There is a song from the Bollywood film Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam: ‘Sakiya, aaj mujhe niend nahi aayegi, suna hai teri mehfil mein ratjaga hai’. The condition of the leaders of all political parties is the same, because Saturday, November 23 is the day of the results. There is so much anxiety about what will happen in the count that the heartbeats of candidates and party leaders are racing. My eyes lack sleep. From Maharashtra to Jharkhand, from UP to Bihar, from Rajasthan to Bengal… Friday night is very heavy for the leaders. After a few hours the EVMs will be opened, the results will be known, it will be known who will win the assembly elections and the by-elections.
What is the atmosphere in the political circle before the recount? It is necessary to pay attention to this. Only one question resonates in political circles: Will Mahayuti form the government in Maharashtra or will Mahavikas Aghadi test power in Maharashtra this time? In fact, this time six big parties have contested the Maharashtra elections. Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena. Sharad Pawar’s NCP and Ajit Pawar’s NCP. The BJP and Congress have also contested the maximum number of seats in their respective alliances.
At this time the suspense meter is high and the parties also proclaim their victory. EVM will open in the morning, don’t know whose lottery will be held? In such a situation, within Maharashtra, even before the results, preparations to retain the MLAs began. Coming to the results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, most exit polls have shown a tight contest between Mahayuti and Mahavikas Aghadi. Both sides aspire to form a government. And that is why tourism policy has also started in Maharashtra.
Sanjay Raut claims that more than 160 Mahavikas Aghadi MLAs are emerging victorious. In such a situation, arrangements will be made for hotels and resorts for your stay. According to sources, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar reportedly held an online meeting with their respective leaders and the leaders were told that any MLA who wins should not be fooled by the Mahayutis. All the winning candidates have been asked to reach Mumbai on Saturday afternoon.
What does an extraordinary vote mean in Maharashtra?
Let us tell you that MNS candidate from Shivadi seat in Mumbai, Baba Nandgaonkar, met Fadnavis. So Congress leader Bala Saheb Thorat has also said that everyone is welcome in Mahavikas Aghadi, meaning any MLA who wants to come, no matter which party he belongs to, can come. This time in Maharashtra, there has been the highest number of voting in the elections after 29 years. Now, what should be the meaning of this extraordinary vote? The way MLAs and parties in Maharashtra disintegrated after two and a half years of Uddhav rule. In such a situation, the parties are fully prepared to save their MLAs even before the results.
No need for resource policy in Maharashtra: DK Shivkumar
Congress leader DK Shivkumar’s big claim is that there is no need for a tourism policy in Maharashtra. The government will be formed without resorting to recourse politics and the victory of Mahavikas Aghadi is certain. On the other hand, Sharad Pawar has directed the party candidates to stay at the counting venue till the counting is over. Stay tuned until the official announcement.
Talking about Jharkhand, leaders here are also worried about what will happen on Saturday. The leaders of the NDA and the India Block spent the entire day on Friday calculating the seats and the entire night passed in trepidation. In Jharkhand too, the morning sun on November 23 will decide whether Hemant Sorne will remain in power in the state or Babu Lal Marandi will return. This is the reason why leaders’ heartbeats are fast. The desire to sit in the CM chair is here and there. Babu Lal Maradi hopes Saturday will bring good news and end five years of exile. The claim is that out of a total of 81 seats, more than 50 will go to the NDA.
JMM expressed confidence in victory
The Congress and the JMM consider the BJP’s hopes to be Mungeri Lal’s dream. JMM is confident that if the EVMs are opened, the India Block will emerge victorious. Once again the India Block government will be formed with a 2/3 majority i.e. once again the India Block leaders will see Hemant Soren in the CM chair. Ahead of the results, both sides are claiming victory, but the higher percentage of women voters in the Jharkhand elections has added to the suspense. That means that whatever alliance women voters gravitate toward, that alliance is sure to win.
Similarly, the results of the by-election for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala will also be released on Saturday. Everyone’s eyes are also fixed on this seat. Because Priyanka Gandhi has contested the elections from here. And most importantly, Priyanka Gandhi’s election launch took place from Wayanad. Now everyone, from the Gandhi family to the entire Congress, is waiting for the Wayanad results. Because if Priyanka Gandhi wins from here, she will become an MP for the first time. Priyanka Gandhi is very active in politics. He also campaigns a lot for the party and for Rahul Gandhi. But for the first time elections have been held. Now, if Priyanka Gandhi becomes MP from Wayanad, both brothers and sisters will be in the Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi will be seen leading from the north, Priyanka Gandhi from the south and mother Sonia Gandhi leading the western part. Because Sonia Gandhi has been elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
At the same time, the BJP and Samajwadi Party’s predictions came even before the UP results. Both parties claim to win nine out of nine seats, but who will win and who will lose will be decided based on the mandate captured in the EVM on Saturday. Although the by-election results will be declared for only 9 UP seats, the big message of the 2027 assembly elections is hidden in the small election results. While Akhilesh Yadav faces the challenge of repeating the record of historic victory in the Lok Sabha elections in the by-elections, CM Yogi has to flourish once again on the lost political ground. This is why the by-elections for nine seats before the final power election are a matter of credibility of Yogi and Akhilesh.
However, the Samajwadi Party has demanded cancellation of the elections held for three of the nine seats. The claim is that the police administration did not conduct fair elections. The BJP strongly rejects these allegations. Akhilesh Yadav has ordered the workers to stay at the counting site till the end and return only with their victory certificate.
All eyes on the results of the by-elections held in Rajasthan
And now let’s talk about Rajasthan, because by-elections have also been held in 7 assembly seats in Rajasthan. And most importantly, the by-elections will be held within 11 months of the 2023 assembly elections. Of the seven assembly seats for which by-elections were held in Rajasthan, the BJP could win only one seat . So now the competition is great and the wait is who will win in the results. By-elections have been held for seven assembly seats in Rajasthan. And here is a head-to-head fight between the BJP and the Congress. In the 2023 assembly elections, the BJP had only the Salumber seat in its reckoning, while Congress candidates were victorious in 4 out of 6 seats. And one seat was won by Bharatiya Adivasi Party, another seat was won by Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. In the 2023 assembly elections, Congress MLAs were elected from the Jhunjhunu assembly seats of Shekhawati, Dausa, Deoli-Uniara and Ramgarh.
But in 2023 there was a change of power, the Congress Gehlot government disappeared and the BJP took power and handed over the rule of Rajasthan to Bhajan Lal. Now the by-elections are a litmus test for both the BJP and Bhajan Lal. So, for the Congress, the challenge is to save 4 out of 4 seats. In Rajasthan, five seats fell vacant after MLAs became MPs. While 2 seats have remained vacant due to the death of MLAs. Elections for these seats will be held again within 11 months of the assembly elections in 2023. The competition is tough and now, what will happen tomorrow? Will it be interesting? Who will win the results on November 23?
There is also a vigil for the leaders on Friday night in Bihar. The results of the by-elections to be held in four seats in Bihar will also be known on Saturday. The question is who will win the by-election. Will nepotism win or lose? What will happen to Prashant Kishor’s Jansuraj Party? Which party will sink Owaisi’s party or open the door to victory in south Bihar? In reality, the Bihar by-election results are a preview of the assembly elections to be held next year. The by-election results for Belaganj, Imamganj, Ramgarh and Tarari assembly seats are nothing less than a litmus test for Prashant Kishore and Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar politics. The reason is that this is the first time after the launch of the party that Prashant Kishor’s party is making waves in the election campaign. On the other hand, of the four seats for which by-elections were held, three were for the Grand Alliance, meaning Tejashwi’s biggest challenge is to retain all three seats.
The results of by-elections for six seats in Bengal will also be released.
And now let’s talk about West Bengal. By-elections will be held here for 6 assembly seats. The brutality that happened to the Dr.’s daughter at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata. After that there was a lot of turmoil in politics. And after that came these by-elections. Although TMC badly defeated the BJP in the Lok Sabha, what happens in the by-elections will also be decided on Saturday. Everyone has seen the battle for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. How there was a close fight between TMC and BJP, but Mamata Banerjee won. Yes, TMC won 29 seats in the Lok Sabha, while BJP could only win 12 seats. And now on November 13, by-elections were held for 6 assembly seats in 5 districts of West Bengal. whose results will be known tomorrow, that is, on November 23. But before those by-elections, the way the doctor daughter of RG Kar Medical College was gang-raped and then murdered in Bengal. The question is whether it will benefit the BJP in the by-elections.
The six seats where by-elections have been held in West Bengal include minority-dominated Haroa, the urban center of Nouhati near Kolkata, Taldangra with a significant tribal population, Sitai with minority votes and Rajbanshi, the seat of the garden of tea from North Bengal, Madiyahat and Medinipur. Of the six seats where elections will be held, five belong to Trinamool and one to the BJP. Although TMC has claimed that it will win all 6 seats. But the BJP has also tried its best to win this by-election, because the BJP wants to prove that after the most heinous incident that happened with Doctor Bitiya, the political atmosphere of Bengal has changed.
