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Maharashtra, Haryana Polls 2019 Results: As it happened

Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Election Results 2019: The counting of votes for assembly constituencies in Maharashtra and Haryana began at 8 am. Exit polls had predicted victory for BJP in both states. The polls were partially true

Reported by: India TV News Desk New Delhi Updated on: October 24, 2019 23:22 IST
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Election Results Live Updates: Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Election Results 2019: The counting of votes for assembly constituencies in Maharashtra and Haryana 

Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Election Results 2019: It was an all-important day as counting of votes in Maharashtra and Haryana was due. The counting started at 8 am in the morning. Exit polls had predicted victory for BJP in both states. The polls were partially true. As the day ended, it was clear that Shiv Sena- BJP 'Mahayuti' will be forming the next government in Maharashtra. The combine got more than adequate numbers. However, there was some good news for the Opposition camp as well. Congress-NCP combine was able to add to its tally and Sharad Pawar-led NCP emerged as the party within the alliance with a maximum number of seats in the assembly.

However, in Haryana, people did not give a clear mandate to either camps. BJP has the maximum numbers, yes, but Congress was not far behind. Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) has emerged as a potential 'kingmaker' and keys to power in Haryana may well go to the party that will get support from the JJP. 

Maharashtra, Haryana Polls 2019 Results: As it happened

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  • 10:18 PM (IST) Posted by Manas Joshi

    Uddhav Thackeray calls meeting of party MLAs in Mumbai

    After elections, its time to move for government formation.

    Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting of newly-elected MLAs of the party. The meeting is likely to be held on Saturday, say sources. The meeting will be held at Matoshree, the residence of Uddhav Thackeray.

  • 9:41 PM (IST) Posted by Manas Joshi

    Devendra Fadnavis collects his certificate from election officers

    India Tv - Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with elections officers

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    Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with elections officers

    Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis retained the seat of Nagpur South-West. He is expected to get second term as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Fadnavis collected certificate of his election victory from election officers a while ago.

  • 7:37 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    What Prime Minister Narendra Modi said post assembly election results

    Post assembly election results, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the party workers. Here are the pointers from his speech

    • I express my gratefulness to the voters of Maharashtra and Haryana for choosing the Bharatiya Janata Party
    • The people of both the states have blessed the BJP workers for their hard work
    • I am confident that the workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party will continue to serve the country
    • Those who are aware of the governance of Haryana would know that we always agreed to the seat-sharing agreement with the parties in the past
    • Devendra Fadnavis Ji and Manohar Lal Ji both were first-time chief ministers, they did not even have the experience as ministers. For 5 years, they kept working for people's welfare and as a result, people have again put their faith in them
    • People have reposed faith in the leadership of Maharashtra, Haryana chief ministers
    • BJP's vote share in Haryana went up to 36 per cent from 33 per cent; it shows people's endorsement of govt's work
    • Upon receiving such massive number of votes, I want to assure the people of Haryana and Maharashtra that we will double the hard work to serve you
    • The political pundits who are analysing today's election results, Haryana in itself is an exceptional win since these days there have been fewer instances of winning again after completing a 5-year term
    • For 1st time in 50 years, a CM completed full term in Maharashtra; political stability must for state like it
  • 7:31 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJP-Shiv Sena will form govt once again with majority: Amit Shah

    While addressing the party workers, Amit Shah said in Maharashtra, BJP-Shiv Sena is going to form the govt once again with majority.

    Below are some pointers from Amit Shah's speech

    • In Haryana have seen a 3% increase in our vote share since the last time and we have emerged as the largest party there, I thank the people for this
    • The BJP government abrogated Article 370 and brought several social reforms, that changed the lives of the people
    • I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership and congratulate him on the victory in assembly results
    • I assure we will continue to serve the country like we have
  • 7:20 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    PM Modi reaches BJP Headquarters

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at BJP Headquarters in Delhi, to address party workers shortly.

    India Tv - Assembly Election Results 2019

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    PM Narendra Modi at BJP Headquarters in Delhi

  • 7:11 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Poll results beneficial for BJP in Karnataka by-elections: CM

    Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday said it was clear from Maharashtra and Haryana poll results that the Congress is "losing ground" in the country and the outcome will also prove "beneficial" for the BJP to win all the 15 seats in the coming by-polls. Speaking to reporters, he said in Maharashtra, the BJP along with Shiv Sena has got a clear majority, while in Haryana also BJP will form the government along with
    independents.

    "In both states (Haryana and Maharashtra), BJP is forming the government, all of us had expected it, due to some reasons we (BJP) may be short of a few seats, but one thing is clear from election after election that the Congress is losing ground in the country," Yediyurappa said.

  • 7:05 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Jhabua by-election result declared

    Result declared for by-election in Jhabua of Madhya Pradesh. The lone seat has been won by Congress party

  • 7:03 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    UP bypolls: Congress draws blank, doubles vote percentage

    The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has doubled its vote percentage even though it failed to win a single seat in by-polls in 11 seats. The Election Commission said that the Congress got 11.6 per cent of votes.

    The party contested on all 11 seats but could not win one. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi said, "I am happy that the vote percentage of Congress has improved."

    The party candidates in Gangoh, Noman Masood, and Karishma Thakur in Govindnagar came second.

  • 7:02 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Congress to discuss poll results, govt policies on Friday

    The Congress has called two meetings on Friday, one to discuss the results of the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections and other key issues like the coming Winter Session of Parliament, the proposed RCEP agreement and PSUs divestment, and the other on the NRC.

    Among the 17 leaders who have been called for the first meet are former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former party President Rahul Gandhi. 
     

  • 7:00 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    5 from Chautala village make it to state legislature

    Five candidates who hail from Chautala village and represent different parties have registered victories in the assembly elections, keeping intact the Devi Lal legacy in Haryana politics. While two of them belong to the JJP, one each was elected on the symbol of the INLD and the Congress.
    One candidate was elected as an independent.

    Chautala is a village in Dabwali subdivision of Sirsa on the Haryana-Rajasthan border, to which former deputy prime minister Devi Lal and ex-chief minister Om Prakash Chautala belong.

    OP Chautala is currently lodged in the Tihar, along with his son Ajay Singh, following a conviction in a teacher recruitment scam.

    In the assembly elections, the results of which were declared on Thursday, Om Prakash Chautala's younger son Abhay Chautala made a hattrick from his traditional Ellenabad assembly seat, beating Pawan Beniwal of the BJP.

    Abhay was the lone candidate of the Indian National Lok Dal who romped home from his traditional bastion even as his party was decimated in the polls.

  • 7:00 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    UP Assembly bypolls: NDA gets 6, SP 2; results in three seats awaited

    The Samajwadi Party wrested the Zaidpur constituency from the BJP and retained Rampur while the ruling party and its ally Apna Dal(S) bagged six seats, as counting continued in three other seats of the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls on Thursday. Of the 11 seats, where by-polls were held on October 21, eight were held by the BJP while the Pratapgarh seat was held by its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal). Rampur was held by the SP and Jalalpur by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

    In the results declared on Thursday, the BJP retained Balha, Gangoh, Lucknow Cantonment, Iglas and Govindnagar seats while the Apna Dal (S) held on to Pratapgarh.

    In Gangoh, BJP candidate Kirat Singh defeated his nearest rival Nooman Masud of the Congress by over 5,400 votes. In Rampur, Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan's wife Tazeen Fatma defeated the BJP's Bharat Bhushan by over 7,700 votes.

  • 6:58 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Telangana bypolls: TRS wins Huzurnagar assembly seat

    The ruling TRS in Telangana on Thursday won the October 21 bypoll to Huzurnagar Assembly constituency by a margin of more than 43,000 votes over its nearest Congress rival N Padmavati Reddy. The Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party maintained a consistent lead over the opposition Congress during the counting of votes from the first round.

    TRS nominee S Saidi Reddy polled 1,13,095 while 69,737 votes were polled in favour of the Congress candidate, according to the figures put out by the Chief electoral Officer.

    Expressing confidence over his victory, Saidi Reddy credited the leadership of TRS president and Chief Minister Rao for his impressive performance.

    The TRS leaders and workers began celebrations over the party's good show.

  • 6:43 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    We accept people's mandate: Anand Sharma

    We accept the people's mandate humbly and respectfully. We also want to say that it is a moral defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). PM Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and their entire leadership was cut off from the ground reality, says Congress' Anand Sharma

  • 6:35 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    PM Modi thanks voters in Haryana, Maharashtra

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks the voters of Haryana and Maharashtra

  • 6:33 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Ashok Chavan defeats BJP's Shriniwas Gorthekar

    Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan defeats BJP's Shriniwas Gorthekar by 97,445 votes in Bhokar Assembly seat. 

  • 6:32 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Aaditya becomes first Thackeray to enter Maharashtra legislature

    Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, who made history by becoming the first member of his family to take the poll plunge, has marked his arrival in
    Maharashtra politics with a bang and is likely to play a key role in the next state government and help expand his party. The 29-year-old next-gen Thackeray, whom his party wants to be the deputy chief minister in the BJP-Sena alliance government, won with a thumping majority from Mumbai's Worli constituency.

    The Yuva Sena leader is now likely to make his party, which was rooted in the 'sons of the soil' agenda and later embraced the Hindutva ideology, more inclusive and broad-based.

    In the run-up to the polls, he conducted several roadshows, foot marches and raised issues like cutting of trees in Aarey Colony and Mumbai's nightlife and said he wants to make the constituency a "model of development".

    He also reached out to non-Marathi voters in the constituency to romp home a big win.

  • 6:21 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Shah reaches BJP HQs in Delhi

    Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrive at party headquarters.

    Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and party leader JP Nadda also present

    India Tv - Amit Shah

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    Amit Shah arrives at BJP Headquarters in Delhi

  • 6:10 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Congress wins Jhabua, Chitrakote bypolls

    Victory in the by-elections in the tribal belt of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh and Chitrakote in Chhattisgarh has given the Congress some reason to cheer after the humiliating show in the Lok Sabha election.

    Kantilal Bhuria of Congress won the Jhabua ST seat defeating Bhanu Bhuria of BJP by over 27,000 votes and Rajman Benzam won the bypoll from the Naxal-affected Chitrakote constituency, reserved ST seat by 17,862 votes against Lachhuram Kashyap of the BJP.

    Bhuria, former PCC chief and former Union minister sustained the lead right through the 25 rounds of counting. Bhanu Bhuria who headed the youth wing of the BJP fought gamely. Bhanu, however, said the Congress won the election with ample help from the administration. The Congress workers had done little to deserve any credit, especially after two successive defeats of the father and son duo in a span of six months.

  • 6:05 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Azam Khan's wife retains Rampur seat for SP

    Samajwadi Party on Thursday retained its Rampur assembly seat, which fell vacant after Azam Khan successfully fought the Lok Sabha polls with his wife emerging victorious by a margin of over 7,000 votes. Khan's wife and SP candidate Tazeen Fatma won by defeating her nearest rival BJP candidate Bharat Bhushan.

    While Tazeen secured 79,043 votes, Bhushan got 71,327 votes.

    Congress candidate Arshad Ali Khan got 4,182 votes while BSP's Zubair Masood Khan secured 3,441 votes.

    In Gangoh, the BJP retained the seat with its candidate Kirat Singh defeating his nearest rival Congress candidate Nooman Masud.

    While the BJP candidate secured 68,300 votes, Masud got 62,881 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Inder Sain got 57,374 votes while BSP candidate Mohd Irshad got 32,276 votes. 

  • 6:05 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Shah indicates BJP will form next govt in Haryana

    BJP president Amit Shah indicated on Thursday that his party will stake claim to form the next government in Haryana after the assembly election results threw up a hung verdict. The BJP was either winning or leading in 40 seats in the elections to the 90-member state assembly, according to the latest election commission figures, falling short of the majority mark of 46.

    "The (Manohar Lal) Khattar government in Haryana has made every effort for people's welfare under the central leadership of (Narendra) Modi. I thank people for making the BJP the single-largest party and giving it another opportunity to serve them," Shah said in a tweet.

    He congratulated Chief Minister Khattar and state party chief Subhash Barala.

    Shah also thanked voters in Maharashtra for "reposing their faith" in BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the state.

    Results showed that the saffron alliance was set to get a majority, even though its overall numbers appeared to be falling short of their 2014 tally.

  • 6:04 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    UP by-polls: CM Yogi Adityanath congratulates winning candidates

    CM Yogi Adityanath: On 8 out of the 11 seats (UP by-polls), BJP and its allies have registered victory. I congratulate all the candidates who have won today. PM Modi's 'mantra' of 'Sabka saath sabka vikas' has become the 'mantra' of the politics in India

  • 6:02 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Modi asks party workers to connect with old BJP workers

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, asked party workers to make a list of old and senior party workers and establish a connection with them.

    "Draw up a list of very old party workers in your area. Visit them and organise a get-together with them. Meet them in times of happiness and distress. You should ask them about the history of the party and how they worked. Their stories will give you inspiration and encourage you to work harder because they have worked when no one knew about the party and its ideology," he said.

    Modi was interacting with party workers in Varanasi on the eve of Diwali on Thursday evening through video conferencing.

    The Prime Minister began the interaction with 'Har Har Mahadev' and greeted his party workers in Bhojpuri.

  • 5:54 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Tamil Nadu by-election result declared

    Result declared for by-election in the two seats of Tamil Nadu, AIADMK wins both the seats

  • 5:52 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Amit Shah thanks voters of Maharashtra, Haryana

    Amit Shah thanks the voters of Haryana and Maharashtra

  • 5:39 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Anil Vij wins from Ambala Cantonment

    Haryana Minister and BJP leader Anil Vij has won from Ambala Cantonment Assembly constituency

  • 5:37 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Ajit Pawar wins Baramati with over 1.65 lakh vote margin

    Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Thursday won from the Baramati assembly seat by a huge margin of 1,65,265 votes, according to the Election Commission. Ajit Pawar, the nephew of NCP president Sharad Pawar, polled 1,95,641 votes, while his nearest rival, Gopichand Padalkar of the BJP, bagged just 30,376 votes.

    According to NCP office-bearers, this was a record-breaking victory margin for Ajit Pawar in Baramati, a bastion of the Pawar family in western Maharashtra's Pune district.

    In 2014, Ajit Pawar had won from the seat with a margin of 89,791 votes. With this thumping victory, Ajit Pawar retained Baramati for a sixth straight term.

  • 5:35 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Official trends by EC

    Official trends by the Election Commission

    BJP has won 26 seats and is leading on 14 taking a total lead on 40 seats

    Congress has won 20 seats and is leading on 11, taking a total lead on 31 seats

    Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) has won 10 seats

  • 5:31 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Khattar likely to meet Governor

    Manohar Lal Khattar likely to meet Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya, will stake claim to form government in Haryana

  • 5:25 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Alpesh Thakor loses Radhanpur Assembly bypoll in Gujarat

    OBC leader and BJP candidate Alpesh Thakor loses Radhanpur Assembly by-poll in Gujarat by over 3,500 votes

  • 5:24 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Happy to win with such margin: Aaditya Thackeray

    Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena, on his victory from Worli assembly constituency: I am very happy that the people have blessed me with so much margin and so many votes.

  • 5:21 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    AIADMK wrests 2 seats in TN, Congress retains 1 in Puducherry

    The ruling parties in Tamil Nadu - AIADMK - and Puducherry - Congress - emerged victors in the Assembly bypolls held on October 21. The AIADMK candidates won the Vikravandi and Nanguneri Assembly seats while Congress party won the Kamaraj Nagar seat in Puducherry.

    AIADMK's R. Muthamilselvan won from Vikravandi, polling 113,428 votes while his DMK rival N. Pugazhenthi had polled 68,646 votes.

    In Nanguneri, AIADMK candidate V.Narayanan polled 94,802 votes while his Congress rival Ruby R. Manohar had polled 61,991 votes.

  • 5:10 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Aaditya Thackeray wins from Worli, collects his winning certificate

    Mumbai: Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray collects his winning certificate after winning from Worli constituency

    India Tv - Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2019

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    Aaditya Thackeray collects his winning certificate

     

  • 5:06 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    CM Amarinder hails Congress victory in Punjab bypolls

    Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday hailed the Congress victory in the assembly bypolls and termed the SAD defeat in Jalalabad as the rejection of their "negative agenda".

    "The Akalis clearly failed to learn a lesson from their previous electoral defeats and continued to engage in negative campaigning, including the politicisation of religion," Amarinder Singh said, adding that their defeat in Sukhbir Badal's "self-proclaimed stronghold" of Jalalabad was a "total rejection of their negative agenda".

    People had made it clear that there was no place for the parties who did not work for their welfare, he said in a statement here after the Congress emerged victorious in Phagwara, Mukerian and Jalalabad assembly segments. 

  • 5:04 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Kantilal Bhuria defeats Bhanu Bhuria

    Congress' Kantilal Bhuria defeats BJP nominee Bhanu Bhuria in Jhabua Assembly bypoll by over 27,800 votes.

  • 5:03 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Hooda wins from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi

    Former Haryana chief minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda defeated ruling BJP candidate Satish Nandal by a huge margin on Thursday.

    Hooda, party's state legislature party leader, defeated Nandal by 58,312 votes from his stronghold Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak district. 

  • 4:58 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Rajasthan bypoll: Congress wins Mandawa seat, RLP retains Khinwsar

    The ruling Congress in Rajasthan won the assembly by-poll to Mandawa seat while the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) retained the Khinwsar constituency. The BJP and RLP had contested the bypoll to Khinwsar seat in an alliance.

    The Congress' Rita Chaudhary defeated her nearest rival the BJP's Sushila Sigra in the Mandawa seat in Jhunjhunu by a margin of 33,704 votes. Chaudhary got 59.33 per cent of the total votes polled.

    The Khinwsar seat in Nagaur was won by the RLP's Narayan Beniwal, who is the brother of the party convener and MP Hanuman Beniwal.
    Narayan Beniwal defeated his nearest rival Congress' Harendra Mirdha, a former minister, by a margin of 4,630 votes.

    The bypolls were necessitated after BJP MLA Narendra Kumar from Mandawa and RLP MLA Hanuman Beniwal were elected as Members of Parliament in May this year.

  • 4:58 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    UP Assembly bypolls: SP wrests one seat from BJP, NDA gets three

    The SP wrested the Zaidpur seat from the ruling BJP as votes were counted for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls on Thursday, while the saffron party retained the Balha and Lucknow Cantonment seats and its ally Apna Dal (S) held on to Pratapgarh, even as the results for seven other seats were yet to be announced.

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in five seats, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) was ahead in Rampur and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Jalalpur.

    The first results came from Zaidpur, where SP's Gaurav Kumar defeated BJP's Ambrish by 4,165 votes and wrested the seat from the ruling party.

    The Balha (reserved) seat was retained by the BJP, where the saffron party's Saroj Sonekar defeated her nearest rival, SP's Kiran Bharti, by a margin of 46,487 votes.

  • 4:55 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Pointers from Fadnavis' speech

    Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addresses press conference post assembly election results 

    • A clear mandate by voters; next govt will be of BJP-Sena mahayuti (grand alliance)
    • I am grateful to the people of Maharashtra for accepting the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance
    • We will review the defeat of our ministers
    • We are going to go ahead according to what has been decided between Shiv Sena and us (BJP). What has been decided is something which you will get to know when the time is right
    • 15 independent MLAs have contacted me and they are ready to come with us. Others may also come but these 15 will come with us. Most of them are BJP or Shiv Sena rebels

     

  • 4:47 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    PM Modi addresses party workers

    Prime Minister addressed party workers 

    • The festive season is here and everyone is busy with preparations. I am glad to communicate with all of you at this time.
    • I extend Diwali wishes to everyone
    • I salute the jawans of the Army and the security forces, who are posted at the border to guard the country
    • The way party workers are helping to implement many development projects in Varanasi, it is a matter of pride and satisfaction for me
  • 4:43 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    TRS wrests Huzurnagar from Congress with huge majority

    The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday wrested the Huzurnagar Assembly seat from the Congress with a huge majority of over 43,000 votes. S Saidi Reddy of TRS defeated his nearest rival Padmavathi Reddy of Congress by 43,233 votes in what turned out to be a one-sided contest, proving wrong all predictions of a close fight.

    In the first by-poll since retaining power with a landslide majority in December 2018, the TRS scored an impressive victory by polling 1,12,796 votes out of 2,00,239 votes polled. Saidi Reddy secured 56.45 per cent votes.

    Padmavathi Reddy, wife of state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy, could only secure 30.46 per cent of the polled votes.

  • 4:38 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Prince Raj of LJP wins Samastipur Lok Sabha seat

    Prince Raj of LJP wins Samastipur Lok Sabha seat defeating Ashok Kumar of Congress by over 1 lakh votes

  • 4:37 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Apna Dal (S) wins Pratapgarh seat

    Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Rajkumar Pal won the Pratapgarh assembly seat by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Brijesh Verma by 29,714 votes.
    Apna Dal (S), an ally of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, has retained the seat. 

  • 4:37 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJP retains Lucknow Cantt seat

    The BJP on Thursday retained the Lucknow Cantonment seat with its nominee Suresh Chandra Tiwari defeating nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Major Ashish Chaturvedi with a comfortable margin.

    While Tiwari secured 56,684 votes, Chaturvedi got 21,261 votes and Congress' Dilpreet Singh and BSP's Arun Dwivedi got 19,445 and 10,709 votes respectively, official sources said.

    The Lucknow Cantonment seat was held by BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who vacated the seat in 2017 after winning the Lok Sabha election from Allahabad.

  • 4:34 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Pointers from Uddhav Thackeray's speech

    Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses the media in Mumbai

    • BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is ready to form government in Maharashtra
    • 50-50 seat-sharing formula, which was decided upon at the time of Lok Sabha elections, will be implemented now
    • The formula will be discussed upon the arrival of Amit Shah
    • Sena contested fewer seats on BJP's request; we can't be so accommodating always
    • Maharashtra mandate an eye-opener for many
  • 4:26 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Fadnavis celebrates with party workers

    Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis celebrates with party workers at Mumbai BJP office

  • 4:21 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Vijayvargiya blames bad poll management for Haryana results

    BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday blamed shortcomings in the "election management" to his party's middling performance in the Haryana assembly elections. It would nonetheless be able to form government again in the northern state, he stated. Haryana elections were heading towards a photo-finish with the ruling BJP and opposition Congress locked in a neck-and-neck battle as the counting of votes was underway on
    Thursday.

    "I can clearly see the shortcomings in our management of Haryana elections. BJP rebels fought elections and we failed to persuade them (to pull out)," Vijayvargiya told reporters.

  • 4:19 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Congress protests defeat in UP's Gangoh bypoll despite steady lead

    The Congress is up in arms over its candidate Noman Masood being declared defeated in the last round in the bypoll to the Gangoh Assembly constituency. UP Congress leaders sat on a dharna at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Lucknow to protest against this 'malpractice'.

    Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted, "The BJP is so full of arrogance that its minister is trying to change the people's verdict by driving our winning candidate out of the counting centre. District Magistrate was called five times on the phone to reduce the lead of our candidate. This is an insult to democracy and the UP Congress will strongly fight against this. The Election Commission must get this probed impartially."

  • 4:08 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Punjab Assembly bypolls: Congress wins 3 seats, Akalis 1

    The ruling Congress won three Assembly seats, while the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won one in the Punjab bypolls, the results of which were announced on Thursday. While the Congress won the Jalalabad, Phagwara and Mukerian seats, the SAD came up trumps in Dakha.

    Chief Minister Amarinder Singh hailed his party's victory in three of the four Assembly segments, particularly in SAD president Sukhbir Badal's "self-proclaimed" stronghold of Jalalabad, and described it as a total rejection of the negative agenda of the Akalis.

    Congress's Raminder Awla defeated SAD's Raj Singh Dibipura by a margin of 16,633 votes in Jalalabad, officials said.

    Jalalabad was considered to be a citadel of the Akalis as they had represented the seat in the Assembly since 2007. The seat fell vacant after the sitting MLA, Sukhbir Singh Badal was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Ferozepur parliamentary segment in the general election held in April-May.

  • 4:07 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Aaditya wins by over 70,000 votes

    Making his political debut, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday won from the Worli Assembly constituency in Mumbai, an election official said. The 29-year-old Yuva Sena chief, who is the first member from Thackeray family to contest an election, defeated his NCP rival Suresh Mane by a margin of over 70,000 votes.

    In the run-up to the polls, Aaditya Thackeray held several roadshows, foot marches and raised issues like cutting of trees in Aarey Colony and Mumbai's nightlife.

    The young Sena leader, during his campaigns, said he wants to make his constituency a "model of development". He had also reached out to non-Marathi voters in the constituency.

  • 4:05 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    PM Modi, Amit Shah to address party workers

    PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and Amit Shah will meet and address the party workers at the party headquarters this evening. 

  • 4:04 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Our vote percentage has increased in UP: Priyanka Gandhi

    I haven't seen the latest trends, really happy at both (Haryana and Maharashtra), says Congress General Secretary for UP (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Raebareli. 

    We also are happy about the fact that here in UP our vote percentage has increased, Priyanka Gandhi said. 

  • 3:59 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Meeting with MLAs tomorrow, says Dushyant Chautala

    Counting of slips from a VVPAT is underway, says JJP'S Dushyant Chautala. 

    As soon as I get the certificate, I'll discuss with everyone, hold a meeting with MLAs tomorrow and decide the future course of action. Too early to say anything. I believe the state wants a change and JJP will bring it, Chautala says.

  • 3:56 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJD's Rita Sahu wins Bijepur bypoll with record margin

    Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Rita Sahu clinched victory in the Bijepur Assembly by-poll in Odisha's Bargarh district by a record margin of 97,990 votes on Thursday. She also broke records by getting the highest ever votes in an Assembly election in the state.

    Rita Sahu secured 1,35,957 votes while her nearest rival Sanat Gartia of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged 37, 967 votes and the Congress candidate managed to get only 5873 votes, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sushil Kumar Lohani.

    "I am very happy that the people blessed me with such huge number. I would like to thank the people and the Chief Minister for having faith in me," said an elated Rita Sahu.

  • 3:56 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Assembly election results encouraging, says Congress

    The Congress on Wednesday described the results of the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections as "encouraging" saying that the government "crushing" the voice of the opposition is now being questioned by the people. Speaking to reporters at the party headquarters, Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal said, "This is encouraging result for the Congress and the nation."

    "If the government is trying to crush the opposition's voice, it is being questioned by the people and the same has been seen in Maharashtra and Haryana."

    The Congress was leading on 34 out of 90 seats in Haryana while the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party alliance was leading on 104 out of 288 seats in Maharashtra.

  • 3:52 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Samajwadi Party wins Zaidpur Assembly bypoll

    Samajwadi Party's Gaurav Kumar on Thursday won the Zaidpur assembly bypoll seat defeating the BJP candidate. Kumar defeated BJP's candidate Amrish by a margin of 4,165 votes.

  • 3:51 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    There has been communication gap with voters in Haryana: Vijayvargiya

    The BJP government in Haryana had done a "brilliant job" in the past five years but there has been some communication gap between the party and the voters, senior party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Thursday as the state appeared poised for a hung assembly. As per the latest trends in Haryana, where BJP led government headed by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was in power in the last five years, is headed for a hung assembly.

    "Although we have done good work in Haryana in the last five years, it seems there has been some communication gap between voters and the party. It seems that we couldn't take our message to the voters," Vijayvargiya, who party's national general secretary and Bengal minder, told a Bengali news channel.

  • 3:50 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Bihar bypolls: RJD wrests Simri Bakhtiarpur seat from JD(U)

    The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Thursday wrested the Simri Bakhtiyarpur assembly seat from the ruling JD(U) in Bihar, an election official said. RJD's Zafar Alam defeated JD(U)candidate Arun Kumar by a comprehensive margin of 15,508 votes, the official said.

    The by-election to the Assembly seat was necessitated after former state minister and JD(U) MLA Dinesh Chandra Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha from Madhepura seat.

  • 3:37 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Punjab Bypolls: SAD wins Dakha seat

    In a blow to the Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Manpreet Singh Ayali defeated ruling party nominee Sandeep Singh Sandhu from the Dakha seat by a margin of 14,672 votes.

    The Dakha seat fell vacant following the resignation of former AAP leader and noted Supreme Court lawyer H S Phoolka from the state assembly.

  • 3:35 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    99.5% polling in Jammu district in J&K's first-ever BDC election

    Nearly 100 per cent polling was recorded in Jammu district in the maiden Block Development Council (BDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The electoral exercise, the first in the state after the abrogation of its special status, was boycotted by the Congress, the National Conference and the PDP.

    "Jammu district has registered a polling percentage of 99.5. Out of the 2,703 voters, 2,690 voted in 20 blocks," District Electoral Officer Sushma Chauhan said.

    The polling percentage till 11 am was 50 per cent and when it ended at 1 pm it was 99.5 per cent, she said. Polling in Jammu began at 9 am.
    Chauhan said 1,797 men and 893 women exercised their franchise.

    The polls to elect chairpersons of BDCs was held in 310 blocks in the state and 1,092 candidates were in the fray, of which 27 were elected unopposed. 

  • 3:32 PM (IST) Posted by Manas Joshi

    BJP-Shiv Sena ahead in Maharashtra, but Congress-NCP seem to up the tally

    Shiv Sena-BJP 'Mahayuti' is racing ahead in Maharashtra. The combine has a comfortable lead over Congress and NCP. 

    However, Congress and NCP seem poised to better their seat tally as compared to 2014 Maharashtra elections.

    In 2014, The Congress and NCP bagged 42 and 41 seats respectively.

  • 3:02 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Bihar by-polls: NDA performs badly, RJD shines, AIMIM announces its arrival

    The ruling NDA in Bihar came out with a dismal performance on Thursday in by-elections to five assembly segments of the state, touted as the "semi-final" ahead of the Vidhan Sabha polls scheduled next year. But, in Samastipur Lok Sabha seat, its constituent LJP, seems poised to comfortably retain the reserved constituency which fell vacant upon the death of party's sitting MP Ram Chandra Paswan.

    His son Prince Raj is ahead of his nearest Congress rival Ashok Kumar by a margin of more than 80,000 votes in Samastipur Parliamentary seat.

    The poor showing of the ruling coalition in the assembly by-elections has come months after it won 39 out of a total 40 Lok Sabha seats in the parliamentary poll in the state.

  • 3:01 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    UP bypolls: BJP, ally improve lead; ahead in 8 seats

    The ruling BJP and ally Apna Dal (S) improved their leads and are ahead in eight places as counting progressed in 11 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. The BJP is now leading in seven seats and ally Apna Dal (S) in one. The Samajwadi Party is ahead in two, while the Bahujan Samaj Party is leading in the remaining seat.

    The Congress, which was initially ahead in Gangoh constituency, was overtaken by the ruling saffron party in later rounds of counting.

    The BJP is also leading in Manikpur, Ghosi, Iglas, Lucknow Cantt, Govindnagar and Balha, while ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) is ahead in Pratapgarh. The SP is ahead in Rampur and Zaidpur, while the BSP is ahead in Jalalpur.

    Of the 11 seats of the state where by-polls were held on Monday, eight were held by the BJP and one by ally Apna Dal (Sonelal). Two other seats were shared by the Samajwadi Party and the BSP.

  • 2:57 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Result declared for by-election to Bijepur seat of Odisha

    Result declared for by-election to Bijepur seat of Odisha. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party wins the lone seat for which by-polls were held in the state

  • 2:56 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Result declared for by-election to Chitrakote seat of Chhattisgarh

    Result declared for by-election to Chitrakote seat of Chhattisgarh. Congress party wins the lone seat for which by-polls were held in the state.

  • 2:50 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Have not resigned , says Subhash Barala

    BJP's Haryana chief Subhash Barala says that he has not resigned from his post and that the news of his resignation is a rumour

  • 2:46 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Official trends by EC

    Official trends from the Election Commission

    BJP - 37                

    Congress - 34

    JJP - 6                               

    INLD - 1

    HLP - 1

    Independent - 5  

  • 2:37 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Haryana 'kingmaker' JJP to hold party executive meet

    The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), which emerged as kingmaker in the Haryana Assembly elections on Thursday, refused to open its cards as the Congress courted it to form government in the state where the polls have thrown up a hung House.

    JJP leader Dushyant Singh Chautala said he has called a meeting of the party executive at 11 a.m. on Friday in Delhi to discuss the party's strategy. His comments came amid reports that he was insisting on the chief minister's post as a condition for a post-poll tie-up.

    Latest trends showed that no party was in a position to cross the half-way mark in the 90-member Haryana Assembly.

    Newcomer Jannayak Janata Dal (JJP) was leading in 9 constituencies and may possibly play the kingmaker, along with Independents, who were leading in 6 Assembly segments.

    "I believe the key to the new government is in the hands of the JJP," said Dushyant Chautala earlier in the day as counting trends indicated rapid gains for the Congress, with the BJP not even likely to cross the halfway mark.

  • 2:36 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Abhimanyu loses to JJP candidate

    Haryana's Finance Minister Abhimanyu lost to Jannayak Janata Party candidate Ram Kumar Gautam from the Narnaund constituency in Hisar district.

    Abhimanyu, a senior leader, was defeated by Gautam by a margin of 12,029 votes, as per the result declared by the Election Commission.

    Gautam has also remained a former MLA of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

    Meanwhile, from Prithla segment, Nayan Pal Rawat, an Independent, registered a win over Congress' Raghubir Tewatia by a margin of 16,429 votes.

  • 2:35 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Punjab bypolls: Congress wins Mukerian seat

    Congress candidate Indu Bala won from Mukerian seat in Punjab by defeating her BJP nominee Jangi Lal Mahajan with a margin of 3,440 votes on Thursday.

    The seat fell vacant following the death of Congress MLA Rajnish Kumar Babbi. Indu Bala is the wife of Babbi.

  • 2:34 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Rajasthan bypolls: Congress candidate set to win Mandawa seat

    The ruling Congress in Rajasthan is heading towards victory in Mandawa seat where its candidate Rita Chaudhary is leading by a margin of over 30,000 votes. BJP candidate Sushila Sigra is the rival candidate in Mandawa.

    In Khinwsar, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party candidate Narayan Beniwal is leading by a margin of 4,600 votes. Congress candidate and former minister Harendra Mirdha is trailing behind.

  • 2:32 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Official trends by EC

    Official trends by the Election Commission

    BJP has won 5 seats and leading in 97 constituencies

    Shiv Sena has won 5 seats and is leading in 55 constituencies

    NCP has won 1 seat and is leading in 54 constituencies

    Indian National Congress leading in 44

  • 2:30 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Accept people's mandate, says Surjewala

    Congress' Randeep Singh Surjewala speaks to the media after losing from Kaithal, says I accept the mandate of the people. 

  • 2:26 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Official trends by EC

    Official trends by the Election Commission

    BJP is leading on 39 seats

    Congress on 33 seats 

  • 2:14 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Krishan Kumar Bedi loses

    Haryana minister Krishan Kumar Bedi lost to Jannayak Janta Party rival Ram Karan from the Shahbad reserved constituency on Thursday. Bedi lost by a margin of 37,127 votes to the JJP candidate, as per the result declared by the Election Commission.

    As per the latest trends, several ministers in the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in the state were trailing from their respective constituencies.

  • 2:07 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Zeeshan Siddique leads

    Congress party's Zeeshan Siddique leading by a margin of 5567 votes against Shiv Sena candidate and Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar

  • 1:57 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: BJP wins 3 seats, Sena 2, Independent 1

    The BJP won three Assembly seats, the Shiv Sena bagged two and an Independent candidate emerged victorious on one seat in Maharashtra on Thursday, as per the results announced by the Election Commission so far. Senior BJP leader and state school education minister Ashish Shelar won from Bandra-West seat in Mumbai by defeating Congress' Asif Zakaria by 26,507 votes.

    BJP's Parag Shah defeated Satish Pawar of the MNS by a margin of 53,319 votes from Ghatkopar-East seat in Mumbai. Besides, Sunil Rane of the BJP won from Borivali Assembly seat in Mumbai by defeating his Congress rival Kumar Khilare by 95,021 votes.

    Shiv Sena leader Sunil Prabhu defeated NCP's Vidya Chavan from Dindoshi Assembly seat in Mumbai by 44,511 votes.

  • 1:56 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Aaditya Thackeray leads

    Aaditya Thackeray leads by 52,000 votes from Worli

     

  • 1:55 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Congress retains Ernakulam assembly seat

    Congress candidate and present deputy mayor T J Vinod has won the Ernakulam assembly seat. This has been the sitting seat of the Congress for a while now, but the margin of victory has come down from over 21,000 votes to around 4000 votes.

    "I dedicate this victory to my voters. The margin has to do with the heavy rains on the polling day," said Vinod.

  • 1:51 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Gujarat Bypolls: Congress leading on four seats, BJP on two

    Of the six Assembly seats in Gujarat where by-polls were held on October 21, the Congress is now leading on four seats while the ruling BJP is ahead on two seats. In Radhanpur (Patan district), OBC leader and BJP candidate Alpesh Thakor is trailing behind Congress' Raghu Desai by over 8,700 votes.

    In Bayad (Arvalli), BJP candidate Dhavalsinh Zala is trailing behind Congress' Jashu Patel by over 700 votes. Sensing defeat, Zala left the counting centre and even accepted his defeat.

    Due to technical glitches in two EVMs, VVPAT slips are being counted in Bayad.

  • 1:48 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Ajay Choudhary wins

    Shiv Sena's Ajay Choudhary wins by a margin of 39,337 votes in Shivadi constituency

  • 1:44 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Surjewala loses

    Congress' Randeep Singh Surjewala loses by 567 votes in Kaithal

  • 1:35 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Sharad Pawar's press conference

    NCP's Sharad Pawar has addressed a press conference. Here are the pointers from his speech

    • It is true that the BJP-Shiv Sena are all set to form a government in Maharashtra
    • The Opposition has worked hard and all members of Congress-NCP and allies have delivered and have given their best
    • Power comes, power goes but it is important to remain committed to a cause and we thank people for the love they showed
    • One important thing to see is that people who left us, have not been accepted
    • Defections have not worked in favour of those who left
    • We will soon hold a meeting to discuss certain things about the elections, with our supporters and decide our future course of action
    • We have tried to perform to the best of our abilities
    • NCP-Congress and other allies will decide together, the future course of action. We will not go with Shiv Sena
  • 1:31 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: BJP state chief Subash Barala resigns

    Haryana BJP chief Subash Barala has resigned after election trends showed both the ruling party and the Congress being locked in a tough contest with no one looking set to attain a majority on its own in the 90-member assembly.
     

  • 1:16 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Hooda's press conference

    Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has addressed a press conference. Below are the pointers from his speech:

    • The independent candidates are being threatened
    • Congress will form strong government in Haryana 
    • JJP-INLD should come together with us to form government in the state
    • I assure respect and prestige to those who join hands with us
    • Those who claimed of winning more than 75 seats have been limited to 35
  • 1:09 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: BJP-Shiv Sena on road to power

    The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance was on the road to power in Maharashtra while Haryana emerged a cliffhanger with no clear majority for either the BJP or the Congress, Election Commission trends indicated as votes for the assembly polls held this week were counted on Thursday.

    The BJP electoral juggernaut could have slowed down in the first assembly elections since the party's triumph in the parliamentary polls this summer, the trends indicated.

    While the BJP did not appear to be headed for the emphatic win it was expecting in the states it had ruled for five years, the Congress took a back seat to its partner NCP in Maharashtra but was poised to substantially better its tally in Haryana, according to the trends.   

  • 1:09 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Hooda to meet top Cong brass in Delhi

    Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will reach Delhi Thursday evening and hold meetings with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and top party leaders to strategise on forming the government in the state, sources said. Gandhi has already spoken with Hooda and given him the go-ahead to work towards forming the government, they said.

    "Former Haryana CM Hooda is already in touch with JJP and Independents," a source close to him said.

    Hectic political parleys are on with the BJP and the Congress locked in a tough contest on Thursday. There were no clear winners in the 90-member assembly, according to the latest trends.

    The BJP was ahead in 36 seats, the Congress in 35 and the fledgeling Jannayak Janta Party in 10. Independents are ahead in six, the BSP in one and the INLD in two.

    The Congress last month named Kumari Selja chief of its state unit and appointed Hooda chairperson of the election management committee.

  • 1:08 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Udayanraje Bhosale trails

    BJP candidate Udayanraje Bhosale trailing behind NCP nominee Shriniwas Patil by 41,255 votes in Maharashtra's Satara Lok Sabha seat 

  • 1:07 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJP wins Pachhad seat in Himachal bypolls

    BJP wins Pachhad seat in Himachal bypolls

  • 1:07 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Babita Phogat trails

    Bharatiya Janata Party's Babita Phogat trailing by 1410 votes in Dadri assembly constituency

  • 1:03 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Neck-and-neck fight for BJP, Congress

    Close fight between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in Haryana

    BJP - 35

    Congress - 35

  • 1:00 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Pankaja Munde loses to Dhananjay Munde

    BJP's Pankaja Munde loses to Dhananjay Munde from Parli

  • 12:58 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Celebrations at BJP office

    Celebrations at BJP state office in Mumbai

  • 12:53 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJP, Congress locked in tough fight in Haryana

    Seven ministers are trailing as both the ruling BJP and the Congress are locked in a tough contest on Thursday with no party looking set to attain a majority on its own in the 90-member assembly, according to the latest trends. The BJP, which had set a target of winning 75 seats ahead of the polls, is leading in 38 seats, while the Congress is ahead in 32 constituencies.

    The fledgeling Jannayak Janta Party, which fought its maiden assembly polls, is also ahead in 10 seats. If the trends hold, the JJP could likely emerge as the kingmaker and hold the key to the formation of the next government.

    The Indian National Lok Dal is ahead in two seats, while the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Loktanter Suraksha Party are leading in one constituency each, according to the latest trends.

  • 12:50 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Yogeshwar Dutt trails

    As per official trends from the Election Commission

    Wrestler and BJP candidate from Baroda, Yogeshwar Dutt trailing by 3590 votes

  • 12:49 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Kerala by-election result declared

    Result declared for By-election Konni, Kerala

    Adv. KU Jenish Kumarof Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the seat with a margin of 9953 votes.

    Counting underway for other 4 by-elections held at Manjeshwar, Eranakulam, Aroor and Vattiyoorkavu

  • 12:47 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Trends from all seats

    Trends in all Assembly seats in Haryana

    BJP - 39

    Congress - 29 

    Jannayak Janata Party - 11

    INLD - 2

    BSP - 1

    Others - 7

  • 12:45 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJP-Sena to form Maha govt, will stick to '50-50' formula: Raut

    Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said his party and the BJP will form the next government in Maharashtra, and stressed the two parties will
    stick to the pre-decided "50-50" sharing formula. With the early trends suggesting the NCP and the Congress collectively fairing better than the 2014 polls, Raut ruled out the possibility of the Shiv Sena joining hands with the opposition parties to form the government.

    "The BJP and Shiv Sena will form government in Maharashtra," he told reporters. Asked about the possibility of the Shiv Sena embracing the NCP and Congress to form the government, Raut said, "No, we fought the polls in alliance with the BJP. We will go ahead with the tie-up. There will be no change in the pre-decided 50-50 formula."

    He said Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will hold talks on implementing the formula.

  • 12:43 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Trends from all seats

    Trends in all 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra

    BJP leading in 101

    Shiv Sena 64

    Congress 40

    NCP 50

    Independents in 16 seats

  • 12:42 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Former Meghalaya CM Donkupar Roy's son leads in Shella by-poll

    Balajied Kupar Synrem of the United Democratic Party (UDP) is leading over his nearest rival Grace Mary Kharpuri, an independent candidate, by over
    5,000 votes in the by-poll to Shella Assembly constituency in Meghalaya.

    While Synrem has garnered 10,586 votes, Kharpuri has secured 5,162 votes, as per the latest trends.

    The by-election to the seat in the East Khasi Hills district has been necessitated following the death of Synrem's father Donkupar Roy, who was the sitting MLA.

  • 12:40 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Jammu and Kashmir: Voting for BDC elections underway

    Voting underway in Doda for Block Development Councils (BDC) elections

    India Tv - Jammu and Kashmir elections

    Image Source : ANI

    Voting underway in Jammu and Kashmir

     

  • 12:38 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Big names in Haryana BJP trailing

    Big names in Haryana BJP trailing 

    Some big names in Haryana BJP are trailing as per the latest update. The margins are however very slim and things are changing fast. Prominent leaders who are trailing in Haryana are:

    Ram Bilas Sharma

    Capt Abhimanyu

    BJP chief Subhash Barala 

    Haryana Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal

    Kavita Jain 

    Manish Grover 

    Karan Dev Kamboj

  • 12:29 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Sanjay Raut to meet Uddhav Thackeray

    Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena: I am going to meet Uddhav Ji. Number itne bure bhi nahi hain, aisa hota hai kabhi kabhi. Yes, we will definitely continue with the alliance. We have agreed upon a 50-50 formula

  • 12:28 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Arunachal Pradesh assembly by-poll: Chakat Aboh wins

    Independent candidate from Khonsa West constituency, Chakat Aboh (wife of NPP leader Tirong Aboh who was shot dead in May) wins

  • 12:20 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Babita Phogat leads

    Bharatiya Janata Party's Babita Phogat leading with a margin of 2387 votes in Dadri assembly constituency

  • 12:17 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJD's Rita Sahu leading in Odisha bypoll

    Rita Sahu of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was leading by 56,126 votes over her nearest rival Sanat Gartia of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the bypoll to the Bijepur Assembly constituency in Odisha.

    At the end of the 11th round, Sahu has garnered 77,359 votes while Gartia secured 21,233 votes. Congress candidate Dillip Kumar Panda was a distant third with just 3,074 votes.

  • 12:17 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJP wins bypoll seat in Himachal

    The ruling BJP won the Dharamsala seat, while it is on its way to retain the Pachhad seat in Himachal Pradesh where by-polls were held on October 21, election officials said on Thursday.

    BJP candidate Vishal Nehriya won Dharamsala by a margin of 6,673 votes. He defeated his nearest rival Rakesh Kumar, an independent candidate. Congress candidate Vijay Inder Karan was in third place.

    In Pachhad, Reena Kashyap of the BJP is leading by 1,543 votes over her nearest rival Gangu Ram Musafir of the Congress after the first round of counting.

    Nearly 68 per cent of the 1,56,624 voters exercised their franchise on Monday for the by-elections.

  • 12:16 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Himachal bypolls: Congress candidate in Dharamshala loses security deposit

    Congress candidate in Dharmshala Vijay Inder Karan on Thursday lost his security deposit in the bypoll as he failed to get even the required one-sixth of the total votes polled. Karan could get only 8,212 votes out of the valid 5,2485 votes polled. He got 15.64 per cent votes whereas he was required to get 16.67 per cent (one-sixth) of total valid votes to save his deposit.

    The main contest was between BJP candidate Vishal Nehria and rebel candidate Rakesh Kumar, who contested as an Independent.

    Nehria defeated Kumar by a margin of 6,758 votes. A total of seven candidates were in the fray.

  • 12:12 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    MP bypoll: Congress holds slender lead in Jhabua

    The Congress candidate was narrowly leading on Thursday against his BJP rival in the Jhabua Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh, according to the initial trends in the counting of votes for the by-election held on Monday.

    Election Commission officials said that Congress' Kantilal Bhuria (12,583 votes) held a slight edge over the BJP's Bhanu Bhuria (11,299 votes) after the third round of counting.

    The officials said the counting would be completed in 26 rounds. 

  • 12:12 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Bihar bypolls: LJP leading in Samastipur seat

    Counting of votes was underway for one Lok Sabha and five Assembly seats in Bihar on Thursday. Lok Janshakti Party's (LJP) Prince Singh is leading in the Samastipur Lok Sabha seat. According to the latest trends, the NDA is leading in two of the five Assembly seats -- Simri Bakhtiyarpur and Nathnagar.

    The RJD is leading in Belhar and in Kishenganj the BJP candidate Sweety Singh is trailing behind the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate Kamrul Hoda.

    In Daraundha Assembly seat Independent candidate Karanjit Singh is leading.

    A total of 51 candidates are in the fray, out of which only six are women. The by-polls are being viewed as a precursor to next year's Assembly election in the state.  

  • 12:10 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Amit Shah speaks to Khattar

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar over Haryana assembly election results

  • 12:08 PM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Ruling Congress retains Kamaraj Nagar Assembly seat in Pondy

    The ruling Congress in Puducherry on Thursday retained the Kamaraj Nagar Assembly seat with its nominee A John Kumar emerging victorious in the
    by-poll, defeating his nearest AINRC rival S Bhuvaneswarane by a margin of 7,170 votes.

    While John Kumar, a confidante of Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, polled 14,782 votes out of the total 24,310 polled in the by-election held on October 21, the AINRC nominee secured 7,612 votes.

  • 11:54 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Bypolls: Congress leading in both seats in Rajasthan

    Ruling Congress party candidates are leading in both the assembly constituencies in Rajasthan where bypolls were held on Monday. Congress candidate Rita Chaudhary is leading with a margin of 7,745 votes in Mandawa against BJP's Sushila Sigra.

    In Nagaur's Khinwsar constituency, Congress candidate Harendra Mirdha is leading with a margin of 144 votes. The margin on the Khinwar seat was higher initially but it was reduced considerably in the later rounds.

    BJP-RLP alliance candidate Narayan Beniwal is trailing in this seat. 

  • 11:52 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Aaditya Thackeray leads

    Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray leading over Suresh Mane of the NCP by 16,393 votes in Worli. Mumbai mayor and Shiv Sena leader Vishwanath
    Mahadeshwar leading over Independent nominee Trupti Sawant by 3,010 votes in Bandra-East. Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal leading over his
    Shiv Sena rival Sambhaji Pawar by 2,542 votes in Yeola.

    BJP's Nitesh Rane was leading over Shiv Sena rival Satish Sawant by 5,017 votes in Kankavli.

    Rohit Pawar, the grand nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, leading over BJP minister Ram Shinde by 7,211 votes in Karjat-Jamkhed.

  • 11:51 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: 7 ministers, state BJP chief, assembly speaker trail

    Seven Haryana ministers, including Ram Bilas Sharma and Capt Abhimanyu, and State BJP chief Subhash Barala were trailing, as per early Election Commission trends. Haryana Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal, a BJP legislator from Jagadhri, was also trailing in his constituency behind Congress' Akram Khan by a margin of 5,889 votes.

    Sharma, a five-time legislator, was trailing by a slim margin of 329 votes against Congress' Rao Dan Singh.

    Abhimanyu, sitting MLA from Narnaund, was trailing by a margin of 9,956 behind JJP's Ram Kumar Gautam.

    State BJP chief Barala was trailing by a margin of 10,383 behind Jannayak Janta Party's Devender Singh Babli from Tohana seat. Among other ministers who were behind, included Kavita Jain trailing behind Surender Panwar of the Congress by a margin of 5,761 votes from Sonipat segment while another minister Manish Grover was behind Congress' B B Batra from Rohtak by a margin of 3,061 votes.

  • 11:41 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Fadnavis leads from Nagpur

    Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis contesting from Nagpur South-West Constituency is leading by a margin of 8398 votes

  • 11:40 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    By-polls: Sikkim CM PS Golay leads by over 8,000 votes

    Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang aka as P S Golay of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) is leading over his nearest rival Moses Rai of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) by a margin of 8,727 votes in the by-poll to the Poklok Kamrang Assembly constituency in the state. While Tamang has secured 10,585 votes, Rai garnered 1,858 votes, as per the latest trends.

    Yadhu Kumar Rai of the Sikkim Republican Party (SRP) is trailing at the third position with 125 votes while 76 none of the above (NOTA) votes have been polled.

  • 11:39 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    UP bypolls: BJP, ally ahead in 7 seats

    The ruling BJP is ahead in six assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and ally Apna Dal (S) in one, as per the latest trends on Thursday. The Samajwadi Party is ahead in two, while the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party are leading in the two remaining seats.

    The BJP is leading in Manikpur, Ghosi, Iglas, Lucknow Cantt, Govindnagar and Balha, while its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) is ahead in Pratapgarh.

    The SP is ahead in Rampur and Zairpur, the BSP in Jalalpur and the Congress in Gangoh.

    Of the 11 seats of the state where bypolls were held on Monday, eight were held by the BJP and one by its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal). Two other seats were shared by the Samajwadi Party and the BSP.

  • 11:38 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: JJP workers celebrate in Jind

    Jannayak Janata Party workers celebrate in Jind

  • 11:37 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: BJP-Shiv Sena continue to surge

    As per the official trends from the Election Commission - 

    The BJP and its ally Shiv Sena are continuing to surge in Maharashtra with leads on 99 and 60 assembly constituencies, respectively. 

    Counting of votes is currently underway.

  • 11:36 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Sonia Gandhi speaks to Hooda

    Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi speaks to Senior Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, taken stock of the latest political situation

  • 11:21 AM (IST) Posted by Himanshu Shekhar

    BJP wins Nandurbar Constituency in Maharashtra

    Vijaykumar Krushnarao Gavit has won the Nandurbar Assembly Seat for the BJP in Maharashtra.

    This is the first result from Maharashtra Assembly Elections.

     

  • 11:20 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: BJP trails from Nagpur

    Bharatiya Janata Party trails on 6 seats in Nagpur

  • 11:19 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Udayanraje Bhosale trails by 81,000 votes

    BJP's Udayanraje Bhosale trailing by 81,000 votes from Satara

  • 11:17 AM (IST) Posted by Himanshu Shekhar

    Sonia Gandhi gives freehand to Bhupinder Singh Hooda

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi spoke to former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Haryana Assembly Election Result has so far shown a close contest between the Congress and BJP. Dushyant Chautala's JJP has emerged as the clear winner so far.

    Reports said in case of a hung situation, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has authorised Bhupinder Hooda to take all decisions in Haryana. 

    Meanwhile, BJP president Amit Shah has called Manohar Lal Khattar to Delhi. 

    These are reports and counting for 90 Haryana Assembly Seats is still underway. 

    Stay with is for latest on Haryana Assembly Election Result and all developing political story.

  • 11:15 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Himachal Pradesh assembly by-polls: BJP wins on Dharamsala seat

    Bharatiya Janata Party wins on Dharamsala assembly seat

  • 11:10 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Surjewala trails in Kaithal

    Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala was trailing by a margin of 2,423 votes over the ruling BJP's Leela Ram.

    Surjewala is seeking re-election from Kaithal constituency.

    The Congress leader had lost the Jind bypolls, which were held earlier this year. 

  • 11:08 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Sandeep Singh leads

    Former Indian hockey captain and BJP candidate from Pehowa, Sandeep Singh leading by 1606 votes as per official trends by the Election Commission. 

  • 11:03 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: BJP, Shiv Sena on course to retain power

    The ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Thursday looked on course to retaining power in Maharashtra as per trends available in 283 of the 288 Assembly seats. As per the trends available so far - 

    BJP is leading in 99

    Shiv Sena 61

    Congress 41

    NCP 49

    Independents are ahead in 15 seats

  • 11:01 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Pankaja Munde trails

    Pankaja Munde, BJP candidate from Parli assembly constituency, is trailing.

  • 11:01 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt leads

    Wrestler and BJP candidate from Baroda, Yogeshwar Dutt leading by 430 votes as per official EC trends

  • 11:00 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Fadnavis leads

    Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis leading by 10,000 votes from Nagpur

  • 10:59 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Kuldeep Bishnoi leads over Sonali Phogat

    Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi was leading over BJP's Sonali Phogat, a Tik Tok star, from his stronghold Adampur, as per early trends available for Haryana Assembly polls. Bishnoi, the younger son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal, had attained a comfortable lead of over 10,000 votes over Phogat, contesting her first election.

    Bishnoi's elder brother Chander Mohan, also a Congress candidate, had a slender margin of 29 votes over BJP's sitting MLA Gian Chand Gupta from Panchkula constituency, as per trends made available by the Election Commission.

  • 10:58 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Captain Abhimanyu trails

    Jannayak Janta Party leader Ram Kumar Gautam leading

    BJP's Captain Abhimanyu trailing, on Narnaund Assembly seat

  • 10:57 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Dushyant Chautala leads

    JJP leader Dushyant Chautala leading on Haryana's Uchana Kalan assembly seat

  • 10:57 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Surjewala at counting centre

    Randeep Surjewala, Congress candidate contesting from Kaithal assembly constituency at a counting centre in Kaithal.

    He is leading, after 5th round of counting.

    India Tv - Haryana Assembly Election Results 2019

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    Surjewala at counting centre in Kaithal

     

  • 10:54 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Congress, BJP leads on 3 seats each in Gujarat Assembly by-polls

    OBC leader and BJP candidate Alpesh Thakor trailing behind Congress' Raghu Desai by 3,000 votes. In Bayad (Arvalli), BJP candidate Dhavalsinh Zala trailing behind Congress' Jasu Patel by over 6,600 votes.

    In Amraiwadi seat of Ahmedabad, Congress' Dharmendra Patel leading over BJP's Jagdish Patel by more than 200 votes.

    In Tharad (Banaskantha), Kheralu (Mehsana) and Lunawada (Mahisagar) seats, the BJP candidates are leading their rivals. 

  • 10:48 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Trends as per the Election Commission

    Official trends from the Election Commission

    India Tv - Haryana Assembly Election Results 2019

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    Official trends from Election Commission

     

  • 10:46 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Trends as per the Election Commission

    Official trends from the Election Commission

    India Tv - Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2019

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    Official trends from Election Commission

  • 10:42 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Official trends from EC

    Official trends from the Election Commission

    BJP leading in 99 constituencies

    Shiv Sena leading in 60 constituencies

    NCP leading in 48 constituencies 

    Indian National Congress in 40

  • 10:40 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Official trends from EC

    Official trends from the Election Commission

    BJP leading in 99 constituencies

    Shiv Sena leading in 60 constituencies

    NCP leading in 48 constituencies 

    Indian National Congress in 40

  • 10:39 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Aaditya Thackeray leads

    Aaditya Thackeray establishes a comfortable lead of 11,893 votes over NCP's Suresh Mane in Worli Assembly seat.

    Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde is leading over his rival and BJP minister Pankaja Munde by 6,870 votes in Parli Assembly seat.

  • 10:36 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    BJD leads over BJP by over 23,000 votes in Odisha's Bijepur

    BJD candidate Rita Sahu has established a lead of 23,365 votes over her nearest rival Sanat Gartia of the BJP in the by-poll to Odisha's Bijepur
    Assembly constituency. While Sahu has polled 31,286 votes, Gartia has secured 7,921 votes while Congress candidate Dilip Kumar Panda has
    garnered 1,115 votes at the end of the fourth round of counting, an election official said.

    The by-election to the politically-sensitive seat in Bargarh district was necessitated after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who had won from two seats in the Assembly polls held in April, resigned from Bijepur and retained his home-turf Hinjili in Ganjam district.

  • 10:34 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Haryana Assembly Election Results: Khattar leads with 14030 votes

    Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar contesting from Karnal assembly seat is leading with 14030 votes

  • 10:27 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Official trends from EC

    Official trends from Election Commission 

    India Tv - Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2019

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    Official trends from Election Commission

  • 10:21 AM (IST) Posted by Vani Mehrotra

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Results: Ajit Pawar leads by 42,000 votes

    Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar leads by 42,000 votes from Baramati