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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Bihar bypolls: Ruling NDA ahead in 3 Assembly seats, BSP in one
he ruling NDA alliance in Bihar secured early leads in three of the four assembly constituencies where bypolls were held on November 13, officials said on Saturday.
NDA candidates were leading in Tarari, Belaganj and Imamganj constituencies, while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was ahead in Ramgarh, according to initial trends of counting for the bypolls to the four assembly segments.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI) website, Vishal Prashant of the BJP was leading in Tarari by 2,636 votes over his nearest rival Raju Yadav of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation after the completion of the second round of counting.
In the Imamganj constituency, Deepa Kumari of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), an alliance partner of the NDA, was leading by 1,553 votes over her nearest rival Raushan Kumar of the RJD after the sixth round of counting.
Initially, Kumari, the daughter-in-law of Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, was trailing.
Manjhi, who previously represented the Imamganj seat, vacated it following his election to Lok Sabha from Gaya in the 2024 parliamentary elections.
In the Belaganj assembly seat, Manorma Devi of JD(U), which is also an alliance partner of the NDA, was leading by 7,928 votes over her nearest rival Vishwanath Kumar Singh of the RJD after completion of four rounds of counting.
Satish Kumar Singh Yadav of the BSP was leading by 3,033 votes in Ramgarh over his nearest rival Ashok Kumar Singh of the BJP after four rounds of counting.
