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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Jharkhand final tally
NDA sweeps Assam bypolls, retains 4, wrests one from Congress
The BJP and its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) swept the by-elections in Assam, winning all five assembly constituencies, retaining four and wresting one from the Congress.The BJP wrested the high-profile Samaguri assembly seat, which witnessed widespread violence during campaigning, from the Congress which had held sway over the constituency for the last five terms.BJP's Diplu Ranjan Sarmah defeated his opponent Tanzil Hussain of the Congress, son of former minister and the constituency's five-time MLA Rakibul Hussain, by 24,501 votes.Sarmah polled 81,321 votes while Hussain secured 56,820 votes, among 11 candidates in the fray.Need to introspect: INDIA bloc leaders on Maharashtra poll results
As the results of Assembly elections and bypolls brought a mixed bag for the INDIA bloc on Saturday, with the defeat in Maharashtra coming as a major setback, leaders of its constituents once again highlighted that smaller parties did not get enough seats to contest, even as they called the Jharkhand victory a "moral defeat" for the attempts at communal polarisation. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, which has the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) as its constituents, swept the Maharashtra polls, months after the Lok Sabha election, in which the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) won a large chunk of seats. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Ashok Dhawale flagged the delay in finalising seat-sharing arrangements, the race among key opposition parties to get the maximum number of seats to contest and not giving enough space to smaller parties among the reasons for the INDIA bloc's below-par performance in Maharashtra, even as he accused the Mahayuti of using money power and handing out cash to voters. "The MVA was overconfident because of its good show in the Lok Sabha polls. The seat adjustment should have been done by September, so that the remaining time could be used for public meetings," he said.Maharashtra: PM Modi
Maharashtra has broken all records; it is the biggest win for any party or pre-poll alliance in last 50 years: PM Modi.Jharkhand
Nisat Alam, wife of ex-Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam who was arrested by ED, wins Pakur by highest margin of 86,029 votes:Maharashtra poll results unexpected, incomprehensible; something fishy: Uddhav Thackeray
BJP sweeps UP bypolls winning 6 seats; SP bags 2, RLD 1
Months after the ruling BJP's poor Lok Sabha poll performance in Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party hit the opposition parties out of the park by winning six of the nine Assembly seats in the state where bypolls were held on November 20.Adding to BJP's emphatic performance, its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) clinched Meerapur, the lone seat it contested. The Samajwadi Party (SP) emerged victorious on the remaining two seats -- Karhal and Sishamau.According to the Election Commission (EC), the BJP candidates emerged victorious in Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair (SC), Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan assembly constituencies.In Phulpur, BJP's Deepak Patel bagged 78,289 votes to defeat his nearest rival and SP nominee Md Mujtaba Siddiqui by 11,305 votes.Maharashtra Assembly Results
Maharashtra: Results of 264 of 288 seats declared; BJP wins 118, ahead in 14, Shiv Sena wins 54, ahead in 3, NCP wins 39, ahead in 2.Priyanka Gandhi’s Parliamentary debut will be ‘Red Letter Day’ for country: Revanth Reddy
Congratulating Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for her spectacular victory in Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday said, every member of Congress party is rejoicing and celebrating the occasion. In a post on social media 'X', Reddy said her debut into Parliament will prove to be a “Red Letter Day” for our country and democracy. “Heartiest congratulations to our leader Smt @priyankagandhi ji on a spectacular, record victory in #Wayanad Lok Sabha Constituency.
Akhilesh hails INDIA bloc for Jharkhand win, congratulates Priyanka for Wayanad victory
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh on Saturday congratulated winning candidates of the INDIA bloc after results of assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, and bypolls in several states were declared. He congratulated SP candidates who won their seats in the assembly polls in Maharashtra and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for emerging victorious in the Wayanad parliamentary by-elections.
Sonowal credits Maha, Assam bypoll victories to PM’s good governance
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday credited the BJP-led NDA's win in Maharashtra Assembly election and bypolls in Assam on the brand of good governance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also extended his gratitude to the people of both the states for reposing their trust in the alliance.Maharashtra Assembly bypolls
Congress MLA Amit Deshmukh defeats Archana Patil Chakurkar, daughter-in-law of ex-LS speaker Shivraj Patil, from Latur City seat.No anti-government sentiment in Kerala, claims CM Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday claimed that the results of the Assembly by-elections demonstrate continued public support for the LDF government and confirm its legitimacy and approval. Hours after the results of the bypolls held for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat and two Assembly constituencies were announced, he said the people of Chelakkara had delivered a resounding victory to the Left Democratic Front, undeterred by organised propaganda and political attacks.Assam bypolls
Assam bypolls: BJP's Diplu Ranjan Sarmah wrests Samaguri seat from Congress, defeating Tanzil Hussain by 24,501 votes.Bypolls: Ruling parties hold sway in states; BJP gains in UP, Bihar, Raj; TMC reigns in WB
Ruling parties held sway in most of the 13 states in the assembly byelection results declared on Saturday, with the BJP and its allies' wresting seats in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan and the Trinamool Congress sweeping West Bengal.Out of the 46 seats where byelections were held, the BJP and its allies won 26, a gain of nine seats, followed by Congress with seven -- a loss of six seats.The Trinamool Congress won six, the Aam Aadmi Party three and the Samajwadi Party two seats. The LDF in Kerala and BAP in Rajasthan got one each.People of Jharkhand rejected BJP’s divisive politics: Congress chief Kharge (Eds: With pics)
New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lauded the people of Jharkhand on Saturday for rejecting the "divisive and false politics" of the BJP, while describing the Maharashtra poll results as "unexpected", and said his party will try to get to the bottom of it and understand the outcome.The INDIA bloc won the Jharkhand Assembly polls while the Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT)-NCP(SP) Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance lost to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Maharashtra."The results of Maharashtra are unexpected. The party is trying to get to the bottom of these results and understand the real reasons," Kharge said in a post on X."We thank our leaders, workers and supporters.Maharashtra assembly polls
Jharkhand bypolls
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey seat by 17,142 votes, defeating BJP's Muniya Devi: EC.
Punjab bypolls: AAP wrests 3 seats, Cong wins one, BJP draws blank
In a boost to Punjab's ruling AAP, the party wrested the Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, and Chabbewal Assembly segments while the Congress won the Barnala seat in the bypolls, the results of which were declared on Saturday. The bypolls, which took place on November 20, were necessitated after the incumbent legislators were elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year.After MP, Yadav-Vaishnaw duo steer BJP to victory in Maharashtra
Senior BJP leaders Bhupender Yadav and Ashwini Vaishnaw continued their streak of pulling off unlikely poll wins for the party on Saturday as the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is on course for a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election. Last year, the Yadav-Vaishnaw duo were tasked with leading the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign in Madhya Pradesh, where an upbeat Congress was hoping to make a comeback.Karnataka bypolls
By-poll results: Have won in people's court, says CM Siddaramaiah Buoyed by ruling congress party's victory in all three assembly constituencies for which by-polls were held in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said he won in the ‘people's court'. He gave the credit of winning Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna by-polls, to his government's guarantee schemes. “You know what Mahatma Gandhi said. He said people's court is better than the courts. Now people's court has given me the verdict,” Siddaramaiah told reporters.
TMC hails party’s clean sweep in Bengal by-polls, oppn claims result don’t show public discontent
The “lies and falsehood” peddled against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by opposition parties BJP and CPI(M) failed to sway the electorate in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) claimed on Saturday after sweeping all six assembly seats in the bypolls. However, opposition parties, including the BJP, insisted that the results did not reflect the “swelling public discontent” against the ruling party over various issues.Congress retains Palakkad assembly seat with margin of over 18,000 votes
In a major boost to the opposition Congress-led UDF, its candidate Rahul Mamkootathil retained the Palakkad Assembly seat, winning the by-poll by a significant margin of 18,840 votes, despite challenges posed by the BJP-led NDA and CPI(M)-headed LDF. Mamkootathil secured 58,389 votes against BJP's C Krishnakumar who garnered 39,549 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).Jharkhand bypolls
Hemant Soren's JMM-led coalition secures majority in 81-member Jharkhand assembly: EC.Maharashtra Assembly bypolls
BJP's Devendra Fadnavis wins from Nagpur Southwest seat by 39,710 votes; defeats Congress' Prafulla Gudhade Patil: ECI.UP bypolls: BJP’s Ramveer Singh wins Kundarki assembly seat by 1.44 lakh votes
BJP's Ramveer Singh won the Kundarki assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mohammad Rizwan of the Samajwadi Party by a margin of 1,44,791 votes, the Election Commission said. According to the EC, Ramveer Singh got 1,70,371 votes, while SP's Mohammad Rizwan stood a distant second, bagging 25,580 votes.AAP calls Punjab bypoll wins ‘semi-final’ before Delhi assembly polls
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday termed his party's win in three out of four seats in the Punjab bypolls a "semi-final", asserting that the party is on course for another historic mandate in Delhi. Kejriwal, a former chief minister of Delhi, said the people of Punjab have chosen the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the second time, which shows that it is doing good work.RSS outreach adds to BJP’s convincing win in Maharashtra
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) still holds the key to the BJP's electoral success as the outcome of the Maharashtra Assembly polls showed on Saturday. According to latest figures of counting of votes, the BJP-led Mahayuti could win over 230 of the 288 assembly seats in the state, leaving the opposition Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT)-NCP(SP) combine with just 50 seats.UP bypolls: BJP clinches 5 seats, leads in Kundarki; SP wins 2, RLD 1
he BJP won five seats and was leading comfortably in Kundarki while its ally RLD clinched one of the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where bypolls were held on November 20, according to the Election Commission. The Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged the remaining two seats -- Sishamau and Karhal. The BJP's winning candidates included Sanjeev Sharma (Ghaziabad), Surender Diler (Khair), Deepak Patel (Phulpur), Dharmraj Nishad (Katehari) and Suchismita Maurya (Majhawan).Uttra Pradesh bypolls
BJP's Ramveer Singh wins Kundarki assembly seat by defeating nearest Rival Mohammad Rizwan of SP by margin of over 1.44 lakh votes.Chhattisgarh bypoll: BJP’s fortress Raipur City South assembly seat remains unbreached
The BJP retained its hold on the Raipur City South assembly seat on Saturday with its candidate Sunil Kumar Soni defeating his nearest rival, Akash Sharma of the Congress, by 46,167 votes. It was believed that Congress might make its presence felt in this seat this time, as BJP strongman Brijmohan Agrawal was not in the fray, but the grand old party struggled to make inroads.Ajit Pawar wins Baramati battle, defeats nephew Yugendra by more than 1 lakh votes
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar on Saturday won from his traditional Baramati assembly constituency by defeating his nephew and NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar by more than one lakh votes. Ajit, who parted ways with his uncle Sharad Pawar last year and was seeking an eighth term from this family bastion in Pune district, polled 1,81,132 votes while Yugendra Pawar polled 80,233 votes. Ajit, thus, defeated his younger brother's son by 1,00,899 votes.
NDA wins 4 seats, leads in fifth in Assam assembly bypolls
The BJP and its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) were all set to sweep the by-elections in Assam, winning four of the five assembly constituencies and establishing an unassailable lead in the fifth. BJP's Nihar Ranjan Das won Dholai (SC) constituency by a margin of 9,098 votes, defeating his nearest rival Dhrubajyoti Purkayastha of the Congress. Das polled 69,945 votes while the Congress candidate secured 60,847 votes.BJP snatches one Lok Sabha seat from Congress; Maharashtra win boosts Rajya Sabha majority prospects
The BJP on Saturday snatched one Lok Sabha seat from the Congress, lowering the opposition party's tally to 98, while a runaway victory in Maharashtra will also boost the ruling alliance's prospects in the Rajya Sabha where the western state sends the second-highest number of members.The BJP had won 240 seats in the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year. After its win in the Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll on Saturday, the party's tally in the 543-member Lower House has gone up to 241.The Nanded bypoll was necessitated by the death of Congress MP Vasantrao Chavan on August 26.The Congress had won 99 seats in the Lok Sabha elections with party leader Rahul Gandhi winning from Rae Bareli and Wayanad. He vacated his Wayanad seat from where his sibling Priyanka Gandhi Vadra won on Saturday.After winning Wayanad and losing Nanded, the Congress' tally in the Lok Sabha now stands at 98.TMC faced BJP, as well as INDIA bloc, to win WB bypolls convincingly: Derek O’Brien
New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress overcame challenges from both the BJP and INDIA bloc allies Congress and the Left to win all the six assembly seats in West Bengal where bypolls were held, senior party leader Derek O'Brien said on Saturday.The Trinamool Congress, which is a part of the INDIA bloc at the national level but is not in a seat-sharing agreement in the state, said his party won all the six seats "convincingly"."The Trinamool convincingly won all the six assembly seats that went for bypolls. Other than the BJP, we were also facing two of the INDIA bloc parties, Congress and CPM who put up candidates in every seat," O'Brien said.He, however, refused to comment on the performance the INDIA bloc.Punjab Bypolls
NDA’s win in Bihar Assembly bypolls a matter of concern: Prashant Kishor
Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Saturday dubbed as "a matter of concern" the NDA's win in assembly by-polls in Bihar despite "failure" of the BJP-led coalition to end the state's chronic backwardness during it's decades-long rule. Talking to reporters here shortly after the results were out, Kishor also drew succour from the fact that his fledgling Jan Suraaj won "10 per cent" of the total votes polled in four seats but rubbished the claim that it had played a role in the RJD's defeat in three of these.BJP retains Kedarnath Assembly seat in Uttarakhand
The BJP on Saturday retained the Kedarnath Assembly seat in Uttarakhand, with its candidate and state Mahila Morcha president Asha Nautiyal defeating Congress' Manoj Rawat by 5,622 votes. Nautiyal took an early lead and maintained it till the end. This is her third victory from the seat. She was elected to the state Assembly from Kedarnath in 2002 and 2007.Maharashtra Assembly bypolls
Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar retains Baramati seat by defeating NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar by more than 1 lakh votes.
Jharkhand Assembly bypolls
INDIA bloc's win in Jharkhand victory for protection of water, forest and land, along with that of Constitution: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.Madhya Pradesh Bypolls
MP: BJP nominee Ramakant Bhargava defeats Congress rival Rajkumar Patel in Budhni assembly bypoll. ECI.Maharashtra poll results: Andhra Pradesh CM congratulates Mahayuti Alliance
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday congratulated the BJP-led Mahayuti Alliance on securing a historic mandate in Maharashtra. In a post on X, Naidu said the imminent victory reflects people's continued trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose strategic vision, and policies are paving the way for a Viksit Bharat to emerge.BJP’s Jharkhand loss deeply painful for me: Himanta
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP co-incharge for the assembly elections in Jharkhand, said the party's loss was deeply painful for him. Sarma congratulated the JMM-led alliance for securing an "impressive victory" and said that he was confident that under the leadership of CM Hemant Soren, Jharkhand will embark on a path of progress and development.UP bypolls: BJP’s Dharmraj Nishad wins Katehari seat, defeats SP’s Shobhawati Varma
BJP's Dharmraj Nishad won the Katehari assembly seat in Ambedkar Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh by defeating Samajwadi Party's Shobhawati Varma by a margin of 34,514 votes, the Election Commission said. According to the ECI, Nishad bagged 1,04,091 votes while Varma got 69,577 votes. BSP's Amit Verma claimed the third spot by bagging 41,647 votes. Varma is the wife of Samajwadi Party's Lok Sabha MP from Ambedkar Nagar Lalji Verma.Devendra favourite of PM Modi, everyone in BJP wants him to become CM: mother
Sarita Fadnavis, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis's mother, on Saturday said her son is a "favourite" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and everyone in the BJP wants him to become the next chief minister of Maharashtra. Speaking to reporters in Nagpur as the ruling coalition was on its way to win a massive victory in the assembly elections, she said her son, currently a deputy chief minister, knows how to overcome challenges.UP bypolls: BJP’s Shuchismita Maurya wins Majhawan by 4,922 votes
BJP's Shuchismita Maurya on Saturday won the assembly bypoll from Uttar Pradesh's Majhawan, according to the Election Commission. Maurya, who bagged 77,737 votes, defeated her nearest rival Jyoti Bind of the Samajwadi Party by 4,922 votes. Deepak Tiwari of the Bahujan Samaj Party finished third with 34,927 votes, EC data showed. The byelection at Majhawan was necessitated after sitting MLA Vinod Kumar Bind of the Nishad Party got elected to the Lok Sabha from Bhadohi on a BJP ticket earlier this year.NDA set to sweep all five assembly seats in Assam bypolls
The BJP and its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) are all set to sweep the bypolls in Assam, winning three of the five assembly constituencies for which results have been announced so far. In Bongaigaon, the AGP retained the seat as its candidate Diptimayee Choudhury defeated her nearest Congress rival Brahenjit Singha by a margin of 35,164 votes.Maharashtra: Assembly Results
Bypolls: Cong sweeps south, Priyanka scores a winning debut from Wayanad
Southern electors gave the thumbs up to Congress nominees, including its top leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as the grand old party on Saturday swept the Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls held in Karnataka and the Left-ruled Kerala. The Wayanad voters did not disappoint the Gandhi family for the third time in a row, picking Priyanka to succeed her brother Rahul Gandhi. She defeated the nominees fielded by the ruling Left and the BJP. Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, had won back-to-back electoral contests from this Kerala hill constituency in 2019 and 2024. However, he vacated it after winning from the family's Uttar Pradesh bastion Rae Bareilly this year, following which the party fielded Priyanka. And she triumphed with an impressive margin of over 4.10 lakh votes, demonstrating Wayanad's preference for the Gandhi family. Besides, the party retained the Palakkad Assembly seat. Chelakkara, a left stronghold, was retained by the CPI (M).Jharkhand: CM Hemant Soren
CM Shinde retains his Kopri-Pachpakhadi assembly seat in Thane with margin of 1.2 lakh votes
Jharkhand: Hemant Soren
We passed exam of democracy in Jharkhand, will finalise strategy post-election results: CM Hemant Soren at press conference in Ranchi.UP Bypolls
BJP's Shuchismita Maurya wins Majhawan assembly seat in UP by 4,922 votes:UP Bypolls
Sitting MLAs Thakur, Kadu lose to BJP rivals in Teosa, Achalpur seats in Amravati Former minister and sitting Congress MLA Yashomati Thakur lost to her BJP rival by a margin of 7,617 votes in the Teosa assembly constituency in Amravati district.Sharad Pawar: Assembly poll rout raises question of existence for patriarch’s political legacy
Priyanka Gandhi wins Wayanad LS seat in Kerala with margin of over 4.1 lakh votes
Jharkhand: Hemant Soren
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren expresses gratitude to citizens for INDIA bloc's stellar performance in assembly polls.
Senior Congress leader Chavan loses Karad (South) seat by 39,355 votes
Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan lost the Karad (South) assembly seat in western Maharashtra's Satara district by 39,355 votes. According to the Election Commission, Chavan polled 1,00,150 votes against BJP candidate Dr Atulbaba Bhosale's 1,39,505 votes in the constituency considered a stronghold of Congress.UP bypolls: RLD’s Mithlesh Pal clinches Meerapur by 30,796 votes
Rashtriya Lok Dal's Mithlesh Pal on Saturday won the Assembly bypoll from Uttar Pradesh's Meerapur, according to the Election Commission. Pal, who bagged 84,304 votes, defeated her nearest rival Sumbul Rana of the Samajwadi Party by 30,796 votes.BJP wins 5 of 7 Assembly seats in Rajasthan bypolls
The BJP won five of the seven seats in the Rajasthan Assembly bypolls, the results of which were announced on Saturday.Congress and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) bagged one seat each, according to the Election Commission (EC).BJP's Rajendra Bhamboo won Jhunjhunu, Rajendra Gurjar won Deoli-Uniara, Rewant Ram Danga won Khinwsar, Shanta Amrit Lal Meena won Salumbar and Sukhavant Singh won Ramgarh.BAP candidate Anil Kumar Katara won the Chorasi seat and Congress won Dausa.Jharkhand: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Loss in Jharkhand deeply painful for me: Assam CM and BJP's election co-incharge Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Cong wins Dausa assembly seat in Rajasthan
Congress candidate Deen Dayal won Dausa assembly seat in Rajasthan on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival and BJP nominee Jag Mohan by a margin of 2,300 votes, according to the Election Commission. Deen Dayal polled 75,536 votes and Mohan, the brother of cabinet minister Kirodi Lal Meena, got 73,236 votes, the Election Commission (EC) website showed. Dausa is among the seven assembly seats in Rajasthan where bypolls were held on November 13. The counting of votes began at 8 am on Saturday. Currently, the 200-seat Rajasthan Assembly has 114 MLAs of the BJP, 65 of the Congress, three of the Bharat Adivasi Party, two of the Bahujan Samaj Party, one of the Rashtriya Lok Dal and eight Independents.Punjab bypolls: AAP wrests 3 seats, Cong wins one, BJP draws blank
In a boost to Punjab's AAP, the party wrested Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, and Chabbewal Assembly segments while the Congress won the Barnala seat in the bypolls, the results of which were declared on Saturday. The bypolls, which took place on November 20, were necessitated after the incumbent legislators were elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year.
Maharashtra bypolls
CPI(M) candidate Vinod Nikole wins from Dahanu (ST); maintains Left's stranglehold on seat Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Vinod Nikole won the Dahanu (Scheduled Tribe reserved) assembly seat in Palghar district by a margin of 5,133 votes. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Vinod Suresh Medha. The CPI(M) has won this seat for the 10th time since 1978.Rajasthan bypolls
Rajasthan bypolls: Congress candidate Deen Dayal wins Dausa assembly seat by 2,300 votes.Maharashtra Assembly bypolls
Sitting MLA and NCP candidate Zeeshan Siddique loses to Varun Sardesai of Shiv Sena (UBT) by 11,365 votes in Vandre East seat: ECI.
NDA’s win in Assam bypolls testament of good governance: Himanta
As the BJP-led ruling NDA headed for a clean sweep of all five Assembly constituencies in Assam bypolls on Saturday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma termed it a testament of people's support to "good governance and development". The chief minister extended his gratitude to the people for their support and reiterated his commitment to work for the development of the state.UP bypolls
Rashtriya Lok Dal's Mithlesh Pal wins Meerapur assembly bypoll in UP by 30,796 votes:Maharashtra Assembly Bypolls
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde retains Kopri-Pachpakhadi assembly seat in Thane district by a margin of 1,20,717 votes.Madhya Pradesh bypolls
Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat loses from Sangamner by 10,560 votes; was MLA since 1985: ECI.BJP wins five seats in Rajasthan bypolls
The BJP won five of the seven seats in the Rajasthan Assembly bypolls, results of which were announced on Saturday. The Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) bagged one seat and the Congress was on course to win one, according to the Election Commission (EC).BJP's Rajendra Bhamboo won Jhunjhunu, Rajendra Gurjar won Deoli-Uniara, Rewant Ram Danga won Khinwsar, Shanta Amrit Lal Meena won Salumbar and Sukhavant Singh won Ramgarh.BAP candidate Anil Kumar Katara won Chorasi seat.TMC hits a six: Sweeps by-polls, snatches one from BJP, as RG Kar protests fail to impact voters
The TMC swept bypolls in West Bengal on Saturday, retaining five seats and wresting Madarihat from BJP, further cementing its political dominance in West Bengal, even as the ongoing protests over the RG Kar incident failed to sway voters. The bypolls were held in six constituencies — Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC), and Madarihat (ST) — following the resignation of MLAs who had vacated their assembly seats after securing victories in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. These elections held on November 13 were seen as a crucial test for the ruling party amid a politically charged atmosphere, with protests over the RG Kar issue intensifying. Despite these protests, the TMC emerged victorious across the board, in both rural and urban areas, continuing its winning streak of 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Five of the six constituencies are located in South Bengal, a TMC stronghold, while Madarihat is in the north, which the BJP had won in 2021.
Maharashtra Assembly bypolls
Maharashtra NCP (SP) President Jayant Patil retains Islampur seat in Sangli district with victory margin of 13,027 votesWest Bengal bypolls
TMC hits a six: Sweeps by-polls, snatches one from BJP; RG Kar protests fail to impact voters The TMC swept bypolls in West Bengal on Saturday, retaining five seats and wresting Madarihat from BJP, further cementing its political dominance in West Bengal, even as the ongoing protests over the RG Kar incident failed to sway voters.Sitting MLAs Thakur, Kadu lose to BJP rivals in Teosa, Achalpur seats in Amravati
Former minister and sitting Congress MLA Yashomati Thakur lost to her BJP rival by a margin of 7,974 votes in the Teosa assembly constituency in Amravati district. BJP's Rajesh Wankhede bagged 99,099 votes against three-time MLA Thakur's 91,125 votes as counting ended in 23 rounds, an election official said.Maharashtra bypolls
PM Modi lauds NDA's victory in Maharashtra as win for development, good governance; says 'united we will soar even higher'.BJP wins five seats in Rajasthan bypolls
The BJP won five of the seven seats in the Rajasthan Assembly bypolls, results of which were announced on Saturday. The Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) bagged one seat and the Congress was on course to win one, according to the Election Commission (EC). BJP's Rajendra Bhamboo won Jhunjhunu, Rajendra Gurjar won Deoli-Uniara, Rewant Ram Danga won Khinwsar, Shanta Amrit Lal Meena won Salumbar and Sukhavant Singh won Ramgarh.UP bypolls
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday termed the Uttar Pradesh bypolls as the "most distorted form of electoral politics". In a post on X in Hindi, Akhilesh Yadav said, "The tactics of those who have made 'election' synonymous with 'corruption' have been captured in photographs and exposed before the world," he said.Gujarat bypoll: BJP wrests Vav assembly seat from Congress in close contest
BJP leader Swarupji Thakor on Saturday defeated his nearest Congress rival, Gulabsinh Rajput, by 2,442 votes in the bypoll to the Vav assembly constituency in Gujarat, as per the ECI. Thakor surged past Rajput in the last two rounds. He bagged 92,176 votes, restricting Rajput to 89,734. Independent candidate Mavji Patel finished third with 27,195 votes. A total of 10 candidates were in the fray.AIMIM: Imtiaz Jaleel
BJP's Atul Save Defeats AIMIM's Imtiaz Jaleel in Aurangabad East by Narrow Margin In a closely contested battle in the Aurangabad East constituency, BJP's Atul Save has emerged victorious, defeating AIMIM's Imtiaz Jaleel by a narrow margin of just 1,000 votes. The race was a fierce one, with both candidates leading alternately as the vote counting progressed through the morning hours, making it a neck-to-neck fight that kept election watchers on edge.
Byelection: Priyanka Gandhi wins Wayanad Lok Seat by over 4 lakh votes
AICC General Secretary and United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra won the Wayanad Lok sabha seat byelection by a huge margin of 4,08,036 votes on Saturday. This was the maiden entry of Priyanka Gandhi to the Parliament, and she also broke the record margin of her brother Rahul Gandhi who secured 3,64,422 votes in the election held to the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in April 2024.
Mahayuti’s win gives BJP shot in the arm ahead of Delhi elections
With a victory secured in Maharashtra, the BJP received a shot in the arm ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls next year, with its local leaders saying the party is now set to dethrone the AAP government in the national capital with a massive win. Even as the signs of the landslide victory of the party-led alliance emerged with counting of votes on 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, the BJP announced a "Parivartan Yatra" to end the 10 year-rule of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi.Rajasthan Assembly bypolls
BJP's Sukhavant Singh wins Rajasthan's Ramgarh assembly bypoll by 13,636 votes.Have won in people’s court, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on by-poll results
Bengaluru, Nov 23 (PTI) Buoyed by the assembly election by-polls, which saw the ruling Congress sweeping in all the three seats, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said he won in the ‘people's court'. He gave credit to the guaranteed schemes for the party's victory in the assembly bypolls in Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna. “You know what Mahatma Gandhi said. He said people's court is better than the courts. Now people's court has given me its verdict,” Siddaramaiah told reporters. This victory was significant for the Congress as the BJP and JD(S) formed an alliance, he explained. “We won from Kalyana Karnataka (Sandur), Kittur Karnataka region (Shiggaon), and old Mysuru region (Channapatna). In all the places we won. So, this is very significant." “After our government came to power about one and half years ago, the BJP made false allegations on me and my government. They also spread lies about our schemes,” Siddaramaiah said.
Maharashtra Assembly Polls
Jharkhand Assembly Results
Not many takers for NOTA in these assembly polls too
The NOTA option once again found few takers, with 0.75 per cent of the electorate pressing the button in Maharashtra and 1.32 per cent in JharkhandLook forward to being your voice in Parliament: Priyanka to people of Wayanad
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Saturday she looks forward to being the voice of the people of Wayanad in Parliament and thanked Rahul Gandhi for "showing her the way and having her back always". Her remarks came after she took an unassailable lead of over 4 lakh votes in the byelection to Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.Jharkhand CM’s brother Basant Soren wins Dumka
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's brother Basant Soren won the Dumka assembly seat by 14,588 votes on Saturday, according to the Election Commission. BJP candidate Sunil Soren was in second place in the seat, securing 81,097 votes. The JMM candidate got 95,685 votes. Basant Soren won the Dumka seat in a bypoll in 2020, defeating BJP's Lois Marandi by 6,842 votes.BJP win in Maharashtra: Breather for Adani’s USD 3-bn Dharavi project
The landslide victory for ruling BJP-led Mahayuti in Maharashtra will booster billionaire Gautam Adani-led group's USD 3-billion project to redevelop Mumbai slum of Dharavi into a "world-class" district.Opposition Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) had pledged to reclaim all land given to the Adani group for redeveloping Asia's largest slum and promised to scrap the project altogether, if voted to power.For Adani, who is facing bribery charges in a US court, the scrapping of his pet Dharavi project would have been a big setback.
Assam Bypolls
Assam bypolls: NDA retains Sidli, Behali assembly seats, ahead in 3 others The BJP and its allies retained two assembly seats and were leading in the three other constituencies in Assam where bypolls were held on November 13. The saffron camp and its ally United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) on Saturday won the Sidli and the Behali assembly seats.UP bypolls: BJP wins three assembly seats, SP bags two
he BJP won Ghaziabad, Khair and Phulpur assembly seats while the Samajwadi Party bagged Sishamau and Karhal in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, results of which were announced on Saturday. The ruling BJP is leading in three of the nine seats for which bypolls were held on November 20 and its ally RLD is ahead in one, according to the Election Commission (EC).Maharashtra polls: BJP wins 24, ally Shiv Sena 15 and NCP 14
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 24 seats in the Maharashtra assembly elections so far and is leading in 106 others, while allies Shiv Sena and NCP bagged 15 and 14 seats respectively. The prominent winning candidates from the BJP include sitting MLA Nitesh Rane, who retained the Kankavli assembly seat in Sindhudurg district by a margin of 58,007 votes, state assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, who won the Colaba seat by 48,581, and Shivendraraje Bhonsle from Satara who retained the seat by a significant margin of 1,42,124 votes.Gujarat: BJP wrests Vav assembly seat from Congress in close contest
BJP leader Swarupji Thakor on Saturday defeated his nearest Congress rival, Gulabsinh Rajput, by 2,442 votes in the bypoll to the Vav assembly constituency in Gujarat, as per the ECI. Thakor surged past Rajput in the last two rounds. He bagged 92,176 votes, restricting Rajput to 89,734.Chhattisgarh bypolls
BJP's Sunil Kumar Soni wins Raipur City South assembly bypoll by a margin of 46,167 votesJharkhand Assembly Results
JMM candidate Basant Soren, brother of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, defeats BJP's Sunil Soren in Dumka by 14,588 votes:Assam bypolls
Assam bypolls: NDA retains Sidli, Behali assembly seats, ahead in 3 othersAIMIM: Imtiyaz Jaleel
AIMIM's Imtiyaz Jaleel Leading with Just 289 Votes with one More round of counting to be done.
Madhya Pradesh bypolls
MP minister and BJP candidate Ramniwas Rawat defeated by Congress' Mukesh Malhotra in Vijaypur assembly bypollUP bypolls: BJP wins three assembly seats, SP bags two
The BJP won Ghaziabad, Khair and Phulpur assembly seats while the Samajwadi Party bagged Sishamau and Karhal in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, results of which were announced on Saturday. The ruling BJP is leading in three of the nine seats for which bypolls were held on November 20 and its ally RLD is ahead in one, according to the Election Commission (EC). BJP's Phulpur candidate Deepak Patel defeated his nearest rival and Samajwadi Party (SP) nominee Md Mujtaba Siddiqui by a margin of 11,305 votes. Patel got a total of 78,289 votes, the EC website showed. In Ghaziabad, BJP's Sanjeev Sharma defeated his nearest rival and SP candidate Singh Raj Jatav by a margin of 69,351 votes. Sharma got a total of 96,946 votes. In Khair, BJP's Surender Diler got 1,00,181 votes and defeated SP's Charu Kain by a margin of 38,393 votes. The SP retained Sishamau and Karhal assembly seats, according to the EC.Rajasthan Assembly bypolls
Rajasthan Assembly bypolls: BJP candidate Rewant Ram Danga wins Khinwsar seat by 13,901 votes. BJP candidate Rewant Ram Danga won the assembly bypoll on Khinwsar seat with a margin of 13,901 votes, according to results announced on Saturday. Danga secured 1,08,628 votes, while his nearest rival and RLP candidate Kanika Beniwal got 94,727 votes.Maharashtra polls: BJP wins 24, ally Shiv Sena 15 and NCP 14
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 24 seats in the Maharashtra assembly elections so far and is leading in 106 others, while allies Shiv Sena and NCP bagged 15 and 14 seats respectively. The prominent winning candidates from the BJP include sitting MLA Nitesh Rane, who retained the Kankavli assembly seat in Sindhudurg district by a margin of 58,007 votes, state assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, who won the Colaba seat by 48,581, and Shivendraraje Bhonsle from Satara who retained the seat by a significant margin of 1,42,124 votes.UP bypolls
BJP's Deepak Patel wins Phulpur assembly seat with a margin of 11,305 votesNo row over Maharashtra CM’s post; leaders of Mahayuti will decide
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said there was no dispute over the chief minister's post and leaders of Mahayuti will decide on the issue together as the saffron party-led coalition is heading for a landslide victory. Addressing reporters, Fadnavis said the results of the Maharashtra assembly polls show that the state supports PM Narendra Modi and also thanked women voters. "The opposition's efforts to propagate a fake narrative, and polarise voters based on religion was foiled by masses," said Fadnavis. The deputy CM said he succeeded in breaking the 'chakravyuh' of opposition due to the support of voters, the BJP team and party leaders.UP bypolls
Samajwadi Party's Tej Partap Yadav wins UP's Karhal assembly seat by margin of 14,725 votes:Gujarat Bypolls
BJP's Swarupji Thakor wins VavMaharashtra poll results: Andhra Pradesh CM congratulates Mahayuti Alliance
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday congratulated the BJP-led Mahayuti Alliance on securing a historic mandate in Maharashtra. In a post on X, Naidu said the imminent victory reflects people's continued trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose strategic vision, and policies are paving the way for a “Viksit Bharat” to emerge. “Congratulations to the Mahayuti Alliance on securing a historic mandate in Maharashtra. This victory reflects people's continued trust in the leadership of the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji, whose strategic vision, transformative policies and devotion to the people are paving the way for a Viksit Bharat to emerge,” Naidu said. Meanwhile, AP BJP chief D Purandeswari in a post greeted all the party karyakartas, leaders, and people of Maharashtra over the victory.
TMC dominates Bengal bypolls; retains 4 seats, wrests one from BJP
In a major triumph, the Trinamool Congress is set for a clean sweep in all six bypolls, retaining four seats, wresting Madarihat from BJP, and leading in one, further cementing its political dominance in West Bengal, even as the ongoing protests over the RG Kar incident failed to sway voters. The bypolls were held in six constituencies — Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC), and Madarihat (ST) — following the resignation of sitting MLAs who had vacated their assembly seats after securing victories in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. These elections held on November 13 were seen as a crucial test for the ruling party amid a politically charged atmosphere, with protests over RG Kar issue intensifying. However, despite these protests, the TMC emerged victorious across the board continuing its winning streak of 2024 Lok Sabha poll victory.Maharashtra bypolls
Maharashtra people repose faith in Modi, INDIA bloc will disintegrate: Bandi Sanjay Kumar Hailing the victory of the BJP-led alliance in Maharashtra, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday said people of the western state reposed faith in the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. He also said that the INDIA alliance would fall apart.Jharkhand: JMM wins Chandankiyari, LoP Amar Kumar Bauri at third spot
JMM candidate Umakant Rajak won the Chandankiyari seat in Jharkhand's Bokaro district on Saturday by a margin of 33,733 votes, according to the Election Commission.Arjun Rajwar of the Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha was runner-up in the seat, while Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri of the BJP came third.Rajak bagged 90,027 votes, while Rajwar secured 56,294 votes. Bauri managed 56,091 votes.In the 2019 assembly polls, Bauri defeated Rajak, who contested the seat on an AJSU Party ticket.West Bengla bypolls
Bypolls: BJP posts gains in UP, TMC consolidates position in West Bengal he ruling BJP secured its hold over Uttar Pradesh with its candidates winning from two constituencies and leading in four of the nine seats that went to polls, 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.Jharkhand Assembly Results
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Rajasthan Bypolls
Rajasthan Bypolls: BJP's Shanta Amrit Lal Meena wins Salumbar BJP candidate Shanta Amrit Lal Meena won assembly bypolls on Salumbar seat in Rajasthan with a narrow margin of 1,285 votes. She secured 84,428 votes and defeated her nearest rival and BAP candidate Jitesh Kumar Katara, who got 83,143 votes.Jharkhand Assembly Polls
Jharkhand: JMM's Uma Kant Rajak wins Chandankiyari, Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri of BJP at third spot, according to EC.Wayanad LS bypoll: Priyanka crosses 3.64 lakh vote lead of Rahul in 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday surpassed the 3.64 lakh lead achieved by her brother Rahul Gandhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, as she comfortably cruises towards her maiden electoral win from the Wayanad seat in Kerala. The Congress-led UDF's candidate, Priyanka, extended her lead over her rivals by over 4.1 lakh votes after nearly seven hours of counting of the ballots in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, according to the Election Commission. Reacting to the lead achieved by Priyanka, Congress' ally Indian Union Muslim League and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said she would get more votes than her brother Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha polls in April this year and will win by a record margin. "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'.
Jharkhand bypolls
Jharkhand: JMM's Uma Kant Rajak wins Chandankiyari, Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri of BJP at third spot, according to EC.Maharashtra Assembly Results
BJP's Rahul Narwekar, speaker in the outgoing Maharashtra assembly, retains Colaba by margin of 48,581 votes.CPI(ML) Liberation’s Chandradeo Mahato wins Sindri seat in Jharkhand
CPI(ML) Liberation's Chandradeo Mahato on Saturday won the Sindri assembly seat in Jharkhand, defeating BJP's Tara Devi by a margin of 3,448 votes, the Election Commission said.Mahato polled 1,05,136 votes while Devi secured 1,01,688.Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) candidate Usha Devi secured third position with 42,664 votesBureaucrat-turned-politician Siddharth Kharat wins Maharashtra assembly poll
Mumbai, Nov 23 (PTI) Bureaucrat-turned-politician Siddharth Kharat on Saturday won his maiden assembly election from Mehkar in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, defeating a candidate of the Shiv Sena, headed by CM Eknath Shinde. Kharat, who defeated Sanjay Raymulkar by 5,219 votes, was a joint secretary in the state government, when he took voluntary retirement from the post in July this year and joined the Shiv Sena (UBT) ahead of the assembly elections.Ruling Cong sweeps Assembly bypolls in Karnataka, setback to BJP-JD(S) alliance
In a boost to the ruling Congress in Karnataka, the party on Saturday swept the by-polls to three Assembly segments, causing a major setback to the BJP-JD(S) alliance in the state. The Congress has retained Sandur, the seat considered to be its strong hold, and has also bagged Shiggaon and Channapatna segments, which were earlier held by BJP and JD(S) respectively. The November 13 by-polls to Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna Assembly segments had witnessed a fierce fight between the ruling Congress and a combative BJP-JD(S) alliance. The by-polls to Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna were necessitated as the seats fell vacant following the election of their respective representatives -- E Tukaram of Congress, former CM Basavaraj Bommai of BJP, and Union Minister Kumaraswamy of JD(S) to Lok Sabha in May elections.Maharashtra bypolls
Shocker for Congress as senior leaders Chavan, Thorat stare at defeat In a jolt to the Congress, senior party leaders Prithviraj Chavan and Balasaheb Thorat were staring at defeat in the Karad (south) and Sangamner assembly constituencies in Maharashtra as counting entered the final stages. Former chief minister Chavan (78) was trailing by 24,807 votes against BJP's Atul Bhosale as the 15th round of counting ended with two more rounds to go.Rajasthan Bypolls
BJP candidate Shanta Amrit Lal Meena wins assembly bypoll from Rajasthan's Salumbar by a margin of 1,285 votes.Maharashtra bypolls
Shiv Sena candidate Nilesh Rane, son of BJP MP Narayan Rane, wins Kudal assembly seat in Sindhudurg by 8,176 votes.
Maharashtra bypolls
Maharashtra polls: Jaleel, Siddiqui keep AIMIM hopes alive in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district Its former Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel was in a close contest in Aurangabad East seat against BJP leader and state minister Atul Save in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, while in Aurangabad Central, Naseruddin Siddiqui was leading against Shiv Sena's Pradip Jaiswal. Both Save and Jaleel have led alternatively as the rounds of vote counting progressed through the morning.
Punjab bypolls
AAP's Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon wins Punjab'sJharkhand bypolls
CPI(ML) Liberation's Chandradeo Mahato wins Sindri assembly seat in Jharkhand, defeating BJP's Tara Devi by 3,448 votesKarnataka Bypolls
JD(S) breathing its last with Nikhil's defeat in Channapatna: Yogeeshwara C P Yogeeshwara who won the Channapatna assembly by-poll on the Congress ticket said the JD(S) is breathing its last following the defeat of his opponent Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Nikhil, the son of Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, was contesting the election on the JD(S) ticket as part of BJP led NDA.Maharasthra Bypolls
This is BJP's victory, my contribution in this is very small: Devendra Fadnavis, who is tipped to be next CM of Maharashtra.
Kerala Bypolls
LDF's Pradeep wins Chelakkara assembly segment in KeralaUP Bypolls
BJP's Sanjeev Sharma wins assemblRajasthan bypolls
Rajasthan bypolls: State BJP chief claims victory in 5 seats, recounting in Dausa Rajasthan BJP President Madan Rathore on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Assembly bypolls in Jhunjhunu, Khinwsar, Deoli-Uniara, Ramgarh and Salumbar, while recounting of votes is underway in Dausa.Maharasthra Assembly Bypolls
Maharashtra assembly poll results show that the state supports PM Narendra Modi, says Fadnavis, thanks women voters.AIMIM Candidate Leads in Aurangabad East in Maharashtra Assembly Elections
In the ongoing Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has made a strong showing, with its candidate, Imtiaz Jaleel, leading in the Aurangabad East constituency. After the 16th round of vote counting, Jaleel is ahead with a significant margin of over 23,422 votes.
Maharashtra Assembly Result
Sitting BJPNDA sweeps bypolls to four assembly segments in Bihar
The ruling NDA in Bihar on Saturday swept the bypolls to four assembly segments, retaining Imamganj and wresting from the INDIA bloc Tarari, Ramgarh and Belaganj, receiving a boost ahead of the assembly elections due next year. Candidates of the Jan Suraaj, floated recently by former political strategist Prashant Kishor with much fanfare, lost deposits in all but one seat, in a clear indication that the fledgling party, despite claims of taking the political landscape in the state by storm, needs to cover much ground. The biggest setback for the INDIA bloc, helmed by the RJD, came in Belaganj, a seat the party had been winning since its inception in the 1990s, but this time lost to the JD(U) headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the arch-rival of its founding president Lalu Prasad.
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Uttarakhand Bypolls
BJP retains Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand The BJP on Saturday retained the Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand, with its candidate and state Mahila Morcha president Asha Nautiyal defeating Congress' Manoj Rawat by 5,622 votes. Nautiyal took an early lead and maintained it till the end. This is her third victory from the seat. She was elected to the state assembly from Kedarnath in 2002 and 2007 also.UP bypolls: NDA candidates ahead in seven seats, SP leads in two
The BJP and its ally RLD were leading in seven of the nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats where bypolls were held earlier this week while the Samajwadi Party was ahead in the remaining two, Election Commission trends showed on Saturday. The BJP was in the lead in Kundarki, Khair, Ghaziabad, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan seats, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Meerapur and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Karhal and Sisamau. In Meerapur, the RLD's Mithilesh Pal is leading by 19,785 votes against Samajwadi Party candidate Sumbul Rana.West-Bengal Bypolls
TMC wins Haroa by over 1 lakh votes in Bengal by-polls Trinamool Congress candidate Sk Rabiul Islam won the Haroa assembly by-poll on Saturday, defeating his nearest AISF nominee Piyarul Islam by 1,31,388 votes, the EC said. BJP secured the third position as party candidate Bimal Das got 13,570 votes.TMC wins Haroa by over 1 lakh votes in Bengal by-polls
Trinamool Congress candidateKarnataka Bypolls
Cong's Pathan wins Shiggaon Assembly bypoll in Karnataka, defeats ex-CM Bommai's son Congress' Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan on Saturday won the Shiggaon Assembly segment in Karnataka by defeating former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's son Bharath Bommai by a margin of 13,448 votes in the by-poll.Amit Shah congratulates Fadnavis on party’s impressive show in Maharashtra polls
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday called Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and congratulated him on the party's impressive performance in the Maharashtra assembly elections. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is on course to retain power in Maharashtra and was leading in 222 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 BJP has so far won three seats and was leading in 124 others. Sources close to Fadnavis confirmed that Shah called and congratulated him for the party's strong performance in the November 20 elections.
Mamata thanks people after TMC’s bypoll show
She said the results of the by-elections would help her work for the people. "I would like to thank and congratulate the 'Maa, Mati and Manush' from the bottom of my heart. Your blessings will help us work for the people in the coming days. We all are common people and that is our identity. We are not zamindars, but the custodians of the people," she posted on X.
Rajasthan bypolls: BJP candidates ahead in four seats
JP candidates were leading in four assembly seats while the Bharat Adivasi Party was ahead of its rivals in two seats in the counting of votes for the bypolls to seven assembly seats of Rajasthan. Congress was ahead only in one seat with its candidate from Dausa, Deen Dayal was leading against his nearest rival and BJP nominee Jag Mohan by a margin of 2,300 votes, Election Commission data showed.MNS, Ambedkar’s VBA, smaller parties fail to make impact; Mahayuti set for landslide win
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena of Raj Thackeray and Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi failed to make an impact in the state assembly polls as trends showed the ruling Mahayuti cruising to a landslide victory. Parties like the Samajwadi Party and All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen were in a slightly better position. While the MNS had fielded 125 candidates, the VBA had 200 candidates in the fray. The bad news for the MNS was compounded with Amit Thackeray, son of the party chief, trailing at third place in Mahim seat in Mumbai.Bihar bypolls: JD(U)’s Manorama Devi wins Belaganj seat
Bihar bypolls: JD(U)'s Manorama Devi wins Belaganj seatPatna, Nov 23 (PTI) NDA ally JD(U)'s nominee Manorama Devi won the Belaganj assembly seat in Bihar bypolls, defeating her nearest RJD rival Vishwanath Kumar Singh by a margin of 21,391 votes on Saturday, the EC said.Bypolls were held in three other seats - Tarari, Ramgarh and Imamganj.Karnataka Bypolls
Cong's Yogeeshwara wins Channapatna Assembly bypoll by defeating Kumaraswamy's sonWest Bengal Bypolls
TMC's Sk Rabiul Islam wins Haroa seat, beats AISF's Piyarul Islam by 1,313,88 votes.Hemant Soren-led alliance all set to retain Jharkhand; BJP emerges as second largest party
Hemant Soren's JMM-led alliance was all set to retain Jharkhand as it was leading in at least 50 seats in the 81-member state assembly on Saturday, as per the Election Commission data. The performance of the BJP-led NDA, which was seen as confident about its prospects in the state after an aggressive campaign, was poorer than its expectations. It was leading in 29 seats. The BJP's poll plank was driving out "infiltrators" from the Santha Parganas region, but it seemed to have fallen flat in front of the 'Adivasi' card played by the JMM, which also sought the people's sympathy over the arrest of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. According to the latest EC figures, the JMM was leading in 31 seats, the Congress in 14, the RJD in four and the CPI(ML) Liberation in one. The BJP was leading in 26 seats, while the AJSU Party, LJP (Ram Vilas) and JD(U) were ahead in one seat each. The chief minister was leading in the Barhait seat by over 17,000 votes, but his wife Kalpana Soren, credited with revitalising the JMM after the arrest of her husband, was trailing in the Gandey seat. State BJP president Babulal Marandi was leading in the Dhanwar seat, former CM Champai Soren was nearing victory in Seraikela and Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri was trailing in the Chanadankiyari seat. Congress minister Banna Gupta was trailing to JDU's Saryu Roy in the Jamshedpur West seat. In Ranchi, CP Singh of BJP was leading against JMM's Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Majhi. AJSU Party chief Sudesh Mahto was trailing in Silli.
Bihar Bypolls
JD(U)'s Manorama Devi wins Belaganj assembly by-poll defeating Vishwanath Kumar Singh of RJD.Punjab Bypolls
Punjab: AAP candidate Gurdeep Singh Randhawa wins Dera Baba Nanak seat.Wayanad LS Bypoll: Priyanka crosses lead achieved by Rahul in 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Top Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was on Saturday comfortably cruising towards her maiden electoral win from Wayanad in Kerala, as she surpassed the lead achieved by her brother Rahul Gandhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls earlier this year with party leaders and ally IUML predicting a big win for her amid the counting trends. The Congress-led UDF's candidate from this hill constituency, Priyanka, extended her lead by over 3.8 lakh votes after five hours of counting of the ballots in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, according to the Election Commission. Reacting to the lead achieved by Priyanka, Congress' ally Indian Union Muslim League and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said she would get more votes than her brother Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha polls in April this year and will win by a record margin. "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'. 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.
Hemant-Kalpana – power couple behind JMM’s spectacular performance in Jharkhand
Call it a charismatic show by the power couple—Hemant Soren and Kalpana Soren—whom the BJP had dubbed as 'Bunty aur Babli,' Jharkhand's JMM is on track to secure a second consecutive term as part of the INDIA bloc. Both Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife, legislator Kalpana Soren, who entered politics after her husband's arrest earlier this year, held nearly 200 election rallies after elections were announced. Loyal party workers have already begun celebrations, burst crackers and distributing sweets, even though the Election Commission has yet to announce the results.Kerala Bypolls
In a major boost to the opposition Congress-led UDF, the grand old party retained the Palakkad Assembly seat with its candidate Rahul Mamkootathil winning by a significant margin of 18,840 votes, pushing the ruling Left bloc to the third spot. Mamkootathil secured 58,389 votes as against BJP's C Krishnakumar who garnered 39,549 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).Bihar bypolls
Jitan Ram Manjhi's daughter-in-law Deepa Kumari wins Imamganj seat on HAM (S) ticket in Bihar bypolls. Deepa Kumari of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), an alliance partner of the NDA, won the Imamganj assembly seat in Bihar bypolls, defeating her nearest rival Raushan Kumar of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) by a margin of 5,945 votes on Saturday, the Election Commission of India said. Bypolls were held in three other seats-- Tarari, Belaganj and Ramgarh, where candidates of NDA alliance partners have established a comfortable lead in their respective constituencies.Gadkari hails Mahayuti, says it prioritised development under PM’s leadership
Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari congratulated the Mahayuti for the stellar performance in the Maharashtra assembly polls and said the ruling alliance prioritised development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Cong’s Deen Dayal ahead in Dausa assembly seat in Rajasthan
Congress candidate from Dausa Deen Dayal is leading against his nearest rival and BJP nominee Jag Mohan by a margin of 2,300 votes, Election Commission data showed on Saturday. While Dayal polled 75,334 votes, Mohan, the brother of cabinet minister Kirodi Lal Meena, got 73,034, the EC website showed.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
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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
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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
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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
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekar Bawankule leads in Kamthi assembly seat in Nagpur by 6,421 votes at end of second round: Poll officials.Jharkhand polls
Jharkhand polls: JMM-led INDIA bloc leading in 48 seats, NDA ahead in 28Bihar bypolls
Bihar bypolls: Ruling NDA ahead in 3 assembly seats, BSP in oneBengal assembly bypolls
TMC takes early leads in Bengal assembly bypollsJharkhand Bypolls
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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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