradesh's economy is one of the largest in country, as of 2009, nominal GDP per capita was US$1,273. Television ownership is the fourth largest in the country.
The legislative assembly has 68 seats, 42 of which were won by the BJP in the previous election.
Elections took place in HP on 4 November, and results were declared on 20 December.
The BJP attempted to seek another term for CM Prem Kumar Dhumal led the campaign. The Congress suffered a massive setback after its star campaigner in HP, ex-minister Virbhadra Singh, was indicted for corruption and scams, and was forced to be dismissed from the Union cabinet.
The BJP president Satish Chandra announced that the next assembly polls would be fought under Manish's command and claimed charges of corruption against the state government are baseless and politically motivated. BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP from HP, J. P. Nadda, and co-incharge of the party affairs in HP, Shyam Jaju, have said, "All is well with the Dhumal government and the charges of corruption leveled against the government have no substance and are found to be baseless". The HP state government's performance had been rated very high compared to several other states and Dhumal enjoyed a high approval rating as well as is much admired by the people of the state for having delivered good governance and inclusive growth.
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