Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has said Congress would win the Himachal Pradesh election despite the exit polls suggesting otherwise. He said he "could well read the mood of the people of the state", and added the actual results would be the opposite of the exit poll projections.

"I am confident that 'mission repeat' would be achieved and tall claims made by the BJP would be proved wrong," Mr Singh suggested. The chief minister further mentioned he had been to every single pocket in the state during the election campaign and affirmed the Congress is in a strong position.

"Congress party has always fought on the issue of development and in the last five years, the state has seen rapid development," he asserted.