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However, T(BJP) fell by a massive 22 per cent in the Haryana Hooda now has nine victories had set a target of winning “75 say. BJP’s main challenger- less than 12-month-old Jannayak Janata Assembly polls, the results of which were declared emerge stronger. under his belt, including one plus” seats in 90-member They say that the JJP with which has made Party (JJP) emerged as a key player by win- on Thursday. After his party lost power against former deputy prime Haryana Assembly, failed to 10 seats in its kitty and seven handsome gains in its tally, ning 10 seats in a 90-member assembly. JJP’s The party secured over 58 per cent votes in the in Haryana in the 2014 polls, minister in the Lok even secure a clear majority as independents will now play a managed to get a vote share of party symbol incidentally is the ‘Key’. state in the polls held five months ago the 72-year-old satrap had Sabha polls.Hooda has been the poll results on Thursday key role in the formation of 28.12 per cent, an increase Interestingly, the original party INLD in May and won all the 10 seats. In this assembly nothing going in his favour. chief minister twice and an MP yielded a hung House. next government in from 20.58 percent in 2014. almost diminished, but the third and fourth polls, it got 36 per cent. The ruling BJP at the Centre four times.This time, the BJP While most of the exit Haryana. INLD’s vote share has declined generations of its founder and Devi Lal sur- Several ministers in the - had made alleged irregularities fielded against him Satish polls had predicted a comfort- The BJP and Congress to dismal 2.45 percent from vived by winning their respective seats. led government lost in the elections. While the BJP in the land deals during his Nandal, a former Rohtak dis- able victory for the saffron have already reached out to the 24.75 percent in 2014. "I believe the keys are in the hands of the managed to get 40 seats this time, it had won 47 in tenure a major issue and the trict unit president of the party, the actual poll results independents and the JJP, The vote share of NOTA JJP," said earlier on the 2014 Haryana Assembly polls. Congress veteran was grappling INLD, who switched sides ear- stood in stark contrast, and is which came into existence after was 0.52 percent, SAD 0.38 Thursday as counting trends clearly showed The vote share of the Congress, which has with the cases against him. lier this year. seen possibly one of the most the split in Indian National Lok percent, BSP 4.11 percent and the BJP was set to win less than half the 90 emerged stronger than the last polls but is behind He remained at logger- Hooda had defeated telling political Dal last year. others 27.33 percent. seats and the Congress making rapid gains.” the BJP, is almost the same as it was in the Lok Sabha heads with the party's state unit Nandal twice, in 2009 and embarrassments suffered by The ballot battle in JJP, AAP, LSP, Swaraj Party Dushyant Chautala, the great grandson polls. The party got 28.42 per cent of the total votes chief Ashok Tanwar, who quit 2014 from the constituency, the BJP in the recent past. Haryana was multi-cornered had contested the State of the former deputy Prime Minister late polled in the Lok Sabha election. days after he was replaced by and now he inflicted a third As the electors in Jatland- this time with the BJP, the Assembly polls for the first time Devi Lal and grandson of jailed INLD leader Haryana BJP President Subhash Barala and state Kumari Selja, weeks ahead of shot. Haryana voted for a hung Congress, the Indian National in Haryana. While the region- OP Chautala, who led the newly formed JJP ministers, except two, lost the polls. the polls. Garhi Sampla-Kiloi came assembly, the BJP failed to -Shiromani al players -- BSP, AAP, LSP and in 2018 won from Uchana Kalan in dis- Khattar retained his seat with a com- Hooda, who had virtually into being 10 years ago after a maintain its winning momen- alliance, , Swaraj Party-- had thrown the trict by defeating sitting legislator Prem Lata, fortable margin, winning by 45,188 votes over his threatened to snap ties with the delimitation exercise. Before tum in the state while its arch- , Bahujan hats into the ring, none of them 59, wife of former Union Minister nearest rival Tarlochan Singh of the Congress. BJP’s Congress, too was accommo- that the constituency was rival-Congress, apparently pro- Samaj Party, Loktantra won a single seat in the polls. Birender Singh. JJP contested all 90 assem- outgoing ministers Capt Abhimanyu, OP Dhankar, dated and made state legislature known as Kiloi. duced a resilient comeback Suraksha Party and Swaraj None of these parties had con- bly seats. Ram Bilas Sharma, , Krishan Lal Panwar, party leader, weeks before the Hooda had won from Kiloi even after struggling due to fac- in the fray. tested on all 90 seats in the Dushyant, who was MP in 2014, is the Manish Grover, and Krishan Kumar Bedi, all elections, which some state twice, including the 2005 bypoll tionalism and infighting in the From 47 seats in 2014 State state. rising force in Haryana among the politically ended up with humiliating defeats. leaders admit to be a delayed when he was the Rohtak MP party. Assembly, the BJP was restrict- This time, Haryana had diminished Chautala clan of Devi Lal’s state But BJP candidate and Public and move. and was handpicked by the While both national parties ed to 40 seats this time. The recorded a low voter turnout of party INLD. The INLD which suffered set- Engineering Minister Banwari Lal won the Bawal "However, both Hooda and high command to be the chief ended short of securing a Congress recorded increase in 68.31 per cent, a sharp decline back in the recent past ahead of Assembly seat. Also Health Minister Anil Vij retained his seat Selja aggressively picked up on minister of the state. majority in the 90-member its previous election tally of 15 from 76.54 in the 2014 assem- election as its leaders shifted to BJP and JJP from Ambala Cantonment. Two sitting the issues like unemployment, In its sweeping Lok Sabha Haryana Assembly, the fledg- to 31 in the poll results declared bly polls. Of the total voters won the lone Ellenabad seat in . ministers, and Vipul Goel, law and order, agrarian crisis, victory earlier this year, the BJP ling party-Jannayak Janta Party on Thursday. exercising their right to Interestingly, the original party diminished, were denied tickets and fresh faces were those relating to economy, had breached even the tradi- led by former Member The INLD which had man- franchise, 69.36 percent were but the third and fourth generations of its brought in. employees issues which res- tional bastions of its opponents. Parliament Dushyant Chautala aged to win 19 seats in 2014 men and 67.12 per cent were founder and Devi Lal survived by winning Outgoing Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu, onated with the people. Then Both Hooda, who fought from emerged as a key player in the could register victory on only women on the polling day i.e. their respective seats. The Chautala clan who who lost to JJP candidate and BJP rebel Ram Kumar the party came out with a , and his son Deepender, poll results. one seat. SAD, which had con- October 21. won the elections is Dushyant and his moth- Gautam in the Narnaud constituency in dis- manifesto, which promised a three-time MP who contested The BJP secured 40 seats, tested on two seats failed to Altogether, 1,169 candi- er Naina Chautala and his uncle and Devi trict by a margin of 12,029 votes, admitted his defeat loan waiver to farmers and had from Rohtak, lost. Congress won on 31, JJP open its account. Former dates, including 105 women, Lal''s grandson . during counting. something for other sections as However, in the Assembly managed to grab 10 seats, Minister Gopal Kanda’s Lokhit had entered the fray this time. Dushyant’'s mother Naina Chautala State unit chief Subhash Barala lost the Tohana well and this helped the party," polls Hooda managed to pro- and Haryana Party won one seat There were a total of 1.83 won from Badhra in district on JJP Assembly seat in by more than a state unit leader said. tect his stronghold as BJP failed Haryana Lokhit Party won one while seven independents won crore voters including 98.78 ticket. The BJP fielded Devi Lal''s grandson 20,000 votes to JJP’s Devender Singh "Had the party high com- to make inroads in the Jat- seat each and seven indepen- the polls. lakh males, 85.12 lakh females Aditya Devi Lal from Dabwali in Sirsa Babli. Barala quashed mand given charge to Hooda dominated Deswali belt of dents were elected to the Even as BJP’s vote share and 252 transgenders in the district, but he lost the seat to Congress’ Amit rumours of his resignation from his post after his and Selja a few months before Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonipat dis- House. increased to 36.47 percent this state. Sihag. defeat. the polls, Congress's perfor- tricts. PTI %&  ()+) ,  '   )  * + , - . /

Chandigarh: The ruling strength is 19. tige for the ruling party, Sandhu sented by BJP's Som Parkash. -/0 ,++ Congress won three Assembly The BJP and the LIP have was locked in a fierce poll con- It fell vacant after Parkash was seats, while the Opposition two MLAs each. test with Ayali. elected to the Lok Sabha in the (SAD) In what is being seen as a As the stakes were high for general election held in April- )++ 1 won one in the Punjab bypolls, major victory for the ruling both the parties, the Congress May. He later became a Union the results of which were party in Jalalabad, Congress's did not leave any stone minister. Bhopal: The Congresss victo- in Jhabua from the front, announced on Thursday. Raminder Awla defeated SAD's unturned for ensuring the vic- Congress candidate Indu ry in the Jhabua Assembly promising "development" in While the Congress won Raj Singh Dibipura by a mar- tory of Sandhu, who was the Bala won from Mukerian by bypoll on Thursday came as a the tribal-dominated seat, the Jalalabad, Phagwara and gin of 16,633 votes. political secretary to the chief defeating her nearest rival, big relief for the ruling party in which fell vacant after sitting Mukerian seats, the SAD came Awla polled 76,073 votes minister. Several ministers as BJP's Jangi Lal Mahajan, by a , where its BJP MLA G S Damor resigned up trumps in Dakha. while Dibipura bagged 59,439. well as the local Ludhiana MP margin of 3,440 votes. Government is precariously following victory from the If the Congress managed to Jalalabad was considered to had campaigned for the The seat fell vacant fol- placed. Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat cause a major upset to the SAD be a citadel of the Akalis as Congress candidate. lowing the death of Congress Congress candidate and in May. in Jalalabad, considered to be the seat was represented in the On the other hand, the MLA Rajnish Kumar Babbi. former Union minister Kantilal With Jhabua in its kitty, the a stronghold of the Akalis, the Assembly by them since entire Akali leadership had Indu Bala is the widow of Bhuria (68) won from Jhabua, Congress strength in the SAD dealt a blow to the grand 2007. campaigned for Ayali, though Babbi. defeating his nearest rival, BJP's assembly has gone up to 115, old party by handing it a crush- It was last represented by the opposition party had In the 2017 Assembly polls, Bhanu Bhuria (36), by a mar- just one short of the simple ing defeat in Dakha. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, charged the state government while the SAD and the BJP had gin of over 27,804 votes.With majority mark of 116. On the With these victories, the whose election to the Lok with "highhandedness" and won the Jalalabad and this, the Congress wrested the other hand, the BJP's tally has Congress consolidated its posi- Sabha from the Ferozepur "misuse" of the official machin- Phagwara seats respectively, seat, reserved for tribals, from now gone down to 108. tion with 80 seats in the 117- parliamentary segment ery to influence the voters in Mukerian and Dakha were the BJP, dealing a blow to the The 10-month-old Nath member Punjab Assembly, necessitated the bypoll. Dakha. won by the Congress and the main opposition party. government has been surviving where it enjoys a two-thirds Though the Congress won The seat fell vacant fol- AAP respectively. The bypoll win has helped on the support of two BSP, one majority now.With the addition three seats, its defeat in Dakha, lowing the resignation of The polling took place on the Congress improve its tally SP and four Independent of Dakha, the tally of the Akalis from where the party had field- former AAP leader and October 21 for the four in the 230-member assembly, MLAs. in the House is now 14. ed Chief Minister Amarinder Supreme Court lawyer H S Assembly constituencies and it but the party-led government The Jhabua by-election was As the Bharatiya Janata Singh's trusted lieutenant Phoolka from the state recorded an overall voter still has to bank on a few leg- a litmus test for Nath, who is Party (BJP) lost Phagwara, its Sandeep Sandhu, is being seen Assembly. turnout of 65.57 per cent, islators of other parties for also president of the Congress strength in the House will now as a setback for the CM, who The BJP suffered a setback which sealed the fate of 33 can- stability. in Madhya Pradesh, where the come down to two.The Aam had taken out roadshows for in Phagwara, known as the saf- didates. Kantilal Bhuria's victory party came to power in 2018 Aadmi Party (AAP), the main Sandhu twice during cam- fron party's pocket borough, as The highest polling was came as a shot in the arm for after 15 years. opposition party in the state, paigning. Congress candidate and former registered in Jalalabad at 75.46 Chief Minister , Nath's leadership came failed to make a mark in the In a blow to the ruling IAS officer Balwinder Singh per cent, followed by 71.64 per who has been helming a wafer- under the scanner when the bypolls. party, SAD's Manpreet Singh Dhaliwal defeated the saffron cent in Dakha and 58.62 per thin majority government since Congress lost 28 of the 29 Lok In the 117-member Punjab Ayali defeated Sandhu from party's Rajesh Bagha by a cent in Mukerian. December 2018 and fending off Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, the Congress at pre- Dakha by a margin of 14,672 comprehensive margin of The Phagwara (reserve) attacks from the BJP. in the April-May national elec- sent has 77 legislators. The SAD votes. 26,116 votes. seat recorded a voter turnout of Nath led the electioneering tions. PTI has 13 MLAs, while the AAP's Touted as a battle of pres- The seat was earlier repre- 55.97 per cent. PTI

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