The results of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections will be known today. Results of by-elections held in 48 assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats across 15 states will also be announced. In this 9 UP assembly seats were voted on on November 20. The counting of votes by mail will begin at 8 in the morning. The counting of EVM votes will begin at 8:30 am. All preparations for the vote counting have been completed. Surveillance will be carried out through CCTV cameras from the control room. Adequate police force has been deployed at all places. Along with the assembly election results, all eyes are also on Nanded seats in Maharashtra and Wayanad seats in Kerala. The Congress has fielded Priyanka Gandhi from Wayanad. This post became vacant after the resignation of Rahul Gandhi.
Talking about the Maharashtra elections, voting was held in one phase on November 20 for 288 state assembly seats. There are 234 general seats in the state. 29 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 25 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. This election was held between the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Mahavikas Aghadi alliance. The grand alliance includes the Bharatiya Janata Party, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the NCP. Mahavikas Aghadi is formed by Congress, Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena party and Sharad Pawar.
Voting was held in two phases in Jharkhand.
Voting was held in two phases for 81 Jharkhand assembly seats. In the first phase, on November 13, 43 seats were voted and in the second phase, on November 20, 38 seats were voted. The BJP emerged as the largest party in the 2014 assembly elections. It had won 37 seats. The Congress had to settle for only 6 seats. While Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had won 19 seats in the state.
UP assembly elections
By-elections were held on November 20 for nine UP assembly seats. The seats where voting was held include Mirapur in Muzaffarnagar, Kundarki in Moradabad, Ghaziabad, Khair in Aligarh, Karhal in Mainpuri, Sisamau in Kanpur city, Phulpur in Prayagraj, Katehri in Ambedkar Nagar and Majhwan in Mirzapur. In reality, the results of these elections are not going to have any direct impact on the Yogi government in the Assembly. But considering the opposition’s competition in the recent Lok Sabha elections, the results from these seats will be very important for the NDA and especially the BJP.
There are 90 candidates in the running for 9 seats in the by-elections. There are 11 female candidates in this one. A maximum of 14 candidates are in the fray from Ghaziabad seat and at least 5 candidates from Khair and Sisamau. In the 2022 assembly elections, the BJP had captured Ghaziabad Sadar, Khair and Phulpur seats. The Nishad Party, an ally of the NDA, had won from Majhwan. The SP had won seats in Karhal, Kundarki, Katehari and Sisamau. The Meerapur seat was won by RLD (RLD), then an ally of the SP, which is now part of the NDA.
Who has how many MLAs in the 403-member UP Assembly?
Apart from UP, in which states were by-elections held?
Besides UP, 7 in Rajasthan, 6 in West Bengal, 5 in Assam, 4 in Bihar and Punjab, 3 in Karnataka, 2 in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, two in Sikkim, 1 in Gujarat, one in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh. By-elections were held for one seat in Uttar Pradesh and another in Meghalaya.
