Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led JMM coalition has secured a majority in the 81-member assembly on Saturday, a first since the creation of the state that a party or alliance has won polls after five years in power.
Congress on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the result of Jharkhand assembly polls, saying the party has done well in the state and that it will analyse the outcome in Maharashtra which is "completely opposite" to the expectations and "very strange".
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday congratulated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren and the INDIA bloc for a "historic" victory in the Jharkhand Assembly elections.
Earier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also congratulated Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis, as the Mahayuti is on course to a landslide victory in the assembly elections.
After the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance crossed the majority and is poised to retain the power in Maharashtra, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership for "historic victory" in assembly elections and said this is the "victory of development."
BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is edging closer to a historic win in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, leading in over 231 out of 288 seats while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in just 48 seats.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Saturday lauded the party's victory in the state assembly by-polls in Punjab, where the AAP has won three out of the four seats.
Congress leader E Annapoorna expressed gratitude for winning the Sandur assembly bypoll in Karnataka, saying that the people of the constituency have voted for the party's guarantees qand considered her as part of the community.
The ruling Mahayuti alliance won the Maharashtra assembly polls and is poised for a landslide mandate with JMM-led alliance slated to return to power in Jharkhand with the ruling parties also performing well in the bypolls to 48 seats and two Lok Sabha seats across 15 seats.
As the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance edges closer to a historic win in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, leading in over 231 seats, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday called it a "record-breaking victory" for the alliance. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 51 seats<
National People's Party (NPP) candidate Mehtab Chandee Sangma has won the by-poll to the Gambegre constituency in Meghalaya, according to the Election Commission.
As Congress won all three assembly seats in the Karnataka bypolls, party's MLA Sharath Bachegowda said that the results show how people have given a clear mandate based on the schemes and facilities the government has provided. He also said that the results show how the state has repeatedly