The counting of votes for the four of the five state assembly elections that were held in November will begin at 8 a. m. Postal ballots will be counted first, followed by those of EVMs.
The Election Commission has postponed the counting in Mizoram to Dec. 4. Between Nov.
7 and Nov. 30, while Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram voted in a single phase, Chhattisgarh saw two rounds of polling. The Congress became the single largest party with 100 seats, short of the majority by 1 seat.
The party formed the government with the Bahujan Samaj Party. The BJP won 73 seats, much lower compared to the previous election. Ashok Gehlot took charge as CM, while Sachin Pilot was sworn in as Deputy CM.
Congress: 100 (39. 3%) BJP: 73 (38. 08%) Independents: 13 (9.
5%) BSP: 6 (4%) Others: 8 The Madhya Pradesh assembly election led to a hung assembly, with the Congress emerging as the single largest party and the BJP winning the popular vote. The Congress was able to stitch up a majority by drawing in support of BSP, SP and some Independent MLAs. Kamal Nath took charge as the CM.
The government, however, collapsed in March 2020 after Gwalior heavyweight Jyotiraditya Scindia led a faction of his loyalists to defect from Congress to the BJP. In the ensuing byelections, most turncoats won and the BJP maintained a comfortable majority. Congress: 114 (40.
89%) BJP: 109 (41. 02%) Others: 7 K Chandrashekar Rao went for early elections in December 2018, nine months before the completion of his term. This election led to the alliance of Telugu Desam Paryu and Congress, Communist Party of India (CPI), coming together as part of Praja or Maha Kutami for the first time.
TRS (now BRS): 88 (46. 87%) Congress+: 21 (32. 8%) BJP: 1 (6.
98%) AIMIM: 7 (2. 71%) Others: 2 The counting of votes in Mizoram will take place on Dec. 4, a day after it was originally scheduled, the Election Commission said on Friday.
It said the decision was taken following representations from various quarters requesting for a change in the date of counting from Dec. 3 on the ground that Sunday holds a special significance for the people of Mizoram, a Christian-majority state. The voter turnout was 80.
43% for the 40-seat Legislative Assembly in Mizoram. The current ruling Mizo National Front is facing challenge from the main opposition Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) and the Congress. Over the course of November, the fate of over 5,000 candidates in the fray in five assembly elections were sealed.
According to political observers, a close contest is expected in the Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and in Telangana. In Rajasthan, the incumbent Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government stares at the revolving door pattern in the state, where voters have changed governments every five years for the past quarter century. Based on that precedent, the BJP is in a position to win back power.
In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s reign of nearly 15 years has brought about fatigue. The BJP has had an uninterrupted spell in power since 2003, except for a brief 15-month period after the 2018 polls, when the Congress managed to form the government. The Kamal Nath-led Congress has campaigned heavily this time to ride on anti-incumbency, and welfare and caste politics.
India’s newest state, Telangana, is just a decade old and in that time has only seen one party in power—the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is hoping to clinch a third term, but his government faces anti-incumbency at the local level. The Congress, energised by its victory in neighbouring Karnataka in May, has campaigned fiercely and is expected to gain significantly.
The BJP is likely to be a marginal player. .
From: bloombergquint
URL: https://www.bqprime.com/elections/assembly-election-2023-results-live-counting-starts-at-8-am-in-rajasthan-mp-chhattisgarh-and-telangana
