Overall, the Congress, which had sitting MLAs in more than 40 seats, won 11 seats and was leading in one, while two seats were won by the BJD. One seat each was won by the Samajwadi Party, the JMM and the NDPP, and two by Independents, according to the Election Commission data at around midnight.
The BJP, which had contested 110 seats, won 74 while the JD(U) which fought 115, won only 43. With four seats each won by junior allies HAM and VIP, the NDA is poised to have 125 seats in its kitty, three more than the number required for a simple ma
As the counting of votes for the Bihar assembly polls continued well past midnight, the Election Commission on Tuesday rejected allegations of any pressure and asserted that all due diligence was followed.
Results in 223 seats have been declared, 20 constituencies are left. VVPAT of 5 booths that are to be taken up for counting, those exercises are going: Deputy Election Commissioner Chandrabhushan Kumar
In a setback to the BJP, its woman minister in Madhya Pradesh Imarti Devi lost bypoll from the Dabra assembly seat on Tuesday, an election official said. Congress candidate Suresh Raje defeated Imarti Devi, considered a loyalist of BJP Rajya Sabha member JyotiradityaScindia, by a margin of 7,633 votes.
Despite all the factors favouring the Grand Alliance in Bihar, the Congress is unlikely to repeat its 2015 numbers in the state as per the trends coming in.
After recent trends of Madhya Pradesh by-poll results showed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading over Congress in the state, party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the results have proved that Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh are the trai
Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, which was given tags like 'vote cutter' and spoiler in the Bihar assembly polls, appeared set to win five Muslim-dominated seats on Tuesday and said its critics have got a befitting reply from the people.
Firecrackers and celebrations hit All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's house in Hyderabad as the party won three assembly seats in Bihar elections 2020.
This will be an election in which a political party will be discussed more for the seats it made another party lose than how many it won.
Due to current situation of COVID-19, Election Commission of India has directed the officials to not be in hurry to declare the Bihar elections results and they'll announce it by late night today.
Madhya Pradesh By election Results Live Updates: The stakes are high for both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in the bypolls, considered a litmus test for the parties. The ruling BJP with 107 MLAs in Madhya Pradesh assembly, which holds an effective strength of 229, needs at least eight more MLAs for a simple majority in the state assembly. Meanwhile, the Congress will be hoping to regain its turf as it had sitting MLAs in 27 seats out of 28 in the state where bypolls were held.
The counting will decide the winners of recently held bypolls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka and Odisha.
Gujarat Bypoll Results 2020: In a clean sweep, the ruling BJP on Tuesday won all the eight assembly seats in Gujarat where by-elections were held, dealing a blow to the opposition Congress which had bagged these constituencies in 2017.
As per the latest data, the NDA alliance is leading in 120 seats as opposed to the Grand Alliance, which is ahead in 115 seats. The majority mark in the 243-member Bihar Assembly is 122.
Bihar Election Result: Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda have already announced that Nitish Kumar will be the chief minister irrespective of the seats won by the two allies.
Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Congress leader Kari Chidambaram said that questions are raised over EVMs by political parties when the results don’t go in their favour.
The JMM-led ruling coalition of Jharkhand retained Dumka and Bermo assembly seats in by- elections defeating the BJP. JMM candidate Basant Soren, who is the younger brother of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, defeated his nearest BJP rival Lois Marandi.
A three-tier security arrangement has been put in place at the two counting centres, the officials said. Central forces and state police have been deployed to thwart any untoward incident, they added.
Speaking on polling percentage Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar HR Srinivasa said that 92 lakh votes counted so far and the counting will continue till late evening.
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