Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Election Results Live Updates

Vartha Bharati | 24-10-2019 | 08:00:00 IST

Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Election Results Live Updates

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Minute-to-minute Live updates


04:30 pm- AIMIM's Mohammed Ismail defeats Congress candidate Asif Shaikh to win Malegaon Central constituency

03:45 pm- BJP, ShivSena won 12 and 9 seats respectively in Maharashtra Assembly elections, whereas Congress and NCP registers win in 4 seats each.

02:18 pm-Veteran Congress leader Randeep Surjewala loses by election by 530 votes.

01:49 pm- UDF Candidate M C Kamaruddin wins Manjeshwar Assembly Constituency.

12:59 pm- Haryana BJP Chief Subhash Barala resigns: Reports.

12:38 pm- Seven Haryana ministers, State BJP chief, assembly speaker trailing.

12:32 pm- Two AIMIM candidates leading in Maharashtra Assembly election.

12:29 pm- Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi leading with 26,170 votes over BJP's Sonali Phogat, a Tik Tok star, from Adampur in Haryana.

12:04 pm- Alpesh Thakur of BJP trailing by 7629 votes against rival candidate Raghubhai Merajbhai of Congress of Radhanpur Constituency in Gujarat.

11:25 am- Six sitting Ministers trailing in Maharashtra Assembly Election.

09:35 am- Congress candidate Bhusara Sunil Chandrakant leading in Vikramgad Assembly segment in Maharashtra.

09:34 am- Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar contesting from Karnal assembly seat leading with 4,588 votes after first round of counting.

09:30 am- TJ Vinod of UDF candidate is leading by 2117 votes in Ernakulam Constituency.

09:06 am- UDF Candidate MC Kamaruddin is leading by 2714 votes after completion of second round of counting in Manjeshwar Constituency.

08:35 am- Recounting of votes in Manjeshwar Constituency after first round.

08:34 am- Kiran Chowdary of Congress is leading in Tosham Constituency.

08:31 am- Manjeshwar: UDF candidate MC Kamaruddin is leading by 870 votes.

08:31 am- Maharashtra: BJP is now ahead in 49 seats, whereas ShivSena in 16 seats.

08:30 am- UDF candidate P Mohanraj is leading in Konni Constituency.

08:26 am- Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala is leading in Kaithal Constituency.

08:25 am- Adithya Thakrey is leading in Worli Constituency

08:22 am- Haryana CM Manoharlal Khattar is leading in his Karnal Constituency.

08:18 am- Aroor: LDF candidate Manu C Pulikkal is leading.

08:17 am- Vattiyoorkavu: LDF candidate VK Prashanth is leading. 

08:10 am- Counting of votes begins for Maharashtra & Haryana Assembly elections.

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Zero voter turnout in 6 Nagaland districts amid shutdown call; CM says no problem with demand

19-04-2024 ¦ 19-04-2024 IST

A polling station wears deserted look during the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Shamator, Nagaland | PC: PTI

Kohima, Apr 19: Polling personnel in six eastern districts of Nagaland waited for nine hours in booths, but not one of the four lakh voters of the region turned up following a shutdown call given by an organisation to press for its demand for ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory’ (FNT).

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Friday affirmed that the state government does not have any problem with the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation’s (ENPO) demand for FNT as it has already recommended autonomous powers for the region.

The ENPO is the apex body of the seven tribal organisations of the eastern region.

Officials said there is no movement of people or vehicles on major streets in eastern Nagaland except those of the district administrations and other emergency services.

Additional Chief Electoral Officer of Nagaland Awa Loring said polling personnel were present between 7 am and 4 pm in the 738 polling stations in the region which comprises 20 assembly constituencies.

Sources in the CEO’s office said none came up to cast votes in those nine hours. Those 20 MLAs also did not exercise their franchise.

Of the 13.25 lakh voters in Nagaland, the six districts in Eastern Nagaland have 4,00,632 voters.

Speaking to reporters after casting his vote at his village in Touphema, some 41 km on the outskirts of the state capital, the chief minister said he accepted the draft working paper for FNT which was handed over to him in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

“Everything looks okay except the power-sharing the elected legislators of the region and members of the proposed FNT,” he said.

The ENPO has been demanding a separate state comprising six districts alleging that successive governments did not bring about socio-economic development in the region.

The chief minister, however, said the state government has already recommended an autonomous body so that the region gets sufficient economic packages to come at par with the rest of the state.

“When an autonomous body is created, there has to be a proper system with the elected members. The state government has nothing to do with this. The MLAs and ENPO should sit across the table to work out a formula. We can talk only after that,” Rio said.

Asked if any action would be initiated against the 20 legislators of eastern Nagaland for not casting votes, he said, “We don’t want confrontation. Let us see what will happen.”

Hours before the Lok Sabha elections are due to begin in Nagaland, the ENPO imposed an indefinite total shutdown in the eastern part of the state from 6 pm on Thursday.

The organisation also cautioned that if any person goes to vote and any law and order situation arises, it will be the responsibility of the voter concerned.

Nagaland CEO Vayasan R, while viewing the shutdown as an attempt to exert undue influence during elections, issued a show cause notice to the ENPO on Thursday night.

He said under sub-section (1) of Section 171C of the Indian Penal Code, "Whoever voluntarily interferes or attempts to interfere with the free exercise of any electoral right commits the offence of undue influence at an election."

ENPO president Tsapikiu Sangtam on Friday, however, claimed that section is not applicable in this context.

“The main goal of the public notice (for shutdown) was to reduce the possibility of disturbances in the Eastern Nagaland region, which is under our jurisdiction, and the risk linked with gatherings of anti-social elements,” he said.

Stating that eastern Nagaland is presently under a “public emergency”, he claimed that the shutdown was a voluntary initiative taken by the people of the region.

Sangtam said that the ENPO informed the EC on April 1 about the intentions of the Eastern Nagaland people to abstain from participating in the Lok Sabha elections.

The ENPO does not possess any mechanism to enforce its resolutions or orders but it operates solely on the basis of voluntary participation and consensus among the Eastern Nagaland people, he said.