[3] The previous election, held in 2012 resulted in Congress gaining majority of seats and Virbhadra Singh becoming Chief Minister.

Elections take place on a first past the post basis, the candidate with the most votes wins the seat regardless of an absolute majority.

This is especially true in the case of states where the two national parties – Congress and BJP are in direct contest with each other.

Dhumal, however, lost the election so eventually the BJP made Jai Ram Thakur the Chief Minister of state, who won from the Seraj constituency.

The polling station falls in Buddhist-dominated Lahul-Spiti that form the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, the second-largest constituency in India.

VVPAT-fitted electronic voting machines were used in all of the 7,521 polling stations, the first time that the entire state will see the implementation of VVPAT to ensure greater transparency to the voter.

[6] India's first voter, Shyam Saran Negi, voted for the 29th time at Kalpa polling station in Kinnaur.