Assembly Elections 2019 News
Rebels bring down BJP tally in Maharashtra and Haryana
BJP lost 19 seats in Maharashtra and 7 seats in HaryanaMembers of the BJP also point out that the victory of dissidents in both Maharashtra and Haryana suggests problems in the selection of candidates
1 min read28 Oct 2019Opinion | An ethical formation please
Who gets to form a government could depend on which side manages to get the support of independent winners
1 min read25 Oct 2019Twitter records 3.2 million tweets for #AssemblyElections2019
Throughout the campaigning period, politicians and political parties used Twitter to communicate with citizens in Haryana and MaharashtraAmong the contesting parties in Maharashtra, the official handles of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance took the lead with 38% share of mentions
1 min read25 Oct 2019’Thank people for blessing me with so many votes’: Aaditya Thackeray
Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray has thanked people for blessing him with so many votes during the assembly elections. Aaditya Thackeray won from the Worli Assembly constituency by a margin of around 70,000 votes. Aaditya Thackeray is the first person from the Thackeray family to contest in polls. There have been reports that Aaditya Thackeray may be named as the Deputy Chief Minister in Maharashtra.
25 Oct 20192019 may be the toughest test for Khattar- BJP’s first time CM in Haryana
The 65-years old former Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) pracharak, Khattar moved to BJP in 1994 and won his first state elections in 2014The state which had been a traditional battleground for Congress and home-grown Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), witnessed BJP’s historic victory in 2014
1 min read24 Oct 2019Sharad Pawar stamp on good show by NCP
NCP has managed to revive itself and remain politically relevant in the assembly electionsAccording to the Election Commission, NCP is leading in 53 seats
1 min read24 Oct 2019Was anti-incumbency a factor in Maharashtra elections?
Maharashtra was a clash of alliances between the BJP-Shiv Sena and the Congress-NCP in the backdrop of severe drought in its villagesMost exit polls predicted that the NDA would get more than 200 out of the 288 seats in the state
2 min read24 Oct 2019Is low turnout the cause of a close contest in Haryana?
As early trends show a close three cornered contest in the state, could a low turnout be a cause behind it?A higher turnout has hence often resulted in decisive mandates
1 min read24 Oct 2019Maharashtra, Haryana polling off to a slow start
BJP, which is incumbent in both the states, is trying to make history by returning to power in both the statesThis is the first set of assembly elections since Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP returned to power in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year
1 min read21 Oct 2019Every vote is important, says Amit Shah on Maharashtra, Haryana polls
Polling for 90 seats of Haryana and 288 constituencies of Maharashtra began at 7 amThe electoral fate of over 4400 candidates- 1169 in Haryana and 3237 in Maharashtra will be sealed in EVMs
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