Votes might be counted within the Maharashtra and Jharkhand meeting elections
New Delhi:
Counting of votes within the Maharashtra and Jharkhand meeting elections, and bypolls in a number of states will start at 8 am. It’s the Mahayuti vs the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra, whereas Hemant Soren’s JMM and allies battle the NDA.
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Most exit polls have predicted a Mahayuti win in Maharashtra. Three exit polls have, nevertheless, forecast neither the Mahayuti nor the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) would safe a decisive majority to kind authorities. This could result in a state of affairs the place ‘resort politics’ could occur.
In Mahayuti, the BJP contested the biggest variety of seats at 148, adopted by the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at 80, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at 52. Mahayuti candidates are contesting in six extra seats.
In the Opposition MVA, the Congress contested 102 seats, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal Thackeray) 96 seats, and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) 86 seats. Two seats have been contested by Samajwadi Party and two seats by smaller MVA allies.
This was the primary election after splits within the NCP and the Shiv Sena. In the 2019 elections, BJP gained 105 seats, the undivided Shiv Sena 56, undivided NCP 54, Congress 44, independents 13 and others 16 seats. The outcomes at present can have large implications for all of the events, significantly NCP and Shiv Sena.
Uddhav Thackeray misplaced his chief ministerial place attributable to a cut up in his occasion in 2022 and the occasion has been eager to show some extent within the meeting polls. His key rival Eknath Shinde additionally gained recognition attributable to welfare measures of the Mahayuti authorities. And now there’s a seeming conflict over who’s the true heir of Balasaheb Thackeray’s legacy.
The NCP additionally suffered a cut up with Ajit Pawar becoming a member of the ruling alliance as Deputy Chief Minister in July final yr. His uncle Sharad Pawar saved a decent marketing campaign and has been eager to see that there isn’t any dent to his lengthy legacy in politics.
Rather a lot is at stake for the Congress in Maharashtra after the occasion is seen to have bungled its prospect within the Haryana meeting polls earlier this yr. The BJP fashioned its third successive authorities in Haryana earlier this yr.
In Jharkhand, whereas the ruling JMM-led alliance is banking on its work and guarantees, the NDA is hopeful of getting folks’s assist on its guarantees and the work of the central authorities. The marketing campaign noticed BJP leaders focusing on the JMM-led alliance over its efficiency and raised the difficulty of “infiltration” and tribal rights within the state.
Prominent candidates embody Chief Minister Hemant Soren, spouse Kalpana Soren, and sister-in-law Sita Soren from the JMM. Key BJP leaders embody former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi, Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto (JMM), AJSU Party chief Sudesh Mahto, and Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri.
Votes in bypolls can even be counted at present. In Kerala’s Wayanad, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is contesting the Lok Sabha byelection on the identical seat that his brother Rahul Gandhi used to symbolize earlier than he gained this time from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli. Bypolls have been held on seven meeting seats in Rajasthan. In Madhya Pradesh, a by-election was held in Budhni and Vijaypur. In Uttar Pradesh, votes might be counted within the by-polls in 9 meeting seats.
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