Maharashtra, Jharkhand Election Results 2024 LIVE Analysis: Triumphant Devendra Fadnavis thanks PM Modi, slogan ‘ek hain to safe hain’ for Maharashtra sweep

Maharashtra, Jharkhand Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Apart from its alleged communal overtones, PM Modi's slogan was seen as a counter to the Congress campaign for a caste census.

Maharashtra, Jharkhand Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: With counting of votes well underway in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, both states are serving as battlegrounds for a showdown between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the INDIA bloc. In Maharashtra, which has seen its share of political tumult since 2019, the ruling Mahayuti has surged ahead in its contest with the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), way beyond the halfway mark in leads. Devendra Fadnavis, who is being touted as the next CM party leaders, credited Prime Minister Modi, and his slogan “ek hain toh safe hain” for the victory.

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Meanwhile, in Jharkhand… the BJP-led NDA is not seeing such luck. While the BJP mounted an aggressive campaign alleging that “infiltrators” were changing the state’s demographics and usurping land and jobs, the Scheduled Tribe-reserved seats appeared to be staying with the INDIA bloc. The BJP’s gambit of wooing JMM No.2 and senior tribal leader Champai Soren to its side seems to have not worked.

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What’s at stake? For the BJP, the results will determine how the party fares in a perception battle after its underwhelming performance in the Lok Sabha polls. A victory for Congress and other INDIA parties will mean the furthering of a ‘BJP is on a decline’ narrative, and serve as a boost of confidence for a shaky alliance.

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13:43 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Triumphant Devendra Fadnavis thanks PM Modi, slogan ‘ek hain to safe hain’

The man of the day in the BJP’s big Maharashtra win, Devendra Fadnavis 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 hain toh safe hain” slogan.

Leading from Nagpur South West Assembly seat by 19,437 seats at 1 pm, Fadnavis posted on X, "Ek Hain toh Safe Hain', 'Modi hai to Mumkin hai'.

The “Ek hain toh safe hain” slogan was a staple of all speeches of Modi during the campaign, with the Opposition objecting to it as an indirect communal appeal to Hindus to vote as one. The PM came up with the slogan after even BJP ally NCP objected to the use of “Batenge toh katenge” slogan by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the campaign. Apart from its alleged communal overtones, both slogans were seen as a counter to the Congress campaign for a caste census.

-- Express News Service

13:26 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
By-election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Hopes up for Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar as Congress leads in key Karnataka seats

In Karnataka, the Congress has established leads in three seats where bypolls were held on November 13.

In Channapatna seat Congress's C P Yogeshwar established a firm lead over Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the NDA Union Minister and former CM H D Kumaraswamy's son and seemed set to snatch the seat from the JDS. The seat fell vacant after Kumaraswamy resigned to contest the Lok Sabha polls.

The Congress also established a surprise lead in the Shiggaon seat where former CM Basavaraj Bommai's son Bharat Bommai was trailing the Congress candidate Yasir Pathan. The Shiggaon poll is expected to be a close affair on account of a large number of Muslim and Lingayat voters in region. If Congress wins, it'll be seen as a boost for CM Siddaramaiah and DCM D K Shivakumar and the populist policies of the Congress government such as the five guarantees. -- Johnson TA reports

13:07 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Is the Sharad Pawar magic waning?

With the Mahayuti heading for a landslide in Maharashtra, 83-year-old NCP(SP) Sharad Pawar, who saw his party win 8 of the 10 seats it contested barely five months ago, has failed to weave his magic as his party sits at the bottom of the list of the six major players in the state.

According to latest EC trends, the NCP(SP) is leading only in 18 of the 87 seats it contested while rival Ajit Pawar is set to win double the number of seats.

The senior Pawar’s strategy to rope in disgruntled leaders ahead of the Assembly polls has not seemed to work so has his strategy of “targeting” leaders who jumped ship with Ajit during the 2023 rebellion. – Ajay Jadhav reports

12:30 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
By-election Results 2024 Live Analysis: In high-wattage UP bypolls, few surprises, BJP may take 1 seat off SP

Apart from Kundarki, where the BJP is leading and the Samajwadi Party trailing, the eight Assembly seats where bypoll results are coming in Uttar Pradesh seem to be voting for the same party as they did in the 2022 Assembly polls.

The trends at noon showed the BJP’s Ramveer Singh leading in the Muslim-dominated Kundarki by over 55,000 votes, with the SP's Mohammad Rizwan behind. The SP's Zia-ur-Rehman had won the seat in 2022, but vacated it after getting elected to the Lok Sabha.

With the BJP suffering a fatal collapse in UP in the Lok Sabha elections, directly contributing to its slide to below majority at the Centre, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had staked personal prestige in the UP bypolls.

-- Lalmani Verma reports

12:14 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: What turned the tide in Vidarbha for Mahayuti?

Even as agricultural distress in terms of lower than Minimum Support Price (MSP) rates of cotton and soyabean continued unabated, the Mahayuti managed to sweep the Vidarbha area of Maharashtra. Senior Congress leaders like Vijay Waddetiwar and others were trailing as BJP was headed to capture the cotton belt once again.

Farm activist Vijay Jawandhiya, while speaking to The Indian Express said the results speak of the resounding success of the Majhi Mukhya Mantri Ladki Behin Yogna which saw the state government give Rs 1,500/- into the bank accounts of the eligible women in the state. “Money after all is money - people saw the swiftness with which the money was deposited in the bank accounts. This was one of the main reasons why people decided to vote for Mahayuti just months after voting for MVA in the Loksabha elections,” he said.

Another reason which helped the Mahayuti was the manner in which rebellions was handled and differences ironed out in the party. Unlike this, the MVA often was a divided house in Vidarbha and strong independents dented the chances of the official candidates.

-- PARTHA SARATHI BISWAS reports

12:06 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
By-election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Blow for RJD in Bihar, may lose Ramgarh and Belaganj bastions

After initial rounds of counting in the Bihar Assembly bypolls, Belaganj and Ramgarh are slowly slipping away from the RJD. In another setback, RJD’s ally in the INDIA bloc, the CPI-ML, also may not be able to retain Tarari seat.

After the sixth round of counting, the BJP's Awhok Singh has got 35, 688 votes, taking a marginal lead over the BSP's Satish Yadav who polled 35,320 votes. RJD candidate Ajit Singh, the son of party state president Jagdanand Singh and brother of Buxar RJD MP Sudhakar Singh, is trailing with 21292 votes.

Belaganj was earlier represented by the RJD's Surendra Prasad Yadav who went on to be elected in the Lok Sabha polls from Jehanabad. This was one of the four Bihar bypolls seats where RJD chief Lalu Prasad had campaigned.

Despite the backing, the JD (U)'s Manorama Devi has been leading with 52,339 votes over the RJD's Vishwanath Kumar Singh.

The CPI-ML had won Tarari in the 2020 Assembly polls. As per trends, the BJP’s Vishal Prashant is leading over the CPI-ML's Raju Yadav by about 20,000 votes.

-- Santosh Singh reports

11:56 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: In Sena vs Sena face-off, Eknath Shinde far ahead of Uddhav Thackeray

Trends show the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde leading in at least 38 out of the 51 seats it is contesting against the rival Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).

Some seats where the Sena (UBT) had a lead included Worli, from where Aaditya Thackeray is contesting against Shiv Sena's Milind Deora, Mahesh Sawant in Mahim seat, Ajay Chaudhari in Sewri and Bhaskar Jadhav in Guhagar. However, after seven rounds, the lead of Aaditya, the UBT scion, was merely a thousand-plus votes.

Some of the prominents candidates of the Shinde Sena were leading included Eknath Shinde in Kopri Pachpakhadi, Deepak Kesarkar in Sawantwadi, Uday Samant in Ratnagiri, Nilesh Rane in Kudal and Abdul Sattar in Sillod. Sattar is the Shinde Sena’s only Muslim MLA in the outgoing Assembly.

Of the 51 seats in which the two Senas took on each other, 19 are in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (12 in Mumbai), 8 in Marathwada, 8 in prestigious Konkan ,6 in Vidarbha, 5 in North Maharashtra and 4 in Western Maharashtra. Overall too, the Shinde Sena far outled the Sena (UBT) at 56 seats to 19 at 11.45 am.

-- Vallabh Ozarkar reports

11:46 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: ‘Land, love jihad’ claims of BJP fail, JMM set to retain tribal hold

While the BJP mounted an aggressive campaign in Jharkhand tribal areas alleging that “infiltrators” were changing the state’s demographics and usurping land and jobs, and claiming “love jihad” and “land jihad”, the Scheduled Tribe-reserved seats appear to be staying with the INDIA bloc.

Of the 28 ST-reserved seats in Jharkhand, the JMM-Congress alliance was leading in 23 at 11.30 am. The BJP was ahead in only five. The BJP had also lost all the tribal seats in the Lok Sabha polls.

Tribal voters make up around 27% of the state population. The BJP’s gambit of wooing JMM No.2 and senior tribal leader Champai Soren to its side too appears to have not worked.

-- Lalmani Verma reports

11:42 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: As BJP emerges on top, calls from within: Devendra Fadnavis as CM

As the Mahayuti headed for a landslide victory in Maharashtra Saturday, with the BJP seat to increase its tally from 105 in 2019 to 125 now, BJP spokesperson Pravin Darekar said Devendra Fadnavis may be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

''This result has taken us by surprise. We knew we would win, but never expected this kind of an overwhelming result. I think Devendra Fadnavis will be the CM,'' Darekar told reporters in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena spokesperson Sheetal Mhatare said Mahyuti leaders will decide who will be CM. ''We think Eknath Shinde should remain the CM,'' he said.

Another BJP spokesperson, Keshav Upadhaye, said,.''Election results are coming in. The Mahayuti is clearly leading. This vote is for development. If BJP workers think Fadnavis should be the CM, there is nothing wrong in it… Mahayuti leaders will finally take the decision.''

The CM of the BJP-Shiv Sena government in 2014-2019, Fadnavis had to be satisfied with the Deputy CM post after the BJP returned to power with the support of the Eknath Shinde faction. --- Manoj More reports

11:37 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live: Mahayuti crosses halfway mark in Maharashtra, BJP leads in 90 seats

As per the Election Commission's latest numbers, the Mahayuti alliance has crossed the crucial 145-seat majority mark in leads in Maharashtra. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leads the alliance with 90 seats, followed by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction securing 45 seats. Meanwhile, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction, aligned with the alliance, has managed to win 32 seats.

11:22 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Ajit Pawar on course to have the last laugh as NCP leads in 35 of 53 seats

In what was a make-or-break election for him, Ajit Pawar seems to be on course to have the last laugh. Based on the figures available on the ECI website, his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has the lead in 35 of the 53 seats it contested while his uncle Sharad Pawar's NCP(SP) leads in only 13. In Baramati, which Ajit has not lost since 1991, he is ahead of his nephew Yugendra by 21,000 votes after five rounds.

11:13 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: In Maharashtra’s soyabean belt, early trends show good lead for Mahayuti

In both Marathawada and Vidharbha, the Mahayuti has established good leads in most of the seats that had seen farmers express discontent over the low prices of soyabean.

Grown over 50 lakh hectares, Mahayuti had established leads over 60 per cent of the seats. In Marathwada, where the Maratha reservation movement led by Manoj Jarange Patil had got much traction, the Mahayuti has managed to buckle the trend and gain in almost all the seats.

As per the ECI’s website even Rajesh Tope, the former minister of the health and NCP (SP) candidate was trailing behind his Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) candidate Udhan Hikmat Baliram. -- Partha Sarathi Biswas reports

11:07 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Priyanka surges ahead in Wayanad, low turnout and Waqf row only blips in rearview mirror

Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi is poised for a big win in her maiden electoral battle from Kerala’s Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, early trends suggest.

When 3,33,298 votes were counted till 10.40 am on Saturday, Priyanka had bagged 64.12 percent of the votes, while her rivals Sathyan Mokeri of LDF and Navy Haridas of BJP got 21.96 per cent and 12.34 per cent, respectively. The total polled votes in the constituency, which went to the by-election on November 13, were 9,52,543.

Congress had little to worry about as far as the bypoll outcome was concerned, and the focus of the campaign was to ensure the maximum margin for the high-profile candidate. Senior leaders had been working at the grassroots level, targeting a five lakh-plus majority for Priyanka, whose contest had brought the landslide-hit region to national limelight. -- Shaju Philip reports

11:04 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: In Jharkhand, Congress may perform better than what its allies predicted

The Congress and the Mahayuti may be sinking in Maharashtra but in Jharkhand the party is performing better than expected, better than even what some of its allies may have expected. Towards the end of the elections, there was a worry in the INDIA camp if the Congress had been given too many seats, Lalmani Verma had reported.

JMM and RJD leaders expressed worry about the Congress's weak campaign, last-minute organisational changes, and top leaders not campaigning much there.

But the early trends show that the Congress is leading in 13 of the 30 seats it contested, not far behind the 16 seats it won in 2019.

— Express News Service

10:58 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
By-poll Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: What's happening in Rajasthan? BJP to Congress and RLP – top leaders see setbacks

The early trends from Assembly bypolls in Rajasthan indicate a setback for veteran politicians Hanuman Beniwal, who is the chief of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), Kirodi Lal Meena of BJP, as well as Ola (Jhunjhunu) and Khan (Ramgarh) families of Congress.

Hanuman Beniwal had fielded his wife Kanika Beniwal from the home turf for Khinwsar. However, with one-fourth of counting done, she was trailing BJP’s Rewant Ram Danga by 5,000 votes.

For cabinet minister Kirodi Lal, who has been a constant headache to the Bhajan Lal Sharma government and the party, much is on the line after the party fielded his brother Jagmohan from Dausa. However, Congress’s Deen Dayal had a small lead of 1660 votes after the 5/18 rounds of counting.

Going into the polls, Congress party leaders were considering Jhunjhunu and Ramgarh as their strong seats. In Jhunjhunu, Congress candidate Amit Ola’s father Brijendra Ola won the Assembly seat for four consecutive terms between 2008 and 2023, before getting elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year; Amit Ola is currently in third position.

In Ramgarh, the Congress was hoping to gain from sympathy votes following the demise of sitting MLA Zubair Khan - who held the seat for four terms, while his wife was MLA for one. However, their son Aryaan Zubair is trailing BJP’s Sukhavant Singh by just over 1100 votes after 5/22 rounds of counting. -- Hamza Khan reports

10:54 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: As MVA falls too far behind, first suggestion of ‘concession’, talk of ‘conspiracy’

Initial trends indicate a disappointing performance for the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the 2024 Assembly elections. The results reflect a combination of factors, including internal disunity and a significant delay in finalizing seat-sharing arrangements, with key leaders such as Nana Patole from the Congress and Sanjay Raut of the Shiv Sena (UBT) engaged in public spats.

With the MVA trailing far behind, Sanjay Raut of the Sena (UBT) indicated that the alliance was reconciled to a loss, saying the party didn’t accept “this mandate” and that there seemed to be some “conspiracy”.

The Mahayuti coalition went into the contest having effectively consolidated its strengths, and banking on "Ladki Bahin Scheme" as well as telling Hindus to “stay together” as a counter to INDIA’s “danger to Constitution” threat that worked in the Lok Sabha polls.

The MVA also appears to have failed to connect with rural and tribal voters, who felt neglected due to a lack of adequate development programmes and direct engagement. Ultimately, the MVA's internal strife, failure to counter the BJP’s narrative, and inability to engage effectively with the electorate were pivotal in its electoral setback.

-- Zeeshan Shaikh reports

10:50 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Big boost for Hemant Soren as JMM sprints ahead in 31 seats in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, the INDIA bloc is leading in 51 seats, with the JMM itself sprinting ahead in 31 seats. The Congress has got a lead in 12 seats, the CPI-ML in 2, and the RJD in six.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has almost had a full term in power, barring a five-month tenure in jail in a money-laundering case — meaning that he missed being only the second CM in the state to have achieved the feat after Raghubar Das of the BJP.

In the election campaign, Soren banked on his government’s popular schemes, such as Rs 1,000 pension schemes, the doorstep delivery of services, and recently the Maiya Samman Yojana for women from underprivileged communities between 18 and 50 years, to return to power. And looking at the numbers — his strategy seemed to have paid off.

— Abhishek Angad reports

10:48 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: In former Cong-NCP bastion of west Maharashtra, Mahayuti pulls far ahead

In Western Maharashtra that used to be a bastion of the Congress-NCP combine, the Mahayuti pulled ahead of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, leading in 41 seats to its 11.

The BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP candidates were heading in mosts seats in districts like Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Pune and Solapur

Among the big faces in the contest here is former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, who alleged that the BJP had distributed money in his constituency. He was leading by a thin margin at 10.44 am.

Till the 2009 Assembly polls, the Congress and united NCP dominated the sugar belt of Western Maharashtra in terms of number of seats and the vote share. However, since 2014, the BJP has started improving its tally in the region even though it could not secure more seats than the Congress-NCP combined. ENS

— Express News Service

10:41 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Ajit Pawar dominates the narrative in Baramati

The election results in the Baramati constituency have reaffirmed Ajit Pawar's political dominance, as the entire region was adorned with his images and echoed with the slogan, "Ek Vaada Ajit Dada."

As of the fourth round, Ajit Pawar has secured 8,287 votes, leading by 4,074 votes against Yugendra Pawar, who has garnered 4,213 votes. With a total lead of 15,248 votes, Pawar continues to maintain a stronghold in the constituency. -- Shubham Tigga reports

10:39 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: No R G Kar effect? TMC takes early lead in all six Assembly seat bypolls

The R G Kar rape-murder incident and corruption issues appear to have had no significant impact on the ruling Trinamool Congress’s fortunes in the Bengal by-elections as the party took lead in all the six seats.

TMC candidates led from the beginning of the counting, leaving the BJP and other Opposition parties behind. The BJP was second-placed in all but one seat at 10.30 am.

Partha Bhowmik, the TMC Lok Sabha MP from Barrackpur, said: “People are with Mamata Banerjee. The results so far show that people have understood how the Opposition tried to malign the name of Mamata Banerjee in the R G Kar episode.”

Of the six seats, Madarihat and Sitai are in North Bengal and the others – Taldangra, Medinipur, Haroa and Naihati – are in South Bengal. By-elections were held after MLAs of these seats contested the Lok Sabha elections and won. In the 2021 Assembly elections, of these six seats, one was won by the BJP and the rest five by the TMC.

— Ravik Bhattacharya reports

10:36 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: With Mahayuti pulling ahead, who will be next Maharashtra CM?

It is turning out to be an exceptional performance for the Mahayuti in Maharashtra, with the BJP leading in 116 seats, the Shiv Sena in 56, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 35.

If this trend holds and the Mahayyuti storms back to power, the big question will be: who will be the CM?

Depending on how well the BJP does, Devendra Fadanvis may have a stronger claim this time around though the BJP leadership is learnt to have assured Eknath Shinde that he would retain the chair if his party won over 40 seats, something that is it is on course to do.

Who will be CM if Mahayuti wins? Reading the signals as BJP keeps it an open question

— Sattwick Barman reports

10:34 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: 'Not a mandate by people... mandate managed by Adani and gang', says Sanjay Raut

"This is not a mandate by the people. This is a mandate managed by the Adani and its gang," says Sanjay Raut.

10:30 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
By-poll Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: AAP leads in all 5 Punjab constituencies

The early trends show that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leads in all four Assembly constituencies in Punjab where bypolls were held. These seats are Gidderbaha, Barnala, Chabbewal, and Dera Baba Nanak. The party, which appointed a new state president on Friday, will take heart from these early trends after the disappointment of the Lok Sabha elections in which it won only three seats.

In bypolls, the ruling parties in the state have predominantly found favour in the last 30 years. As many as 18 of the 23 bypolls held since 1995 were won by ruling parties, with the Opposition parties winning only five. — Raakhi Jagga reports

10:24 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: JKLM leads in Jugsalai seat

As of 10:00 pm, the Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha is leading in the Jugsalai seat where party candidate Binod Swansi is contesting.

The JKLM is led by 29-year-old rising OBC Kudmi leader a.k.a Tiger Jairam Mahato. Jairam is a Kudmi Mahato, one of three prominent Mahato groups of Jharkhand, the others being Koeri and Teli.

The Kudmi Mahatas (Mahatos) comprise around 15% of the population, compared to say the tribals who make up 26-27%. However, sources in the know of SECC data claimed their population in Jharkhand to be around 8%.

However, since he emerged on the state’s political scene earlier this year, Jairam has cut across divides as, simply, “Jharkhand ka ladka (Jharkhand’s own son)”. One big contributor to his popularity are his videos on social media, where he has a huge following. In the videos, he talks about political awareness, “wealth amassed by political leaders”, the poverty of the people, and how “outsiders get government jobs in Jharkhand”. -- Abhishek Angad reports

10:21 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Despite anti-incumbency talk, Mahayuti leads in all Maharashtra regions

Mahayuti leads in all regions of Maharashtra despite talks of agrarian crisis. The BJP is also doing exceedingly well in Sharad Pawar bastion of western Maharashtra as well as per the leads. -- Alok Deshpande reports

10:09 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: SKM nominees elected unopposed from two assembly seats

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) candidates Aditya Golay and Satish Chandra Rai have been elected unopposed in the bypolls to Soreng-Chakung and Namchi-Singhithang assembly constituencies, officials say.

Golay was the only candidate in the fray for the bypolls to Soreng-Chakung seat after SDF's Probin Hang Subba withdrew his nomination.

Rai was elected unopposed from Namchi-Singhithang assembly constituency as he was the sole candidate in the fray, following the withdrawal of candidature by SDF nominee Daniel Rai. -- PTI

10:08 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Bengal By-Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: TMC takes early lead in six assembly seats

As per early trends, the RG Kar incident and corruption issues, which the BJP banked during their campaign, seem to have little effect in Bengal's six seats. The TMC has taken lead in all sex assembly seats. -- Ravik Bhattacharya reports

10:03 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Pawar v Pawar contest unfolds is Baramati

The contest in Baramati has everyone’s attention. Here, deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar is battling it out with the NCP (SP)’s Yugendar Pawar — his nephew. While this is Ajit Pawar’s 8th Assembly contest it is Yugendra’s first.

Since 1967, the Pawar family has never lost the Baramati seat, both in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. NCP veteran Sharad Pawar has himself won Baramati Assembly and Lok Sabha seats a total of 14 times. But after the split in NCP, the battle has become a matter of prestige for Ajit and Pawar Senior.

As per current trends, Ajit Pawar is leading by 9,000 votes.

Here is a ground report from Baramati on Yugendra Pawar’s campaign.

-- Sunanda Mehta reports

09:56 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Sharad Pawar, Thackeray's political future on the line

For NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, whose parties saw splits in 2023 and 2022, respectively, the outcome is likely to make or break their immediate political future. The BJP had dealt the biggest blow to the Opposition by engineering the splits, and bringing down the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government.

A victory in the state could re-energise the Opposition camp with many of its leaders believing that it could slow down the BJP’s “predatory politics”.

09:42 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: BJP fares well in Marathawada - what does this mean?

BJP's performance in Marathawada assumes significance as the agitation seeking OBC status for the Maratha community led by Manoj Jarange-Patil adversely impacted the Mahayuti candidates in the Lok Sabha polls, especially in Marathwada. It led to the consolidation of Maratha votes along with Muslim and Dalit votes.

While Jarange-Patil decided not to field his candidates in the Assembly polls, his call was mainly against those from the BJP. The Mahayuti believes this led to the counter consolidation of OBCs in its favour.

09:38 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
By-poll Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Priyanka Gandhi takes comfortable lead in Wayanad

In Wayanad, Priyanka Gandhi’s lead has crossed 60,000 votes. LDF candidate Sathyan Mokeri and BJP’ Navy Haridas are far behind one and a half into counting of votes.

09:35 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: How is BJP doing in Maharashtra?

In ruling alliance, the BJP is looking to become a single largest party by huge margin. In the MVA, all three parties have leads on almost equal number of seats.

09:31 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Early trends show Mahayuti leading in Maharashtra, NDA ahead in Jharkhand

As per early trends, the BJP is faring well in both the states. In Maharashtra, the Mahayuti is ahead in over 160 seats, while MVA's prospects look good on 83 seats. In Jharkhand, early leads show BJP-led NDA ahead in 39 seats, INDIA bloc in 31.

09:21 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Mahayuti fares well in Marathawad region, show early trends

As per the early trends, despite talks of anti-incumbency, the ruling Mahayuti is doing well in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

09:12 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: 5 things to watch out for today

In Maharashtra, the MVA and Mahayuti both are eyeing independent and rebel candidates, should their need arise to cross the halfway mark in the 288-member House.

The Assembly elections this time saw an increase of over four per cent in voter turnout, its highest since 1995. Both the ruling and Opposition alliances have cited this as a sign of victory. Other than the rise in the voter turnout, the increase in the number of women voters is also set to play a key role in the outcome of a contest that is widely believed to have been a close one

Here are the five things to watch out for.

09:07 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: 5 things to watch out for today

Will the BJP be able to snatch one more state from the Opposition or will it face a blow after running a polarising campaign built around the rhetoric of alleged illegal immigration?

The BJP has alleged that the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led government has engaged in appeasement politics aimed at the Muslim community while tribal communities have suffered. Moreover, a core part of the BJP’s message was its claim that 'Bangladeshi infiltration poses a “threat” to Jharkhand’s identity and demographics. The ruling JMM has countered this by saying that Centre and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which it holds responsible for protecting the border regions and preventing infiltration, if at all.

Read the full report here

08:56 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: Ajit Pawar trails in Baramati in early leads

The first trends in postal ballot counts shows that Yugendra Pawar the NCP (SP) candidate has taken a lead in Baramati. He is fighting against his uncle deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. This would be Yugendra’s first electoral battle. Ajit Pawar has been representing Baramati for the last 7 terms.

08:16 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: What's at stake for the Congress?

Today is also key for the Congress as well as many parties of the INDIA bloc, who is looking to propel the 'BJP is on a decline' narrative. A losses in both states, especially in Maharashtra, will put a bigger question mark on the INDIA bloc's unity. Since the Lok Sabha results, leaders of the INDIA bloc have not been seen together — even for perfunctory photo ops — despite the alliance existing on paper.

08:04 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Analysis: What's at stake for the BJP?

For the BJP, the results will determine how the party fares in the battle of perception after its underwhelming performance in the Lok Sabha elections. On the other hand, a loss in both states, or at least in Maharashtra, will give way to the perception that Lok Sabha results were a reflection of a trend that is, by and large, continuing -- a conclusion that may have far-reaching consequences for the party.

08:03 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
......And counting begins!

Counting of votes has kicked off in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Postal ballots will be counted first.

08:02 (IST) 23 Nov 2024
Good morning! Welcome to our blog

Hi! Good morning. Stick around as we decode the Jharkhand and Maharashtra election results as they trickle in.

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