BJP in clear lead in UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa; AAP makes landslide in Punjab
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Lucknow: Poll counting results in five states' assembly elections have give a clear pointer that BJP will come to power again in Up as also in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur while AAP has made a landslide in the Punjab. While in UP, the BJP has suffered a diminishing of its seats in the assembly, mainly taken away by the Samajwadi Party (SP), Yogi Adityanath's government fared fairly well in the context of projections that it would take a severe beating, and against negative factors against the incumbents.
In Punjab where the Congress had a clear majority in the last assembly has been the main loser. The party couldn't have suffered a bigger ignominy than the chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi losing both the constituencies where he contested: Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur.
The elections are widely seen as the semi-final of the 2024 parliamentary elections, especially with UP in the picture whose results tend to be seen as pointer to the parliamentary poll.
Right at the early stages of the counting, in UP the BJP has shown clear leading in at least 280 seats. Soon it became clear that the BJP would have no problem comfortably crossing the absolute majority mark of 202, although the eventual figure of 259 was 60 seats far below of its previous strength.
Samajwadi Party failed to measure up to the challenge it was expected to make against the BJP, but it made gains in the eventual numbers from the previous 47 to 131, whereas the BJP slipped from 312 to 259 as of now.
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10 March 2022 5:30 AM GMTBJP to form government in Manipur with a full majority: Biren Singh
Manipur seems to be safe bastion of BJP as of now, with trends showing the saffron party’s major show. As counting progresses in 60 seats in the state, upswing of BJP is evident heading close to form a majority government. Biren Singh nearly said as much taking cue from the BJP’s forbidding performance. BJP stepped in the fray this time stitching up ties with NPP and other regional outfits. The last time in 2017 BJP won 22 seats. Biren Singh’s exuberant comment of forming government came at about 10 am. BJP is evidently leading in six seats with many slowly propping up alongside in favour of it.
- 10 March 2022 5:22 AM GMT
Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP all set for historic win in Punjab assembly elections
The Aam Aadmi Party appeared for landslide sweep in Punjab with most of its candidates ahead in seats considered to be stronghold of the Congress party.
As of 10:40 am, trends have AAP at 88 and Congress at 13 out of total 117 seats. Akalis are at 10 and BJP and allies at 5.
AAP's Raghav Chadha to NDTV: "Punjab embraced Kejriwal model of governance".
Both the Congress's biggest leaders in Punjab - Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state unit boss Navjot Singh Sidhu - were trailing, as counting of votes entered the third hour on Thursday. Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister, trailing in his constituency of Patiala Urban seat.
AAP supporters have already started celebrating in Punjab as trends favour a big victory.
- 10 March 2022 5:19 AM GMT
AAP surge forth in Punjab, many biggies trail
Punjab: As numbers add on at the counting centres across the state, prospects of AAP’s definite showdown in the state is unquestionable. In the onrush of AAP, many prominent faces in the state are trailing in the first two hours of the counting. Those in the blues include five-time former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Congress chief ministerial candidate and incumbent Charanjit Singh, and Congress state unit chief Navjot Sidhu from Amritsar (East), among others. AAP's chief ministerial face and sitting MP Bhagwant Mann is leading from Dhuri, the seat from where he's trying luck for the first time, reports say.
- 10 March 2022 5:05 AM GMT
BJP leads in 20 seats in Goa
The early trends in Goa shows that the state leaning to BJP. The BJP has won 20 seats while Congress came behind with 12 in the 40-member house. TMC is leading in 5 seats.
The most of exit poll predictions have suggested a hung government in Goa. For the 40 seats Assembly House, there were over 300 candidates contested, including the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress, and AAP.
