Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren (3rd from right), his wife and JMM leader Kalpana Soren (4th right) celebrate with family members after the victory of JMM-led INDIA bloc in the Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Ranchi, on Saturday (November 23). Photo: X/@HemantSorenJMM
Elections LIVE | Maharashtra votes in Mahayuti again, Jharkhand retains INDIA bloc
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Few predicted it, and in an election that was supposed to be close, the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is headed for a landslide win in Maharashtra, bagging over 200 seats. In Jharkhand again, the outcome has not gone as per the script, with INDIA Bloc making a stunning comeback, in a late swing of seats.
As per the latest updates, the BJP-led alliance is winning in 225 seats, with the Maha Vikas Aghadi tottering at 55. In Jharkhand, INDIA Bloc is ahead in 51 seats, and NDA in 29.
Here are the bypoll updates from across states:
Kerala: Congress leads in Palakkad and Wayanad (LS); Left in Chelakkara
Karnataka: Congress leads in all three seats
Uttar Pradesh: BJP leads in six seats; SP 3
Punjab: AAP leads in 2 seats; Congress 2
Rajasthan: Congress, BJP and Bharat Adivasi Party lead in two seats each
West Bengal: Trinamool Congress leads in all six Assembly seats
Bihar: NDA leads in two seats.
Uttarakhand: BJP leads
With a dramatic change in its political dynamics over the last two and a half years following a split in the regional forces like Shiv Sena and NCP, Maharashtra witnessed an intense battle between the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) grouping. The Mahayuti comprises the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde), and Ajit Pawar-led NCP, while the MVA has Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP) as its constituents.
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Jharkhand witnessed a fierce electoral battle between the ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc and the BJP-led NDA, with the former seeking to retain power and the latter attempting to wrest it from the ruling dispensation.The NDA attacked the JMM-led coalition over corruption and infiltration, criticising ruling party leaders, including the chief minister, who is out on bail. Hemant Soren hit out at the saffron camp, alleging that the Opposition party spent over Rs 500 crore on "malicious campaigns" against him.
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- 23 Nov 2024 3:08 PM IST
My performance due to power of Munde family coming together, says Dhananjay; hails cousin Pankaja
NCP leader Dhananjay Munde said his performance from Parli assembly seat was the "power" of the Munde family coming together.
The agriculture minister in the outgoing cabinet under Shinde was leading by 88,659 votes over NCP (SP) candidate Rajesaheb Deshmukh in Parli as per data made available on the EC website at 2:30pm.
The area was the stronghold of BJP stalwart late Gopinath Munde before Dhananjay Munde walked out and joined the undivided NCP. He defeated Gopinath Munde's daughter Pankaja Munde in the 2019 assembly polls.
However, with Dhananjay Munde opting to side with Ajit Pawar when the latter joined the Eknath Shinde government in July last year, the Munde household united under the Mahayuti banner, which comprises the NCP, the BJP as well as Shiv Sena.
"My win is the power of the Munde family coming together. Pankaja Munde took great efforts to get votes for me. I got such a huge lead as all communities have come together," he told reporters.
"The opposition tried to conspire against me and also divide people on the basis of caste. Even a national leader (referring to Sharad Pawar) addressed a rally here (seeking his defeat). The opposition took every effort to polarise people but it did not work," Dhananjay Munde said.
- 23 Nov 2024 3:02 PM IST
#WATCH | #JharkhandElectionResults | Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Congress president Rajesh Thakur says, "Earlier too, when our Govt had faced a crisis, we had said that we confidently form Government. We are going to form the Government with confidence once again." pic.twitter.com/EoRfVL5Ncn
— ANI (@ANI) November 23, 2024
