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JJP chief Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said that Haryana wants a change and his party will bring it. Chautala said that he will meet the newly-elected MLAs of his party tomorrow and then decide the future course of action. Former Haryana CM and senior Congress leader BS Hooda earlier invited all non-BJP parties to join hands to form government in the state as trends showed the ruling BJP losing its grip on the state.
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Khattar to remain Haryana CM, decides BJP parliamentary board
Five rebels BJP MLAs who contested and won in Haryana Assembly election have agreed to support BJP, sources said. The MLAs are Somveer Sangwan from Dadri, Dharampal Gondar from Nelokhedi, Balraj Kundu from Maham, Randhir Singh Golan from Pundri and Nayanpal Rawat from Prithala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: The political pundits who are analysing today's election results, Haryana in itself is an exceptional win since these days there have been less instances of winning again after completing a 5 year term.
Victory in Haryana is miraculous, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Devendra Fadnavis ji and Manohar Lal ji both were first time chief ministers, they did not even have the experience as ministers. And for 5 years they kept working for people's welfare and as a result people have again put their faith in them.
Even before Diwali, the way people of Haryana and Maharashtra have put their faith in BJP, I want to thank them from the core of my heart: PM Modi
BJP saw 3% rise in vote in Haryana Assembly election, says Amit Shah
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won the October 21 bypoll to Huzurnagar Assembly constituency in Telangana by a margin of over 43,000 votes. TRS candidate S Saidi Reddy polled 1,13,095 while Congress candidate N Padmavati Reddy got 69,737 votes.
Results for bypoll for all 11 Assembly seats declared in Uttar Pradesh. The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has bagged seven seats and the Samajwadi Party (SP) won three seats, including Rampur. BJP ally Apna Dal (Sone Lal) retained the Pratpgarh seat.
Kantilal Bhuria of Indian National Congress wins Jhabua Assembly seat, defeats Bhanu Bhuriya of BJP by 27804 votes.
PM Modi: People of Maharashtra have blessed the NDA with immense affection. We are humbled to have got people’s support yet again. Our work towards Maharashtra’s progress continues. I salute each & every Karyakarta of BJP, Shiv Sena and our entire NDA family for their hardwork.
PM Modi: I thank the people of Haryana for blessing us. We will continue to work with same zeal and dedication for the state’s progress. I laud the efforts of hardworking BJP Haryana karyakartas who toiled extensively&went amongst people to elaborate on our development agenda.
PM Modi: I thank the people of Haryana for blessing us. We will continue to work with same zeal and dedication for the state’s progress. I laud the efforts of hardworking BJP Haryana karyakartas who toiled extensively&went amongst people to elaborate on our development agenda.
Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar wins from Baramati Assembly Constituency.
Bhupendra Singh Hooda leaves for Delhi to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Ahmed Patel.
Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP working president J P Nadda reach BJP office to discuss Assembly election results in Maharashtra and Haryana. PM Modi to arrive shortly.
Independent MLA Gopal Kanda is in touch with BJP, may support the party in Haryana: Sources
Dhiraj Deshmukh of Congress defeats NOTA in Latur Rural. Perhaps the first such case in India. He bagged 1,31,321votes, NOTA got 26,811 and SS-BJP loses deposit by getting just 13,113 votes. His victory margin is 1 lakh 5 thousand votes.
JJP may support BJP in Haryana, hints Dushyant Chautala
Mandate is against the current govt of Haryana, & all parties should come together to form a strong government whether it's JJP, BSP, INLD or independent candidates: Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda
15 independent MLAs have contacted me and they are ready to come with us. Others may also come but these 15 will come with us. Most of them are BJP or Shiv Sena rebels: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
Two results are shocking for us - Bypoll for Satara Lok Sabha constituency and Parli Assembly constituency. Our 6 ministers have lost, we will find out reasons tomorrow onward. Today's the day to celebrate our victory and let us do that: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
On being asked about who will be the chief minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray says the BJP-Sena alliance had agreed on '50-50 seat-sharing formula' before the assembly election. "I want to take my party forward," he says.
"Shiv Sena and the BJP will now be able to form the government in Maharashtra," says Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, adding that democracy is still alive. The trends till now suggest that the alliance is set to win 166 out of the 288 seats.
PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and BJP chief Amit Shah will meet and address the party workers at the party headquarters this evening. BJP Parliamentary Board will also meet at the party headquarters today, says ANI.
Counting of slips from a VVPAT is underway. As soon as I get the certificate, I'll discuss with everyone, hold a meeting with MLAs tomorrow and decide the future course of action. It's too early to say anything. I believe that the state wants a change and JJP will bring it, says JJP chief Dushyant Chautala.
I appreciate the trust and the faith and express absolute gratitude to people of Maharashtra for showing this faith in us, says Supriya Sule.
Today, the country is stressing is about the economy, unemployment, price rise, farmers' issue being big challenges. Core issues are being left out. This mandate clearly tells you that people want somebody who will deliver superior results, says NCP's Supriya Sule
Result declared for byelection to Bijepur seat of Odisha. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party wins the lone seat for which by-polls were held in the state.
Key to power in JJP's hands now, says former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar.
I haven't seen the latest trends, really happy at both (Haryana and Maharashtra). We also are happy about the fact that here in UP our vote percentage has increased, says Congress general secretary for UP (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Raebareli.
I haven't seen the latest trends, really happy at both (Haryana and Maharashtra). We also are happy about the fact that here in UP our vote percentage has increased: Congress General Secretary for UP (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Raebareli
I thank people who supported me. The kind of respect they gave me, I am thankful for it. People trust the work by BJP and that's why they vote for the party, says Babita Phogat, BJP candidate from Dadri
BJP's Haryana chief Subhash Barala says that he has not resigned from his post and that the news of his resignation is a rumour.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil wins from Kothrud.
Chhattisgarh: Congress party wins the lone seat for which byelection was held in Chitrakote.
Maharashtra: As of now, BJP and allies have won BJP and allies have won 8 seats and are leading on 157; Congress and allies leading on 92 and have won 7, while others are leading on 25 seats.
Haryana: BJP has won 15 seats and is leading on 25; Congress has won 8 and is leading on 24, while Others, including JJP, have won 14 and are leading on 4 seats.
JJP chief Dushyant Chautala wins from Uchana Kalan seat in Haryana; Tik-tok star Sonali Phogat lost Adampur seat to three-time MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from the Congress.
In Haryana, BJP is leading on 39 seats, Congress on 33 seats out of the total 90 seats in the state, as per the EC data.
BJP has won 5 seats and leading in 97 constituencies, Shiv Sena has won 5 and leading in 55 constituencies; NCP has won 1 and leading in 54 constituencies and Indian National Congress is leading in 44, as per the EC official trends for Maharashtra.
Congress leader DS Hooda alleges the BJP is trying to pressurise independent candidates and appeals to the Election Commission to look into the issue.
Haryana minister Krishan Kumar Bedi lost to Jannayak Janta Party rival Ram Karan from the Shahbad reserved constituency today. Bedi lost by a margin of 37,127 votes to the JJP candidate, as per the result declared by the Election Commission.
Aaditya Thackeray, the Shiv Sena scion and the first member of the Thackeray clan to have contested in elections since the party's inception in the early 60s, has won in Worli by a good margin of votes. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena's Ajay Choudhary has also won by a margin of 39,337 votes in Shivadi constituency.
NCP-Congress and other allies will decide together the future course of action. We will not go with Shiv Sena, says Sharad Pawar
We will soon hold a meeting to discuss certain things about the elections with our supporters and decide our future course of action. We have tried to perform to the best of our abilities, says NCP chief.
The Opposition has worked hard and all members of Congress-NCP and allies have delivered and given their best. I thank them all. Power comes, power goes but it is important to remain committed to a cause and we thank people for the love they showed, says NCP chief.
One important thing to see is that people who left us, have not been accepted. Defections have not worked in favour of those who left: Sharad Pawar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar takes a dig at BJP, says Maharashtra voters have rejected ruling party's ‘abki baar, 200 paar’ slogan. ''People of Maharashtra have rejected BJP's slogan of 'Abki Baar, 200 paar'. The NCP humbly accepts the mandate given by the people. NCP-Congress workers supported each other in this assembly election,'' the NCP chief said.
The Congress workers have worked at the grassroot level in Haryana in the past five years. Today's results are a reflection of their hard work: Kumari Selja, in-charge of Congress party in Haryana.
The time has come for Congress, JJP, INLD and independents to come together to form a strong government in Haryana. I assure that each one will be respected and given a respectable position: BS Hooda in Rohtak
Former Haryana CM and senior Congress leader invited all non-BJP parties to join hands to form government in the state. ''The people of Haryana have given a big mandate against BJP's alleged misrule in Haryana. I invite all non-BJP parties to come together to form the next government in Haryana,'' Hooda said.
Celebrations are currently underway at BJP state office in Mumbai as the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance looks set to form next government in Maharashtra.
Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala tenders resignation over party's dismal performance in state assembly election 2019, says sources. He was also the BJP candidate from Tohana constituency.
Through this election, DMK chief MK Stalin wanted his son Udhayanidhi's entry into politics and many senior party leaders were overruled. So, senior leaders of the party will now be happy to see Udhayanidhi's defeat: Tamil Nadu Minister D Jayakumar on AIADMK leading in assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu.
Kerala: Result declared for byelection in Konni; Advocate KU Jenish Kumar of Communist Party of India (Marxist) wins with a margin of 9953 votes. Counting underway for other 4 byelections held at Manjeshwar, Eranakulam, Aroor and Vattiyoorkavu.
Arunachal Pradesh assembly bypoll: Independent candidate from Khonsa West constituency, Chakat Aboh (wife of NPP leader Tirong Aboh who was shot dead in May) wins.
BJP candidate Babita Phogat is leading with a margin of 2387 votes in Dadri assembly constituency in Haryana.
At 12.20 pm, the BJP is leading on 41 seats, Congress in 30, INLD 2, the 'kingmaker' JJP in 11, Others 6 in the 90-seat Haryana assembly.
Former Haryana CM and senior Congress leader BS Hooda is likely to address a press conference at around 1 pm today. Hooda is also likely to meet the Congress top brass in Delhi tomorrow.
JJP chief Dushyant Chautala denies reports about Congress offering CM post to him, says, ''I have not had any discussions with anyone. Decision will be taken only after the final numbers are out.''
Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Kumari Selja meets party leader Ahmed Patel in Delhi
Maharashtra: Former CM Devendra Fadnavis is leading over his nearest Congress rival Ashish Deshmukh by 5,103 votes in Nagpur-South West seat; state BJP chief and revenue minister Chandrakant Patil leading over MNS rival Kishore Shinde by 10,086 votes in Kothrud; BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil leading over his Congress rival Suresh Thorat by 26,724 votes in Shirdi; NCP leader and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar leading over Gopichand Padalkar of the BJP by 49,851 votes in Baramati; BJP minister Pankaja Munde trailing behind estranged cousin and Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde by 20,981 votes in Parli; Former chief minister Ashok Chavan leading over Shrinivas Gorthekar of the BJP by 16,900 votes in Bhokar; former CM Prithviraj Chavan of the Congress leading over BJP's Atul Bhosale by 1,735 votes in Karad-South; BJP candidate Harshvardhan Patil, who quit the Congress ahead of the polls, was trailing behind NCP MLA Dattatraya Bharne by 3,670 votes in Indapur; Shiv Sena scion Aditya Thackeray is leading from Worli constituency.
I am going to meet Uddhav Thackeray Ji. Number itne bure bhi nahi hain, aisa hota hai kabhi kabhi. Yes, we will definitely continue with the alliance. We have agreed upon a 50-50 formula: Sanjay Raut.
Sikkim Assembly byelection: BJP wins Martam-Rumtek (BL) assembly seat.
Jannayak Janata Party workers in Jind celebrate as their party leads on 11 assembly seats in Haryana.
Tamil Nadu assembly byelection: Celebrations underway at the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai as AIADMK-led alliance is leading in the two assembly seats.
Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi has spoken to senior Congress leader and former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda to take stock of latest political situation in the state.
BJP warns party leaders not to make any adverse comments on JJP and Akali Dal, directs them to target only Congress in Haryana.
Haryana: Former Indian hockey captain and BJP candidate from Pehowa, Sandeep Singh is leading by 1606 votes, according to EC trends.
Maharashtra: Pankaja Munde, the BJP candidate from Parli assembly constituency, is trailing at the moment.
Haryana: Wrestler and BJP candidate from Baroda Yogeshwar Dutt is leading by 430 votes, as per official EC trends.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, who is contesting from Nagpur South-West Constituency, is leading by a margin of 8398 votes.
UDF wins Ernakulam Assembly seat: Congress candidate TJ Vinod has defeated his LDF rival by 4232 votes. The seat was won by Hibi Eden in the 2016 Assembly election by 21949 votes.
Assam, Sikkim assembly byelection results: While BJP is leading in three out of four assembly seats in Assam, the AIUDF is ahead in Jania. Meanwhile, UDP is leading in Meghalaya and SKM’s PS Golay looks set to win from Poklok Kamrang seat in Sikkim. By-election was necessitated in Assam as Kripanath Mallah (Ratabari), Tapan Gogoi (Sonari) and Pallab Lochan Das (Rangapara) of BJP and Congress MLA of Jania, Abdul Kalaque won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Alpesh Thakor, who defected to the BJP, is trailing from Radhanpur seat in Gujarat by 3047 votes.
UP byelection: Samajwadi Party is leading from Rampur; BJP is leading on 5 out of 7 seats.
BJP top brass summons CM Manohar Lal Khattar to Delhi as Haryana stares at hung assembly, say sources.
JJP leader Dushyant Chautala is leading on Haryana's Uchana Kalan assembly seat; JJP leader Ram Kumar Gautam is leading while BJP's Captain Abhimanyu is trailing on Narnaund assembly seat.
Randeep Surjewala, Congress candidate contesting from Kaithal assembly constituency arrives at a counting centre in Kaithal. He is leading after 5th round of counting.
I thank people for giving a big mandate and making me win. My first priority will be to provide basic necessities to people. I also congratulate my opponents who worked hard but couldn't win: John Kumar, Congress-DMK candidate for by-poll to Kamaraj Nagar constituency in Puducherry.
Madhya Pradesh: Congress leader Kantilal Bhuria is leading by 3251 votes after six rounds of counting for the Jhabua bypoll in Madhya Pradesh. With 24,406 votes, Bhuria is ahead of his BJP rival Bhanu Bhuria who has got 19,651 votes.
UP Aligarh bypolls: BJP candidate Rajkumar is ahead of BSP candidate by 828 votes in the by-election for the Igals Vidhan Sabha seat of Aligarh.
Lok Sabha bypolls: Udyana Raje of BJP is trailing by 14,000 votes from Satara in Maharashtra.
Congress is ahead in the three seats of Jalalabad, Phagwara and Mukerian, while the SAD is leading in Dakha in the bypolls to four assembly seats of Punjab, as per early trends. Congress nominee Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal is leading over his nearest rival and BJP nominee Rajesh Bagha by a margin of 1,852 votes from Phagwara seat, according to initial trends.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, who is contesting from Karnal assembly seat is leading with 14030 votes, after the third round of counting.
Himachal Pradesh assembly bypoll: BJP is leading on Dharamshala and Pachhad seats, according to official EC trends.
Uttar Pradesh assembly by-election: As per official trends from Election Commission, BJP is leading on 5, BSP 2, SP 2 and INC 1.
Gujarat assembly by-election: Indian National Congress is leading in 3 constituencies, while BJP is leading in 2 constituencies.
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi's Kshitij Hitendra Thakur is leading on Nalasopara assembly seat in Maharashtra.
In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray is leading from Worli seat, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil is leading by 12,500 votes in Pune’s Kothrud, Satara strongman Udayanraje Bhosale, who had switched from NCP to BJP, is trailing by 15,000 in the Satara Lok Sabha bypoll in Maharashtra. Bhosale is a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Sharad Pawar had campaigned against him in the elections. Pankaja Munde of BJP is trailing in Parli seat.
INC spokesperson and party candidate Randeep Singh Surjewala has regained his lead from Kaithal.
INLD leader Abhay Chautala is currently trailing in Ellanabad seat in Haryana, Minister Anil Vij is leading in Ambala Cantt, BJP's Sonali Phogat leading in Adampur seat. Capt Abhimanyu is trailing in Narnaud, Chandra Mohan is leading in Panchkula at the moment.
Haryana: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is ahead in Karnal, JJP leader Dushyant Singh Chautala in Uchana Kalan, wrestler Babita Phogat in Dadri and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Chautala in Garhi Sampla-Kiloi. Meanwhile, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, who was initially leading, is now trailing from his seat in Kaithal.
Impressed with his party's performance in the assembly election here, former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda says 'Congress ka bahumat aayega.' (Congress will get majority in Haryana).
HARYANA: According to official trends from EC, Jannayak Janta Party is leading on 7, Bharatiya Janata Party 19, Indian National Congress 16 and Others 4 out of total 90 seats.
In a see-saw contest, CM Devendra Fadnavis is once again leading from Nagpur Southwest in Maharashtra. He was earlier trailing in Nagpur Southwest.
Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) has impressed everyone as the party has maintained a lead on 7 seats. Buoyed with his party's performance, Dushyant Chautala has said that they will play the role of a kingmaker in government formation in Harayana.
Ruling BJP trails as Congress takes lead in Haryana; Congress is ahead in 42 whereas BJP is leading in 41 of the 90-seats in Haryana.
Election Commission official trends for Maharashtra Assembly Elections: BJP leading in 21 constituencies, Shiv Sena leading in 15 constituencies, Congress leading in 5 constituencies and NCP leading in 13 constituencies
Haryana: CM ML Khattar is leading in Karnal, OP Dhankhad in Jhajjar, BS Hooda in Rohtak Garhi-Sampla, Manish Grover in Rohtak City, BJP's Ramvatar Valmiki in Rohtak Kalnaur, Kavita Jain of BJP is trailing in Sonipat, Congress' Surendra Pawar is leading here.
Gujarat assembly by-election results: Congress candidates leading in the counting of postal ballots in Bayad and Radhanpur; Alpesh Thakur is contesting as BJP candidate from Radhanpur seat.
According to official trends from EC, Indian National Congress is leading on 1 seat and Jannayak Janta Party leading on 1 seat; There are total 90 assembly seats in Haryana.
CM Devendra Fadnavis is leading from the Nagpur west constituency in Maharashtra, Panjkaj Munda leading in Parli in Maharashtra; CM ML Khattar is racing ahead in Karnal, Congress' Randeep Surjewala is leading in Kaithal, Haryana.
As per official trends from Election Commission, BJP is leading in 5 constituencies, Congress leading in 1 and NCP leading in 2 constituencies in Maharashtra.
JJP's Dushyant Chautala appears confident, says, ''Na BJP, na Congress 40 par karegi, satta ki chabi JJP (Jannayak Janata Party) ke haath mein hogi.''
At 8.30 am Trends are available for 117 seats in Maharashtra; BJP is ahead on 51, Shiv Sena 34, Congress 21, NCP 10, Others 1.
Congress candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi is leading from Adampur constituency in the early trends.
Pankaja Munde is leading in Sattara, early trends have revealed.
Former union minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's daughter Pariniti Shinde is trailing in her constituency Solapur City Central.
As per available tends, Rohit Pawar, the grand-nephew of NCP chief is trailing in Karjat Jhamked, Ajit Pawar is leading in Baramati.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan is trailing in his family’s pocket borough, Bhokar in Nanded district.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar is said to be leading in Karnal, as per early trends.
In Haryana, trends are available for 33 seats; BJP is leading on 23, Congress 6, INLD 1, JJP 2.
Trends are available for 44 seats now; BJP is ahead on 222 seats, Shiv Sena 17, Congress 8, NCP 4 in Maharashtra.
Counting of votes has begun, starting with the postal ballots, at Colaba counting centre in Mumbai.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis is leading from Nagpur, as per the trends. Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray is leading from the Worli constituency of Worli.
In early trends, the BJP is also leading from the suburban constituency of Borivali and central Mumbai's Goregoan. Postal ballots are being counted first.
Maharashtra: In early trends, the BJP is leading from the south Mumbai constituency of Colaba as well as from Borivali.
The counting of votes for the high-decibel Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections 2019 began at 8 am.
Ahead of counting of votes for Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019, ladoos ready at the BJP state office here.
Counting of votes to begin soon at the counting centre in Colaba, Mumbai. Here are some visuals of the counting centre.
People have given me love and support, that is my strength and what keeps me going. I have faith in public and myself, people will give blessings to their daughter: Wrestler Babita Phogat, BJP's candidate for Dadri assembly constituency:in Haryana.
BJP state office decorated ahead of counting of votes for Maharashtra Assembly Polls 2019.
Counting of votes for the Maharashtra and Haryana elections will begin at 8 am. Ballot boxes are likely to be opened first.
Preparations underway at the counting center for Nagpur South-West constituency, ahead of counting of votes in Maharashtra.
NEW DELHI: JJP chief Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said that Haryana wants a change and his party will bring it. Chautala said that he will meet the newly-elected MLAs of his party tomorrow and then decide the future course of action. Former Haryana CM and senior Congress leader BS Hooda earlier invited all non-BJP parties to join hands to form government in the state as trends showed the ruling BJP losing its grip on the state. Ahead of that, Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala reportedly tendered his resignation to the BJP top brass over his party's dismal performance in the assembly elections 2019. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was also summoned to Delhi by the BJP high command for consultations as no party appeared to get an absolute majority to form government in the state even after several rounds of counting on Thursday.
In Haryana, Congress gave a tough fight to the BJP and Dushyant Chautala's JJP emerged as a ''kingmaker'' in the keenly-contested assembly elections here. Reacting to the trends, JJP chief Dushyant Chautala expressed confidence that his party will change the political landscape of the state post the assembly elections, counting for which is currently underway. Khattar-led saffron party is believed to have faced the wrath of Jats in Haryana in this assembly election for overlooking the problems faced by the state's farmers and rising unemployment among youths here. Importantly, these were the first major elections after the BJP retained power in the Lok Sabha polls in May, winning 303 seats of the 543.
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In Maharashtra, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance are poised to retain power in the 288-member House and the alliance is currently leading on 159 seats, the Congress-NCP alliance in 101 seats. Other parties are up in 28 seats at the moment.
Votes are also being counted for the by-elections held in 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states. The bypoll for these seats were held on October 21 (Monday). In the recent assembly election, the two states witnessed a slump in the voter turnout this time as compared to 2014. The estimated voter turnout in Maharashtra was 61.26% as compared to 63.08% in 2014. Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 65 per cent as against 76.54% in the previous assembly elections. The overall estimated voter turnout in both the states was 62.49%.
In 2014, the BJP and the Sena had won 122 seats and 63 seats in, respectively, followed by 42 and 41 seats by the Congress and the NCP in the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly. All four parties had contested independently in the previous Assembly polls. In Haryana, the BJP had won 47 followed by INLD's 19 and 15 of the Congress in the 90-seat assembly.
Political parties in fray in Haryana Assembly elections 2019:
The main contest is between the BJP and Congress on several seats but the new Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), which broke away from the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), is being closely watched. The ruling BJP, which parted ways from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), went full throttle before the polls to realise its target of bagging over 75 seats in the 90-member Assembly. The SAD announced its break-up with the BJP after its lone MLA from Kalanwali Assembly constituency switched to the saffron party.
Political parties in fray in Maharashtra Assembly elections 2019:
This time, the main parties in the fray are the BJP, the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The Vidhan Sabha election in Maharashtra is a battle of two alliances -- the BJP and Shiv Sena on one hand, and the Congress-NCP on the other. Several smaller parties have allied themselves with either of these two groups.
Maha-Yuti (Grand Alliance), the ruling combine, also includes Republican Party of India (A), Shiv Sangram, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and Rayat Kranti Sanghatana. Similarly, the Peasants and Workers Party, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, People's Republican Party and the Samajwadi Party are with Congress-NCP in the Maha-Aghadi camp.
The Haryana assembly elections are important because they were held just five months after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in which the BJP swept entire North India. In Haryana, the BJP won all the nine Lok Sabha seats, as it did it in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. In Haryana, while Bhupinder Singh Hooda appealed to the state's dominant Jat community to vote for Congress which promised to address farm distress and unemployment if voted to power, the BJP's campaign focused mostly on nationalistic issues, such as the scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status and the Balakot strikes, and on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal charisma.
In the 2014 Haryana assembly election, the BJP had won 47 seats in the 90-member assembly, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won 19 seats, the Congress won 15 seats, while Others won 9 seats.
Maharashtra assembly elections 2019 have made waves on two counts. This is the first time that someone from the Thackeray family is contesting an election - Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's son Aaditya Thackeray. Secondly, neither the party founder Bal Thackeray nor his son Uddhav held any constitutional post. Polling for all 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra was held on October 21 and counting of votes will take place on October 24. The state boasts over 8.9 crore eligible voters, of which the number of service voters stands at around 1.17 lakh.
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