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Eight Haryana ministers lost the assembly elections, which saw just two of the 10 ministers fielded by the ruling BJP returning to the state assembly.
Cabinet minister and five-time MLA Anil Vij retained his traditional bastion of Ambala Cantonment, whereas minister of state Banwari Lal emerged victorious from Bawal.
Vij drubbed Congress rebel Chitra Sarwara, who fought as independent, by over 20,000 votes.
The ministers who lost the elections are Ram Bilas Sharma (Mahendragarh), Capt. Abhimanyu (Narnaund), Om Prakash Dhankar (Badli), Kavita Jain (Sonipat), Krishan Lal Panwar (Israna), Manish Kumar Grover (Rohtak), Krishan Kumar Bedi (Shahbad), and Karan Dev Kamboj (Radaur). The saffron party's idea of shifting minister Karan Dev Kamboj from Indri to Raduar also failed to yield positive results.
Khattar retained his Karnal constituency.
Grover and Kamboj lost to their rivals by just over 2,000 votes, whereas other ministers faced defeat by over 10,000 votes.
Lone woman minister in the Khattar cabinet, Kavita Jain, a three-time MLA, lost her traditional Sonipat seat to Surender Panwar of the Congress by a margin of over 32,000 votes.
Among the other prominent faces for the ruling BJP who tasted defeat in the elections was its state president Subhash Barala. He lost the contest from Tohana to Jannayak Janta Party candidate Devender Singh by a huge margin of 52,302 votes.
The opposition Congress too witnessed a major upset in Kaithal, where senior party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala lost to BJP's Leela Ram. The three-time legislator and Congress Party's chief spokesperson was defeated by a margin of 1,246 votes. It was a second blow to Surjewala, who had tasted defeat in the Jind byelections early this year.
Congress candidate and former Haryana Assembly speaker Kuldeep Sharma also faced defeat at the hands of BJP nominee Nirmal Rani from Ganaur.
With PTI inputs.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP president Chandrakant Patil and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray were among the prominent winners in the assembly polls on Thursday.
Fadnavis, the first BJP chief minister of Maharashtra, retained his Nagpur South West seat for the fifth consecutive term, while Thackeray, the first member of his family to contest polls, emerged victorious in Worli, central Mumbai. Patil, a two-time MLC and a sitting minister, who contested his first assembly polls, won from Kothurd in Pune.
Other prominent winners included Nitesh Rane of the BJP from Kankavli in the Konkan region and NCP leader Ajit Pawar from Baramati in Pune district. Rane had won the seat on a Congress ticket in 2014 and joined the BJP on the eve of Oct. 21 elections.
Former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan, both Congressmen, won from Bhokar (Nanded district) and Karad South (Satara district), respectively. State Congress president Balasaheb Thorat retained his Sangamner assembly seat in Ahmednagar district for the eight time.
Among the prominent losers were state’s Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde of the BJP from Parli in Beed district and EGS Minister Jaydutt Kshirsagar, who had quit the NCP to join the Shiv Sena after the Lok Sabha polls.
Another prominent politician, Harshvardhan Patil, who switched to the BJP from the Congress on the eve of the assembly polls, was defeated by Dattatraya Bharne, the sitting NCP legislator in Indapur, Pune district.
With PTI inputs
At the BJP HQ, addressing Party Karyakartas. https://t.co/CDPzz8RUwR
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 24, 2019
In fact, it is time to celebrate and not analyse. But if we look at the result, the BJP had in 2014 contested 260 seats and won 122. This time, we fought 164 and are likely to get 105. Our strike is rate better, we won 70 percent of the seats.Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray described the assembly election results as an “eye-opener for many”, adding that the people of the state had kept democracy alive.
“We had agreed to contest fewer seats (than the BJP), but I cannot accommodate the BJP every time. I should allow my party to grow,” Uddhav said, indicating that he would drive a hard bargain.
Thackeray said that it was time to implement 50:50 formula that decided on earlier between Sena and BJP.
On being asked if the Congress had made an offer of the chief minister's post to Jannayak Janta Party chief Dushyant Chautala, Hooda said no such talk had taken place.
Hooda, who is leading by a comfortable margin from his stronghold Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak district, said the people had given their mandate against the BJP over it's "non-fulfilment of promises and non-performance".
Appealing non-BJP outfits to join hands with the Congress, Hooda assured them that they would be given due respect. "We are prepared to form a strong government," he said.
Taking a jibe at the BJP, Hooda said: "Those who were claiming to win more than 75 seats, people have shown them the reality and they have been limited to around 30 seats." The Congress leader said the ruling BJP had no moral right to stay in power as it looked way off from even getting the majority. "Many of their ministers are facing defeat," he said.
He alleged that the adminstration was putting pressure on the Independents at the behest of the ruling BJP and not allowing them to move freely.
Source: PTI
#MaharashtraElections2019: Celebrations underway at BJP state office in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/FolobQGMN3
— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2019
#WATCH 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. #MaharashtraAssemblyPolls2019 pic.twitter.com/ae0bJUNI8q
— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2019
Seven Haryana ministers, including Ram Bilas Sharma and Capt Abhimanyu, and State BJP chief Subhash Barala were trailing, as per early Election Commission trends.
Among other ministers who were behind include 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.
From Radaur, Minister Karan Dev Kamboj was behind Bishan Lal of Congress by a margin of 1,394 votes while another minister Krishan Lal Panwar was behind Congress' Balbir Singh from Israna reserved seat by a margin of 7020 votes.
However, senior Minister and five-time legislator, Anil Vij was leading in his Ambala Cantt seat by a margin of 3,569 votes over Independent candidate Chitra Sarwra.
Source: PTI
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Wrestler and BJP candidate from Baroda, Yogeshwar Dutt leading by 430 votes as per official EC trends #HaryanaAssemblyPolls (file pic) pic.twitter.com/6SGo6PXNT0
— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2019
#MaharashtraAssemblyElections: Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray contesting from Worli assembly constituency leading with 7020 votes after first round of counting. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/xoogavxL1Q
— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2019
#HaryanaAssemblyElections2019: Bharatiya Janata Party's Babita Phogat leading in Dadri assembly constituency pic.twitter.com/xTDKYYGUj4
— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2019
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Maharashtra Elections: Why The ‘Narendra + Devendra’ Formula Has Been Potent
#HaryanaAssemblyElections2019: Counting of votes underway in Gurugram. pic.twitter.com/kAhCf1IZQL
— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2019
Two hundred and eighty eight seats are up for grabs in Maharashtra with over 3,000 candidates in the fray.
Most expect a one-sided victory for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena alliance banking on the popularity of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
After publicly voicing differences for months, mainly over seat share, the BJP and Shiv Sena kept their National Democratic Alliance intact.
The United Progressive Alliance, between the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party, too had its fair share of differences. However, the duo was significantly weakened due to an exodus of leaders.
As many as 20 sitting MLAs of the BJP were dropped from the electoral list this time, including education minister and sitting MLA from Borivali Vinod Tawde, energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, senior leader Eknath Khadse and former housing minister Prakash Mehta.
Eknath Khadse, the five-time MLA from Muktainagar, was also not given a ticket. While he was all set to file his nomination as an independent candidate, the party decided to field his daughter Rohini instead. Later, Khadse said in a tweet that the blessings he has received from his supporters for all these years should now go to his daughter.
Also, Vikramgad MLA Vishnu Savra, Medha Kulkarni of Kothrud and Sangeeta Thombre from Kaij, among others, have not been given a ticket to contest.
In Haryana things are more interesting. More than 1,100 candidates are vying for 90 seats in the north Indian state.
The state is poised for a four-way contest between the BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal, and the Jannayak Janta Party.
Manohar Lal Khattar, the first BJP leader to hold the chief minister’s post in Haryana, is seeking a second term. He expressed confidence that his party will secure close to 75 seats in the state assembly.
Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress is also looking to revive his fortunes after a defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. But the Congress suffered a jolt after its state unit President Ashok Tanwar quit and declared his support for Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party.
Abhay Chautala’s Indian National Lok Dal is also in the electoral fray. JJP, a breakaway faction of the INLD, has fielded former Border Security Force constable Tej Bahadur Yadav against Khattar from Rohtak.
A key factor in the election will be the presence of swing seats. 19 of the 90 seats have been swing seats, some of them since the first election held in 1967.
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