Tuesday, December 23, 2014

PDP largest party in J&K, BJP to form govt. in Jharkhand

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and BJP leader Arjun Munda loses from the Kharsawan (ST) constituency

Party position in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls:

Party Won Leading Total
Bharatiya Janata Party 25 0 25
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0 1
Indian National Congress 12 0 12
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 15 0 15
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party 28 0 28
Jammu & Kashmir People Conference 2 0 2
Jammu And Kashmir People Democratic Front (Secular) 1 0 1
Independent 3 0 3
Total 87 0 87


Party position in Jharkhand Assembly polls:

Party Won Leading Total
Bahujan Samaj Party 1 0 1
Bharatiya Janata Party 37 0 37
Indian National Congress 5 1 6
AJSU Party 5 0 5
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 19 0 19
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 8 0 8
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) 1 0 1
Jai Bharat Samanta Party 1 0 1
Jharkhand Party 1 0 1
Marxist Co-Ordination 1 0 1
Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha 1 0 1
Total 80 1 81


7:13 pm: BJP-AJSU alliance wins absolute majority in Jharkhand. BJP wins 37 seats, while AJSU Party bags 5 in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly.
7:03 pm: Jharkhand Drinking and Sanitation Minister Jai Prakash Bhai Patel defeats BJP’s Kumar Mahesh Singh by over 7,000 votes from Mandu seat.

Former minister and JMM’s Joba Manjhi wins the Manoharpur (ST) seat defeating her nearest rival BJP’s Gurucharan Naik by over 17,000 votes.

Disaster Management Minister Mannan Malick (Congress) has lost to BJP’s Raj Sinha by over 52,000 votes from the Dhanbad constituency.

6:50 pm: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi (JVM-P) loses to CPI (ML-Liberation) candidate Raj Kumar Yadav in Dhanwar by 10,712 votes.



News Analysis: The results in Jharkhand — as also in Jammu and Kashmir — signal that the fight in the future elections will be between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and regional parties. Read here

BJP party workers celebrating even while counting was in progress at Ranchi on Tuesday. Photo: Manob Chowdhury



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