ECI Maharashtra, Jharkhand Election Results 2024 Live Updates: The Mahayuti alliance is all set to return to power in Maharashtra, going past the halfway mark comfortably. The BJP, alone, is likely to go past the 100-seats mark, making it the largest party in the state. In Jharkhand, however, the tables have turned and the INDIA bloc has edged past the BJP-led NDA.
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What’s happening in Maharashtra? The Mahayuti Alliance, which includes the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, BJP and the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, has surged past the halfway mark. The BJP, alone, is likely to go past the 100-seats mark.
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What about Jharkhand? In a great turnaround, the INDIA bloc, led by Hemant Soren’s JMM, has edged past stiff competition by the BJP-led NDA.
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West Bengal Bypolls
The ruling BJP and its ally RLD were leading in six of the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh while the Trinamool Congress maintained its foothold over West Bengal and the Congress in Karnataka, according to trends available on Saturday for bypolls to 46 assembly seats in 13 states. The AAP and the Congress have won one seat each in Punjab where bypolls were held for four seats.Assam bypolls: BJP retains Behali assembly seat
The BJP on Saturday retained the Behali assembly constituency in Assam bypolls with its candidate Diganta Ghatowal defeating his nearest Congress rival Jayanta Bora by 9,051 votes, officials said. Ghatowal polled 50,947 votes while Bora secured 41,896.Wayanad LS bypoll: Priyanka’s lead surges to 3.5 lakh votes
MP assembly bypolls: BJP leading in Budhni, Congress in Vijaypur
The Congress is leading by 4,747 votes after 18 rounds in the bypoll in Madhya Pradesh's Vijaypur assembly seat, while the BJP is ahead in Budhni constituency by 5,362 votes after the fifth round. The bye elections in Budhni and Vijaypur constituencies were held on November 13. According to an election official, BJP's Ramakant Bhargava is leading by 5,362 votes against his Congress rival Rajkumar Patel in Budhni after five rounds of counting. Bhargava was earlier trailing by 953 votes after the second round of counting.Assam bypolls
BJP's Diganta Ghatowal wins Behali assembly seat in Assam bypolls, defeating Cong's Jayanta Bora by 9,051 votes.Maharashtra Assembly Results
ABHIJEET DHANANJAY PATIL won from Madha by 30621 votes.Congress’ Mamkootathil maintains lead in Palakkad by-election
Congress-led UDF candidate Rahul Mamkootathil on Saturday extended his lead by over 15,000 votes as the counting of votes got underway in the Palakkad Assembly bypoll. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Mamkootathil secured 49,509 votes after the 11th round of counting, while Krishnakumar garnered 34,210 votes. The LDF candidate, Dr P Sarin, who was in third place, received 27,926 votes.Meghalaya CM’s wife Chandee wins Gambegre bypoll
In a boost to the ruling National People's Party (NPP) in Meghalaya, party candidate and chief minister's wife Mehtab Chandee Agitok Sangma won the Gambegre constituency bypoll by a margin of over 4,500 votes. Chandee secured 12,679 votes while her nearest candidate Sadhiarani M Sangma of AITC manage to secure 8,084 votes, followed by Congress' Jingjang M Marak with 7,695 votes. With this win, the NPP strength in the House increased to 32 in the 60-member Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.Maharashtra Assembly Results
PARAG SHAH won from Ghatkopar East by 34999 votes.Bihar Bypolls
The ruling NDA alliance in Bihar has established lead in assembly by-polls in all four constituents where counting of votes was underway on Saturday, according to initial trends. The by-elections were held on November 13 in Tarari, Belaganj, Imamganj and Ramgarh seats. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI) website, Vishal Prashant of the BJP was leading in Tarari by 10,612 votes over his nearest rival Raju Yadav of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation after the completion of the 12th round of counting. In the Imamganj constituency, Deepa Kumari of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), an alliance partner of the NDA, was leading by 5,563 votes over her nearest rival Raushan Kumar of the RJD after the 12th round of counting. Initially, Kumari, the daughter-in-law of Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, was trailing.Maharashtra Assembly Results
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday hailed the performance of the ruling Mahayuti in the assembly polls and credited it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the latter's 'ek hai toh safe hai' slogan. Fadnavis is leading from Nagpur Southwest
Congress’ E Annapoorna wins Sandur Assembly bypoll in Karnataka
The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Saturday retained its strong hold of Sandur, with its candidate E Annapoorna, winning the Assembly bypoll by a margin of 9,649 votes. Annapoorna, the wife of Bellary MP E Tukaram, won the seat vacated by her husband, defeating BJP ST Morcha president Bangaru Hanumanthu. The bypoll for the Sandur seat was necessitated following the election of E Tukaram of Congress to Lok Sabha in May elections. The by-election was held on November 13 and the votes were counted today.Gujarat: Congress candidate widens lead in Vav assembly bypoll after 13 rounds of counting
Congress candidate Gulabsinh Rajput widened his lead by 13,978 votes over his BJP rival Swarupji Thakor after 13 rounds of counting in the by-elections to the Vav assembly seat in Gujarat's Banaskantha district. Rajput polled 60,362 votes against Thakor's 46,384, and with 15,927 votes, independent candidate Mavji Patel was placed third at the end of the 13th round. The counting of votes will be conducted in 23 rounds in 321 booths at the counting centre. The bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of Congress MLA Geniben Thakor, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Banaskantha in June. The constituency recorded a 70.55 per cent turnout in the by-election on November 13.Punjab Bypolls
Congress candidate Kuldeep Singh Dhillon wins Barnala assembly seat in Punjab.CM, 2 DyCMs among Mahayuti heavyweights leading in Maharashtra polls
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar have established comfortable leads in their respective assembly constituencies in the November 20 state elections. Some senior Congress leaders, including former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and legislature party leader Balasaheb Thorat are trailing behind their nearest rivals as per the updated figures provided by the Election Commission. CM Shinde established a comfortable lead of 50, 559 votes over his nearest rival Kedar Dighe of Shiv Sena (UBT) in Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency in Thane district as counting progressed in the 11th round. Deputy CM Fadnavis is ahead of his rival Prafulla Gudadhe of the Congress with a margin of 20,919 votes in Nagpur Southwest at the end of 13th round.Punjab bypolls: AAP’s Ishank Kumar wins Chabbewal seat
AAP candidate Ishank Kumar Chabbewal won the Chabbewal assembly seat in Punjab on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival and Congress nominee Ranjit Kumar by a margin of 28,690 votes, according to officials.Ishank Kumar, a doctor, polled 51,904 votes and Ranjit Kumar secured 23,214 votes. The BJP's Sohan Singh Thandal was a distant third with 8,692 votes, Election Commission data showed.The Chabbewal bypoll was necessitated after Ishank Kumar's father Raj Kumar Chabbewal, who was a Congress MLA but later joined the AAP, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Hoshiarpur.Bengal bypolls: TMC wins three seats, takes irreversible leads in three others
The TMC won three seats, wresting the key Madarihat seat from the BJP, and took unassailable leads in three others across all six assembly constituencies where bypolls were held, reinforcing its stronghold in West Bengal despite ongoing protests over the RG Kar Medical College incident. The bypolls were held in six constituencies — Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC), and Madarihat (ST) — after the resignation of sitting MLAs who vacated their assembly seats after winning seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. These elections were seen as a crucial test for the state's ruling party, especially as they come amidst a politically charged environment, heightened by the RG Kar Medical College protests. In Sitai (SC), TMC's Sangita Roy won by a margin of 1,30,636 votes bagging 1,65,200 votes, while her nearest rival, BJP's Dipak Kumar Ray, received 35,348 votes, signalling TMC's dominant performance in the Scheduled Caste seat. In Madarihat (ST), a key battleground where the BJP had won in 2021, TMC's Jayprakash Toppo bagged 79,186 votes, 28,168 votes more than BJP's Rahul Lohar, who secured 51,018 votes, indicating TMC's return to take control of the strategically important seat in the state tea garden's belt. In Naihati, TMC's Sanat Dey won the seat bagging 78,772 votes, 49,277 more than BJP's Rupak Mitra, who received 29,495 votes. According to the latest updates, TMC candidates are leading by significant margins in the other three constituencies.Congress Concedes Defeat in Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Claims MVA Setback
In a candid admission of defeat, the Congress has conceded that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance is unlikely to form the government in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections. The Congress spokesperson, Supriya Shrinate, acknowledged the party's loss midway through the vote counting, citing a lack of preparation time as one of the key factors behind the poor performance.West Bengal Bypolls
Trinamool Congress nominee Sangita Roy won the Sitai assembly seat in West Bengal bypolls, defeating her nearest BJP rival Dipak Kumar Ray by a margin of 1,30,636 votes on Saturday, the EC said. The TMC retained the seat. The TMC candidate bagged 1,65,984 votes, while Ray managed 35,348. Congress' Harihar Roy Singha secured the third position with 9,177 votes.Maharashtra Assembly Results
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is on course to retain power in Maharashtra and was leading in 217 of the 288 assembly seats, as per the latest figures by the Election Commission almost mid-way through the counting process in the November 20 elections. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi appeared stumbling, with its candidates leading in just 50 seats, a far cry from the boasts – till this morning – by many of its leaders that the combine will trounce the Mahayuti. In the first and the only result declared so far by the Election Commission, BJP's Kalidas Kolambkar from Wadala defeated Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Shraddha Jadhav by 24,973 after 16 rounds to become a legislator for the ninth time in a row.Jharkhand Assembly Results
Maharashtra Assembly Results
Cong-led UDF candidate leads with 10,239 votes in Palakkad Assembly seat
Congress-led UDF has taken a comfortable lead of more than 10,000 votes against the BJP-led NDA which was ahead in the earlier rounds in the Palakkad Assembly bypoll as the counting of votes commenced on Saturday. Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootathil is leading with 10,239 votes. He got 40,126 votes and BJP candidate C Krishnakumar secured 29,887 votes after nine out of 14 rounds of the counting, according to the Election Commission of India. LDF candidate Dr P Sarin, who is in the third position, secured 20,685 votes.Punjab Bypolls
AAP candidate Ishank Kumar Chabbewal wins Chabbewal assembly seat in Punjab: Officials.Chhattisgarh Bypolls:
BJP's Soni leading by 20,629 votes in Raipur City South seatWest Bengal Bypolls
TMC candidate Sangita Roy defeats BJP's Dipak Kumar Ray in West Bengal's Sitai bypolls by 1,30,636 votes.Maharashtra Assembly Results
KALIDAS NILKANTH KOLAMBKAR won from Wadala by 24973 votes.Karnataka Bypolls: Cong ahead in all three Assembly seats
Ruling Congress in Karnataka was ahead in all three -- Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur -- Assembly segments, as the counting of votes was underway on Saturday for by-polls held there. Congress is maintaining a steady lead in Sandur, the seat considered to be its strong hold, and the party is also a front-runner to bag Shiggaon and Channapatna segments, which were earlier held by BJP and JD(S) respectively. The by-election to three segments was held on November 13.Maharashtra Assembly Results
Jharkhand Assembly Results
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren ahead by 12,818 votes in Barhait assembly seat
UP Bypolls: NDA candidates ahead in six seats, SP leads in three
The BJP and its ally RLD were leading in six of the nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats where bypolls were held earlier this week while the Samajwadi Party was ahead in the remaining three, Election Commission trends showed on Saturday. The BJP was in the lead in Kundarki, Khair, Ghaziabad, Phulpur and Majhawan seats, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Meerapur and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Karhal, Katehari and Sisamau. In Meerapur, the RLD's Mithilesh Pal is leading by a margin of 18,281 votes against the Samajwadi Party candidate.LDF’s Pradeep takes commanding lead in Chelakkara Assembly bypoll
Ruling LDF candidate U R Pradeep extended his lead by over 11,000 votes as counting of votes was completed in 10 rounds in the Chelakkara Assembly bypoll in Kerala on Saturday, according to the Election Commission. The Left candidate has been retaining his lead since the very beginning of the counting of votes against his nearest rivals. As per the figures released by the Election Commission at 11.50 am, Pradeep was leading by a margin of 11,936 votes against his nearest rival and Congress candidate Ramya Haridas after the counting of votes was completed in 10 rounds. While Pradeep got 51,358 votes in the 10th round, Haridas secured 39,422 votes and BJP's K Balakrishnan received 26,394 votes, according to EC figures.Maharashtra Assembly Results
People's mandate shows who is taking Balasaheb Thackeray's ideals forward: Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde on Sena (UBT)'s poll performance.Devendra Fadnavis emerges as Maharashtra’s man of the moment
From an obscure corporator to becoming the youngest mayor of Nagpur, to the first BJP chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis' climb up the political ladder has been steady, as he looks all set to occupy the state's top post for the third time. In a state dominated by Maratha politics and politicians, the 54-year-old leader, with deep roots in RSS, is only the second Brahmin after BJP's estranged ally Shiv Sena's Manohar Joshi to become the state's chief minister. Ahead of the 2014 assembly polls, the soft spoken and portly leader was a clear favourite for the coveted post, largely due to the confidence he enjoyed of both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader Amit Shah. "Devendra is Nagpur's gift to the country," Modi had said of him at an election rally. Though Modi had launched a campaign blitzkrieg in the 2014 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra assembly polls, a portion of the credit also went to Fadnavis, then state BJP president, for the party's unprecedented victories in the elections. Son of Jan Sangh and later BJP leader late Gangadhar Fadnavis, whom his fellow Nagpur politician and former party chief Nitin Gadkari calls his "political guru", Devendra cut his teeth in politics at a young age when he joined Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students wing of RSS, in 1989. At 22, he became a corporator in the Nagpur civic body and its youngest Mayor in 1997 at the age of 27. Fadnavis contested his first assembly election in 1999 and won. There was no looking back for him as he won three subsequent assembly elections. He currently represents Nagpur Southwest seat in the House. Unlike many leaders across the political spectrum in Maharashtra, Fadnavis has remained untainted by accusations of corruption. Among the most articulate Maharashtra politicians, Fadnavis is also credited with pushing the previous Congress-NCP government into a corner over the alleged irrigation scam. Fadnavis experienced a setback in the aftermath of the 2019 assembly elections as the then united Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray pulled out of the pre-poll alliance over sharing of CM's post, shattering the BJP leader's much hyped “mee punha yein (I will come back again) slogan. Fadnavis was sworn in as the chief minister for the second time on November 23, 2019, and Ajit Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister. However, before a Supreme Court-ordered no confidence motion could take place, Fadnavis quit on November 26, three days after taking oath as the CM. Uddhav Thackeray, propped up by Sharad Pawar-led NCP, later became the CM, but quit after senior Sena leader Eknath Shinde split the party and later became the CM. After Thackeray demitted office following the large-scale desertions in the Sena, many political observers thought that Fadnavis, who they knew was behind the episode, would become the CM. However, the BJP leadership had other plans, and a reluctant Fadnavis was asked to occupy the deputy CM's post. His tenure in the last two-and-a-half years as Deputy Chief Minister has seen a marked resurgence, and Saturday's results come as the much-awaited cherry on the cake.Jharkhand polls: JMM-led INDIA bloc leading in 50 seats, NDA ahead in 30
JMM-led INDIA bloc was leading in 50 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand while the NDA was ahead in 30, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday. Counting of votes began at 8 AM. According to trends, INDIA bloc was leading in 50 seats — JMM 30, Congress 14 and allies 6 — and NDA in 30 till noon. Chief Minister Hemant Soren was leading in the Barhait assembly constituency by a margin of 8,202 votes over BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom after the third round of counting. JMM legislator and wife of Jharkhand CM Kalpana Soren was trailing by 3,019 votes against BJP's Muniya Devi after fourth round. BJP state chief Babulal Marandi was leading by 8,720 votes over CPIML's Rajkumar Yadav after second round of counting. Former CM and BJP nominee Champai Soren was leading by 8,542 votes in Seraikela against JMM's Ganesh Mahli after third round.Priyanka Gandhi will surpass votes received by Rahul
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will get more votes than her brother Rahul Gandhi got in the Wayanad Lok Sabha poll and surpass the majority achieved by him, party-ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) said on Saturday. IUML supremo Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal said that going by the trends, Priyanka will get more votes than what Rahul got and the majority she achieves would also be higher than that of her brother. A similar view was expressed by IUML's national general secretary P K Kunhalikutty.MP assembly bypolls: BJP gains lead over Congress in Budhni, Vijaypur seats
The BJP is leading in the Budhni and Vijaypur assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, where by-elections were held on November 13, officials said. These trends were recorded in the initial rounds of counting. According to an election official, BJP's Ramakant Bhargava is leading by 1,809 votes against Congress candidate Rajkumar Patel in Budhni after three rounds of counting. Bhargava was earlier trailing by 953 votes after the second round of counting.UP bypolls: NDA candidates ahead in six seats, SP leads in three
The BJP and its ally RLD were leading in six of the nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats where bypolls were held earlier this week while the Samajwadi Party was ahead in the remaining three, Election Commission trends showed on Saturday. The BJP was in the lead in Kundarki, Khair, Ghaziabad, Phulpur and Majhawan seats, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Meerapur and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Karhal, Katehari and Sisamau. In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the BJP won Phulpur, Ghaziabad, Majhawan and Khair seats and the SP secured Sisamau, Katehari, Karhal and Kundarki. The RLD, which was an SP ally then, won the Meerapur seat.Jharkhand Polls: JMM-led INDIA bloc leading in 50 seats, NDA ahead in 30
JMM-led INDIA bloc was leading in 50 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand while the NDA was ahead in 30, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday. Counting of votes began at 8 AM. According to trends, INDIA bloc was leading in 50 seats — JMM 30, Congress 14 and allies 6 — and NDA in 30 till noon. Chief Minister Hemant Soren was leading in the Barhait assembly constituency by a margin of 8,202 votes over BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom after the third round of counting. JMM legislator and wife of Jharkhand CM Kalpana Soren was trailing by 3,019 votes against BJP's Muniya Devi after fourth round. BJP state chief Babulal Marandi was leading by 8,720 votes over CPIML's Rajkumar Yadav after second round of counting.Priyanka Gandhi will surpass votes received by Rahul: IUML
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will get more votes than her brother Rahul Gandhi got in the Wayanad Lok Sabha poll and surpass the majority achieved by him, party-ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) said on Saturday. IUML supremo Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal said that going by the trends, Priyanka will get more votes than what Rahul got and the majority she achieves would also be higher than that of her brother. A similar view was expressed by IUML's national general secretary P K Kunhalikutty.Pawar vs Pawar
Assembly polls: Ajit Pawar races ahead of nephew Yugendra by 34,118 votes in Baramati Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has gained a comfortable lead of 34,118 votes over his nephew and NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar in the early rounds of counting in the Baramati assembly constituency. After round seven of counting, the NCP chief, seeking an eighth term from Baramati, has polled 65,211 votes against his debutante nephew's 31,096. Baramati will witness 20 rounds of counting.Fadnavis should be made next CM of Maharashtra, demands BJP MLC Darekar
BJP legislator Pravin Darekar on Saturday demanded that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis be appointed as the next chief minister of the state with early trends in the counting of votes for the assembly elections suggesting a win for the Mahayuti combine. In the alliance, the party that secures the highest number of seats will be entitled to get the chief minister's post, he asserted. The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance appeared set to retain power in the state and was leading in 218 of the 288 assembly seats, as per the latest figures in the counting of votes by the Election Commission. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was stumbling, with its candidates leading in just 50 seats. As per ECI figures, in the Mahayuti, BJP candidates were leading in 128 seats, Shiv Sena in 55 and NCP in 35 seats. Talking to reporters, BJP MLC Darekar said, "Based on the current trends, I believe that the BJP will be the single largest party, and Devendra Fadnavis should become the chief minister. The election was contested under his leadership, and he called for a 'dharma yuddha' in these assembly polls." "I cannot express my gratitude to people," he said. When asked about the current Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, whose party Shiv Sena is an ally of the BJP, Darekar said, "As part of the alliance, the party that secures the most seats will be entitled to the post of Chief Minister."Jharkhand Assembly Results
Maharashtra Assembly Polls
TMC takes massive lead in Bengal assembly bypolls, eyes clean sweep
Ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates have taken an unassailable lead in the bypolls held in the six assembly constituencies in West Bengal, with counting underway since 8 am on Saturday. These results are drawing significant attention, especially in light of the ongoing protests related to the RG Kar Medical College incident, which has sparked public outcry in the state. The bypolls were held in Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC), and Madarihat (ST), following the resignation of sitting MLAs who had secured victories in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, thus vacating their assembly seats. These elections are seen as an important political test for the state's ruling party. In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste (SC) constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading by 1,22,342 votes, 93,208 more than her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray of the BJP, who has so far secured 29,134 votes. In Madarihat, a Scheduled Tribe (ST) seat, TMC's Jayprakash Toppo is leading by 66,315 votes, ahead of BJP's Rahul Lohar, who has received 25,165 votes. The seat was won by the BJP in the 2021 assembly polls. In Naihati, TMC's Sanat Dey has bagged 71,759 votes against BJP's Rupak Mitra's 26,785.Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: BJP’s ‘Land, Love Jihad’ Claims Fall Short, JMM Poised to Retain Tribal Stronghold
Despite the BJP’s aggressive campaign in Jharkhand's tribal areas, accusing “infiltrators” of altering the state's demographics and taking over land and jobs, and making claims of “love jihad” and “land jihad,” the Scheduled Tribe-reserved seats seem to be remaining with the INDIA bloc. The JMM is set to retain its hold on these vital constituencies.UDF takes lead in Palakkad Assembly seat
Congress-led UDF has taken the lead from the BJP-led NDA which was ahead in the earlier rounds in the Palakkad Assembly bypoll as the counting of votes commenced on Saturday. With the counting of votes underway, Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootathil is in the lead with 1,425 votes. He secured 28,062 votes against BJP candidate C Krishnakumar's 26,637 votes in the seventh round of the total 14 rounds of the counting, according to the Election Commission of India. Krishnakumar was in the lead earlier.RJD surprise element in J’khand polls, party candidates leading in 5 of 6 assembly seats
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has emerged as a surprise element in the Jharkhand assembly elections with its candidates leading in five of the six seats where the party is contesting, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday. RJD candidates in five assembly seats were leading over sitting BJP legislators. In 2019, RJD had secured only the Chatra seat where its nominee Satyanand Bhokta won.Priyanka Gandhi will win by record margin from Wayanad, says Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday said, as per the early trends of vote counting in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would surely win by record margins.Congress-led UDF candidate Priyanka extended her lead by over two lakh votes after three hours of counting of the ballots in the Wayanad LS bypoll in Kerala, according to the Election Commission."An amazing first trend on counting day is the massive early lead for our leader @priyankagandhi ji in Wayanad, Kerala, by-election. People of Wayanad are surely going to record in victory margins today and Priyanka ji will make Parliamentary debut with a grand win," Reddy said in a post on 'X'.Punjab bypolls
Punjab bypolls: AAP leading in 3 seats, Cong in oneAssam bypolls
Assam bypolls: Ruling NDA allies leading in 4, Cong in oneWayanad Bypolls Results
Wayanad LS bypoll: Priyanka in lead by over two lakh votes.Jharkhand Assembly Results
RJD ahead of BJP in 5 of 6 Jharkhand assembly seats where it is contestingChelakkara Assembly bypoll
Chelakkara Assembly bypoll: LDF's Pradeep leads by over 9,000 votesMaharashtra assembly polls
Maharashtra assembly polls: Mahayuti leads in 218 seats, MVA ahead in 50Karnataka bypolls
Karnataka bypolls: Cong ahead in all three Assembly seatsBJP-led Mahayuti walks away with Maharashtra, oppn INDIA to bag Jharkhand
New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance looked set for a runaway victory in Maharashtra, scoring an emphatic win over a tottering MVA, while the opposition INDIA bloc was poised to bag Jharkhand on Saturday, according to trends on the Election Commission website. As votes were counted for the assembly polls held earlier this month, India's ruling and opposition alliances could bag one state each in the crucial electoral battle with voters in both going for continuity rather than change. While the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP partnership banded under Mahayuti was leading in 218 of the 288 seats in the powerhouse state of Maharashtra indicating a huge wave in favour of the ruling alliance, the Maha Vikhas Aghadi (MVA) partnership of the Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) was ahead in just 50. In the 81-seat Jharkhand assembly, the BJP was ahead in 26 seats, way behind the opposition alliance with JMM leading in 30 seats, the Congress in 13, the RJD in five and the CPI-ML in one. “We will form government with a two-third majority in Jharkhand,” Congress leader Rajesh Thakur told PTI Videos as Hemant Soren looked set to return as chief minister. "NDA will win Maharashtra and Jharkhand and Bihar bypolls. We will win because INDIA bloc wants to spread communalism in the country," Union minister Giriraj Singh told reporters as the BJP walked towards a triumphant comeback in Maharashtra. The results come as a fillip for the BJP, which won an unprecedented hat-trick in Haryana last month, and help the party overcome some of its reverses in the general elections where it bagged just 240 seats. Voters in the politically significant western state of Maharashtra, which sends 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha and gave the MVA a decisive 30 seats, clearly decided to go against the trend of that parliamentary victory just five months ago. The BJP was ahead in 125 seats, close to the halfway mark of 144 on its own, while the Shiv Sena had leads in 56 and the NCP in 35. In contrast, the Congress was ahead in just 21, the Shiv Sena (UBT) in 17 and the NCP (SP) in 13. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were leading in their respective assembly constituencies. Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole was leading narrowly from Sakoli constituency and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and sitting MLA Aaditya Thackeray was leading in Worli assembly seat. In what was a sobering lesson for the Congress, its legislature party leader and former minister Balasaheb Thorat was trailing in Sangamner as was senior Congress leader and former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in Karad South assembly seat. In the ruling Mahayuti alliance, the BJP contested 149 assembly seats, Shiv Sena 81 seats, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP in 59 constituencies. In the MVA combine, the Congress fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (SP) put up 86 candidates. In eastern Jharkhand, the Hemant Soren-led JMM was ahead in 30 seats, the Congress in 14, the RJD in five and the CPI-ML in one. The BJP was ahead in 24. Chief Minister Soren was leading in his Barhait assembly seat while NDA ally AJSU Party supremo Sudesh Mahto was trailing behind JMM's Amit Kumar in Silli The results will decide the electoral fate of 1,211 candidates, including Soren, his wife Kalpana from Gandey, former CM and BJP state president Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar and ex-CM Champai Soren from Seraikela. Other prominent candidates include Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato of the JMM from Nala, Deepika Pandey Singh of Congress from Mahagama, Sita Soren (sister-in-law of CM Hemant Soren) from Jamtara, AJSU Party chief Sudesh Mahto from Silli.Maharashtra Assembly Results
NCP candidate Zeeshan Siddique trails in Vandre East assembly seat in Mumbai by 5,237 votes at the end of fourth round: EC officials.Bypolls
Bypolls: Priyanka Gandhi takes lead over rival in Wayanad; BJP ahead of SP in Uttar Pradesh.Uttarakhand bypoll
Uttarakhand bypoll: BJP's Asha Nautiyal maintains lead over Cong in KedarnathMaharashtra Assembly Results
Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar leading in Vandre West assembly seat in Mumbai by 6,429 votes at the end of 3rd round.Kerala Bypolls
BJP takes lead again in Palakkad Assembly seatMP assembly bypolls
MP assembly bypolls: Congress leading in Budhni, BJP in Vijaypur in initial roundsMaharashtra Assembly Results
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Mumbai, Nov 23 (PTI) Counting of votes in the Maharashtra assembly elections began Saturday morning, with all eyes on the outcome of the battle between the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti coalition and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, which is seeking to make a comeback. The counting of votes commenced at 8 am in all the counting centres in the state, an election official said. At the counting centres, officials first began verifying and counting the postal ballots, with the counting of EVM votes scheduled to start at 8.30 am. There will be a minimum of 20 rounds of counting in each assembly segment, an official said. The final turnout in the polls, held on November 20, was 66.05 per cent, up from 61.1 per cent in 2019. Counting of votes also began at 8 am for the Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll, where 67.81 per cent voting was recorded on November 20. Kolhapur district led with 76.63 per cent polling, followed by 75.26 per cent in Gadchiroli, which has some Left Wing Extremism affected pockets, while the lowest was in Mumbai island city at 52.07 per cent. Mumbai suburban district recorded 55.95 per cent polling. A total of 288 counting centres have been set up for the counting of votes. A total of 288 counting observers are overseeing each assembly constituency, with two observers assigned to monitor counting in the Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll, an official said. The high volume of postal ballots has led to the establishment of 1,732 tables for postal ballot counting and 592 tables for Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) to ensure a smooth counting process across all assembly constituencies, the official said. In the Mahayuti alliance, the BJP contested 149 assembly seats, Shiv Sena 81 seats, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP fielded candidates in 59 constituencies. In the MVA combine, the Congress fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (SP) put up 86 candidates. Parties like Bahujan Samaj Party and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), also contested, with BSP fielding 237 candidates and AIMIM putting up 17 candidates. The number of candidates this time increased by 28 per cent compared to the 2019 state assembly elections. This year, 4,136 candidates contested, up from 3,239 in 2019 elections. Among these candidates, 2,086 were independents. Rebels were in the fray in over 150 constituencies, with candidates from the Mahayuti and MVA contesting against their party's official nominees. There were 1,00,186 polling booths in Maharashtra this time, compared to 96,654 booths in the 2019 assembly elections. Mumbai police have issued an order prohibiting any assembly of people in 300-metre radius of all the 36 counting centres in the city, which comprises 36 assembly constituencies. No person, other than an official engaged with the election process or public servant engaged in duty, shall loiter or form any assembly within 300 metres radius from any counting centre, a police official said. The order is effective till midnight on November 24. The majority mark in the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly is 145, the number any alliance or party needs to crack to be able to form government in the state. The term of the present state assembly ends on November 26
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