Himachal Pradesh Election Results 2022 Live Updates: With the Congress set to cross the majority mark in the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said he respects the mandate and was going to hand over his resignation to the governor. “I respect the mandate. In a short while, I am going to hand over my resignation to the governor,” Thakur told reporters here.The Congress on Thursday appeared to be heading to achieve majority in Himachal Pradesh as it surged ahead of the BJP.Results for 47 of 68 assembly seats have officially been declared so far: BJP has won 16 seats, Congress 28 and others 3.The Congress has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs in Himachal Pradesh in Chandigarh after the declaration of results on Thursday, and the meet was likely to pass a resolution authorising the Congress president to elect the CLP leader.As trends indicated a comfortable win for the grand old party, AICC in charge of Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Shukla said the party was happy that it is getting an opportunity to form the government in the state and asserted that the party will do everything to fulfill the 10 guarantees made to the people of the state and would provide better governance to people.”The results are still coming in … it is a victory of the people. With the blessings of God, if Congress wins, we will do everything possible for the interest of the people of Himachal Pradesh. Priyanka ji (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) campaigned a lot, she worked really hard,” he told reporters.Shukla said Priyanka Gandhi took the reins of the campaign in her hands and did a great job with it.He also thanked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and general secretary organisation K C Venugopal for their cooperation in poll preparations.He said Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra had also had an indirect impact on the elections and among the people. Himachal Pradesh has not voted any incumbent government to power since 1985.Stay with TOI for all live updates on HP election result 2022.