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  • Massive Turnout In Kalpetta As Priyanka Gandhi Kicks Off Campaign For Wayanad Bypoll |

    WAYANAD: Thousands of people, including UDF leaders and workers, gathered in Kalpetta on Wednesday to participate in a massive roadshow welcoming Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as she prepares to make her electoral debut by filing nomination papers for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll. Priyanka, who arrived in the hill district on Tuesday night along with her mother — Congress Parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi — led the roadshow along with her brother — Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi — from the new bus stand at Kalpetta.

    Priyanka’s husband, Robert Vadra, and one of their children were also seen along with her in the open-roof vehicle along with other senior party and IUML leaders during the roadshow.

    UDF workers and supporters as well as members of the general public of all age groups, who were waiting since early morning, welcomed her carrying placards with Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi’s photographs, balloons in the party colours and drum beats.

    Balloons in the party colours of the Congress and its ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) also lined both sides of the nearly two kilometer long roadshow route. Green flags of IUML and the tricolour of the Congress, which were absent during Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in April this year, were also seen, but in very few numbers.

    Priyanka would be contesting against LDF’s Sathyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas. The by-election for Wayanad LS seat became necessary after Rahul Gandhi, who won the Lok Sabha polls from there and Rae Bareli constituency, decided to vacate Wayanad.

  • Jharkhand Election 2024: JMM Releases 1st List Of 35 Candidates, Hemant Soren To Contest From Barhait |

    RANCHI: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha released its first list of 35 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls on Wednesday, fielding Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Barhait and Kalpana Soren from Gandey segments. The assembly polls will be held in two phases — on November 13 and 20 — while the results will be declared on November 23.

    Hemant Soren is the sitting MLA from Barhait (ST) constituency in Sahibganj district. He won the seat by 25,740 votes over his nearest BJP rival Simon Malto in the 2019 assembly elections. His wife Kalpana Soren had won the Gandey bypoll by 27,149 votes over her nearest BJP rival Dilip Kumar Verma. The seat had fallen vacant following the resignation of JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad.

    Of the 35 JMM nominees, Basant Soren, the incumbent chief minister’s brother, will contest from Dumka, Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Rabindranath Mahto from Nala, Minister Mithilesh Thakur from Garhwa, Sonu Sudivya from Giridih and Bebi Devi from Dumri.

    Basant defeated former BJP minister Lois Marandi by over 6,842 votes in party stronghold Dumka, the constituency vacated by his elder brother Hemant Soren after he won Dumka and Barahit in the December 2019 assembly elections and decided to retain the latter.

    Assembly Speaker Mahto won Nala in Jamtara by a margin of 3,520 votes, defeating Satyanand Jha of the BJP in the last elections. Mahto had won the seat in 2005 and 2014 also.

    The other candidates announced by the JMM include Dipak Birua from Chaibasa and Kedar Hazara, a three-term sitting MLA of BJP who joined the party recently, from Jamua.

  • Maharashtra Election 2024: Amid Seat-Sharing Deadlock, Sena-UBT’s ‘Sacrifice’ Message For Congress |

    With stalemate continuing over seat-sharing in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, Shiv Sena-UBT Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has suggested that parties should make a few sacrifices for the betterment of Maharashtra. Giving an example of the Lok Sabha polls where Congress contested more seats, Raut said that this election is about removing a ‘corrupt’ government from Maharashtra.

    Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said, “We have been in politics for years, every party feels that their workers should be made candidates…Everyone has the right to speak about their role but when it comes to seat sharing, everyone has to make a few sacrifices and take a step back.”

    When asked if Congress is ready to sacrifice and give up a few seats to other allies in Maha Vikas Aghadi, Raut says, “This is not about sacrifice, this is about national interest and Maharashtra’s interest…We had indeed shown big-heartedness (during seat sharing for Lok Sabha elections) because we had to defeat enemies of the Constitution. Today, we have to remove from power, a corrupt Government in Maharashtra.”

    Raut said that the seat-sharing talks will be finalised by this evening. The Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) and Shiv Sena-UBT are part of Maha Vikash Aghadi. The assembly elections for the 288 seats will take place on November 20 and the counting of votes will take place on November 23.

    The Congress is keen on contesting around 110 seats while the Sena-UBT is of the view that all three major partners should contest an equal number of seats or at least below 100 to accommodate smaller allies like the Samajwadi Party, Left parties, and the Peasants and Workers Party. 

  • Jharkhand Election: BJP Releases First List Of 66 Candidates, Fields Champai Soren From Saraikella |

    BJP released the first of 66 candidates list on Saturday for Jharkhand Assembly Polls. The saffron party has nominated state chief Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, Sita Soren from Jamtara, former CM Champai Soren from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from Jaganathpur, Meera Munda from Potka.

     

    BJP releases the first list of 66 candidates for the #JharkhandElection2024

    Party’s state chief Babulal Marandi to contest from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, Sita Soren from Jamtara, former CM Champai Soren from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from… pic.twitter.com/uXhfDpfTxq
    — ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2024

    The BJP is going to contest on 68 of the 81 assembly seats in the state, leaving the rest for its allies.

    The party aims to oust the JMM-Congress alliance from power in the upcoming two-phase polls, which are scheduled to be held on November 13 and 20.

    BJP will contest the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections along with their allies including All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the party said, ANI reported.

    As per the current agreement, AJSU will likely to contest on 10 seats, JDU on 2 seats and LJP will contest the lone seat of Chatra and BJP will contest on remaining 68 seats.

     

    The 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly elections are set for November 13 and 20, with vote counting scheduled for November 23. 

    In Jharkhand, approximately 2.60 crore voters are eligible to participate, including 1.31 crore male voters and 1.29 crore female voters. Notably, there are 11.84 lakh first-time voters in the state.

  • Maharashtra Polls: Number of Total Electors Cross 8.9 Crore With 70 Lakh New Voters |

    MUMBAI: The number of registered voters in Maharashtra has increased by nearly 70 lakh since the 2019 assembly elections, a top poll official said on Wednesday. Assembly elections will be held in the state on November 20. “There were 8,94,46,211 voters in Maharashtra ahead of the 2019 assembly elections. After the special enrollment drives conducted by the election commission, the number has increased to 9,63,69,410, a rise of 69,23,199,” said Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam. 

    A polling booth generally has 1,500 voters, but if there are more voters, additional booths would be set up, he said, speaking to reporters here a day after the election schedule was announced. There were 96,654 polling booths during the 2019 assembly elections, while there would be 1,00,186 booths this time, Chockalingam informed. 

    There are 6,36,278 voters with physical disabilities, while 1,16,355 voters are from the armed forces. The number of first-time voters, those between 18-19 years of age, is 20,93,206, he said. Notably, of 12,43,192 voters above the age of 85 years, as many as 47,716 are centenarians, said Chockalingam. Nearly six lakh state government employees would be roped in for election work, he said. 

    As to how many voters can be inside a polling booth at a time, he said there would be four tables in each booth. “We have issued instructions that three to four voters can be present inside. During the Lok Sabha elections, some officials allowed only one person inside at a time which resulted in delays in voting,” he added.

    On the use of terms such as “vote-jihad” which has communal overtones, Chockalingam said, “The model code of conduct has come into force yesterday. If some leaders tend to use it (such terms), we will not spare anyone. If we receive any complaint, we will check it within the legal framework and submit our report accordingly.” 

    BJP leader and deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had two weeks ago blamed “vote jihad” for the BJP’s poor show in the state during the Lok Sabha polls. “Out of 48 Lok Sabha constituencies (in Maharashtra), 14 seats witnessed vote jihad. Hindu religion never disrespected other faiths; tolerance is in our blood. I call for the need to awaken Hindutva if someone is voting for electing anti-Hindu leaders to top posts,” he had said at a public event in Kolhapur.

  • Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 Dates, Phase, Voting Time, Other Details |

    Maharashtra Election Dates 2024: The Election Commission of India announced the dates for the Assembly Polls for Maharashtra on Tuesday. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, along with the two Election Commissioners – Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu announced the details of the much-awaited election. The legislative assembly of Maharashtra is set to end on November 3. 

    As per the Election Commission of India trends, the 288 legislative assembly seats are likely to go to the polls in single phase. The counting of votes may get concluded before November 26. 

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) reported, the state has 9.63 crore registered voters, with 4.97 crore male voters and 4.66 crore female voters. A total of 52,789 polling stations will be set up, including 39,048 in rural areas and 13,741 in urban areas.

    Maharashtra Assembly Election Full Schedule 2024 

    Nomination Filing Start Date: 22-10-24
    Nomination Filing End Date: 29-10-24 
    Scrutiny of nomination: 30-10-24
    Withdrawal of nomination: 4-11-24
    Voting Date: 20-11-24
    Result Counting Date: 23-11-24

    In 2019, the assembly elections were held on October 21 while the counting of votes was held on October 24. During the last elections, the BJP and then an undivided Shiv Sena had contested the polls together. The BJP had bagged 105 seats while the Sena had got 56 seats. Congress had managed to win 44 seats, and NCP 56 seats.

    However, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance failed to form a government after no consensus was reached over sharing the Chief Ministerial post. Then, Shiv Sena had joined hands with Congress and the undivided NCP to form Maha Vikas Aghadi which ruled the state for around three years. Later, a rebellion in Shiv Sena led by current Chief Minister Eknath Shinde propelled the BJP to power. Subsequently, Ajit Pawar led a rebellion in NCP and joined the ruling Mahayuti coalition as well. 

    The Maharashtra elections 2024 will be a litmus test for Shiv Sena-UBT, Shiv Sena-Shinde faction, NCP-Ajit Pawar faction and NCP-Sharad Pawar.

  • ‘Guarantee Of Development Has Overpowered Lies: PM Modi After Big Victory In Haryana |

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed party workers in Delhi on Tuesday following a third consecutive victory in Haryana. PM Modi slammed Congress and said that the guarantee of development has overpowered the knot of lies. He stressed that this is the first time a government has been formed in Haryana after completing two consecutive terms of five years.

    He said, “The victory in Haryana is the result of the hard work of the party workers, JP Nadda, CM Nayab Singh Saini. Today, the guarantee of development has overpowered the knot of lies. The people of Haryana have created history. Haryana was constituted in 1966. 13 elections have been held in Haryana so far, out of which in 10 elections, the people of Haryana have changed the government but this time what the people of Haryana have done never happened before. For the first time, a govt has been formed in Haryana after completing 2 terms of 5 years…”

    Reacting to the polls in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years, he stated that based on the vote share percentage, the BJP has emerged as the largest party in the region.

    “Peaceful elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir, votes were counted and results were declared and this is the victory of the Indian Constitution and democracy. The people of Jammu and Kashmir gave the mandate to the NC alliance, I congratulate them too. If we look at the vote share percentage, BJP has emerged as the biggest party in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

    Earlier, PM Modi shared a post on X, assuring the people that the party would leave no stone unturned in fulfilling their aspirations. “I salute the people of Haryana for giving a clear majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party once again. This is the victory of the politics of development and good governance. I assure the people here that we will leave no stone unturned to fulfil their aspirations,” the post read. 

  • Samalkha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Update: Manmohan Bhadana, BJP Candidate Leads |

    Samalkha, Haryana Assembly Elections Result 2024: The current Haryana legislative Assembly will end on November 3, 2024. The state is all set to elect 90 members for its Legislative Assembly. Haryana voted in a single phase and the voting was conducted on October 5. As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), the result is to be declared today. In the October 2019 Assembly elections, the state government was formed by the coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party and Jannayak Janata Party with Manohar Lal Khattar as the Chief Minister.

    12.20pm Update: Manmohan Bhadana from Bharatiya Janata Party is leading with a margin of 13664 votes. Dharam Singh Chhoker, Indian National Congress is trailing from Samalkha seat.

    11.45am Update: Manmohan Bhadana from Bharatiya Janata Party is leading with a margin of 8045 votes. Dharam Singh Chhoker, Indian National Congress is trailing from Samalkha seat.

    11.00am Update: Manmohan Bhadana from Bharatiya Janata Party is leading with a margin of 7790 votes. Dharam Singh Chhoker, Indian National Congress is trailing from Samalkha seat.

    10.20am Update: Manmohan Bhadana from Bharatiya Janata Party  is leading with a margin of 5106 votes. Dharam Singh Chhoker, Indian National Congress is trailing from Samalkha seat.

     

    9.40am Update: Dharam Singh Chhoker from Indian National Congress is leading with a margin of 2888 votes.Manmohan Bhadana, the saffron party candidate is trailing from Samalkha seat.

    Samalkha Vidhan Sabha Election Result 2024 LIVE:


     

    Samalkha is one of the assembly constituencies in Haryana. Samalkha comes under Panipat district of Haryana state. Samalkha Assembly Constituency went to polls in October this year.. The voting took place in a single phase. In the 2024 Haryana Assembly Elections, the total percentage of voters in Samalkha Constituency was recorded at 73.1 percent. The results of the Assembly elections 2024 in theSamalkha constituency will be announced on October 8.

     

    List Of Samalkha Constituency Candidates: 

    Manmohan Bhadana is on the field from Bharatiya Janata Party. Dharam Singh Chhoker is from Congress, Bittu Pahalwan is the AAP candidate from Samalkha and Rajesh Jattipur is the fighting candidate from INLD-BSP. While JJP-ASPhas no candidate on this seat. 

    In 2019, Dharam Singh Chhoker of theIndian National Congress won the seat by defeating Shashi Kant Kaushik of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a lead margin of 14,942 votes. In 2014, Ravinder Machhrouli from (IND) won in Samalkha Assembly Elections, leading with 20,373 votes. In 2009, Dharm Singh from Haryana Janhit Congress won with the lead of 13,451 votes.  

    It will be interesting to know who is the winner from the Samalkha assembly seat. With counting of votes in progress, stay tuned with us for latest updates on Haryana Election Results 2014.

     

  • J&K Election Result 2024 Live Updates | Anantnag West Assembly Constituency: Will Gulshan Akhter Give Close Fight To NC And BJP? |

    New Delhi: As the counting takes place for much awaited assembly election results today (October 8), the guess game will be regarding formation of the Jammu & Kashmir will be over. The J&K Assembly poll results will also be keenly observed as it is the first after the abrogation of Article 370.

    The 2024 Assembly polls in three phases recorded an overall voter turnout of 63.45 per cent, a little less than the 2014 percentage of 65.

    J&K Assembly elections are happening after a gap of 10 years while the outcome of the polls is set to define the future course of the Union Territory.


    Anantnag West Assembly constituency, which is also part of Anantnag Rajouri lok sabha constituency will see a close contest from Gulshan Akhter, IND candidate with NC’s Abdul Majeed Bhat, BJP’s Mohd Rafiq Wani, PDP’s Abdul Gaffar Sofi, IND’s Fayaz Ahmad Khanday, IND’s Aaqib Mushtaq Ganie, JKNPPB’s Mohammad Rafiq Wani, JKDPAZ’s Bilal Ahmad Deva and JDU’s Gull Mohd Bhat.

    Stay Tuned With Zee News For Live Updates On Anantnag West Assembly constituency poll results

    8.02: Counting of votes begin in 90 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir

    8:50: Early trends show Bharatiya Janata Party leading in 5 seats, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference in 3 and Independent in 1 seat of the 90-constituency J&K Assembly poll results

  • PM Modi Slams JMM-Cong-RJD Alliance In Jharkhand, Calls Them ‘Hindrance To Development’ |

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling alliance of Jharkhand, including JMM, Congress, and RJD, and said that this alliance is the biggest hindrance in the development of the state. He further said that JMM and Congress are busy carrying out a marathon of scams in Jharkhand.

    “Now JMM has also been coloured by Congress and RJD. This is not the same old JMM. Today JMM has been taken over by the Congress ecosystem. Today JMM is haunted by the ghost of Congress—the language changed, the character changed, and now they are trying to change the soul of Jharkhand. JMM and Congress are busy conducting a marathon of scams in Jharkhand,” PM Modi said.

    The Prime Minister was addressing a Parivartan Mahasabha in Hazaribagh. Continuing his attack at the ruling alliance, he said that when the central government is working day and night for the development of Jharkhand, the state government (the Hemant Soren-led government) is trying to derail the development of the state.

    “The central government is working day and night for the development of Jharkhand, whereas, on the other hand, the state government (Hemant Soren-led government) is trying to derail the development of the state. Today everyone in the state knows that Congress JMM and RJD’s alliance is the biggest hindrance in the development of the state. Jharkhand will only grow and develop when the present government loses. Jharkhand will only grow when there is change in the state. Therefore, the Parivartan Yatra is underway in the state,” he said.

    “I have heard that now, when he is about to leave, he has increased both the speed and scale of corruption. Thousands of transfers have taken place in Jharkhand in the last two weeks. Transfer-posting industry… this is a very big industry. JMM has made crores of rupees on the pretext of this. But now this game is not going to last long… soon the government will change in Jharkhand and every penny of this loot will be accounted for,” he further stated.

    PM Modi lashed out at the grand old party and RJD and said that back before 2001, a party like RJD had made Jharkhand its place of loot and Congress was an equal shareholder with RJD. He further accused the Congress party of suppressing the demands of forming Jharkhand. He said that it was former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee who fulfilled the dreams and created Jharkhand state with peace and consensus.

    “BJP is the party that, along with all of you, saw the dream of Jharkhand state and also fulfilled it. As soon as Atal Ji came to power, he created Jharkhand state with peace and consensus. We wanted the development of Jharkhand; we wanted to fulfill the dreams of the tribal society here, but in fulfilling these, we had to fight with parties like RJD. A party like RJD had made Jharkhand its place of loot. Water, forest, and land were openly looted. They had made this area a safe house for criminals and mafias, and who was supporting RJD from Delhi?—Congress Party. Congress was an equal shareholder with RJD. They used to say that Jharkhand wouldn’t be made, and the Congress party had assured to suppress the demands of Jharkhand,” the Prime Minister said.

    Jharkhand is likely to go to polls for its 81-member legislative assembly by December 2024, as the current government’s tenure is set to end in January 2025. The Election Commission is yet to announce the election schedule. In the 2020 assembly election, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won 30 seats, the Bharatiya Janta Party bagged 25 and the Congress won 16.

    (With ANI Inputs)