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.
As per the trends from the Election Commission, the BJP-led NDA is set for a massive win in Maharashtra as the Mahayuti has already gained a lead on the majority of the seats in the state.
The JMM-led Mahagathbandhan has crossed the halfway mark as the alliance leads on 49 seats in the Jharkhand Assembly election, as of 10.40 am, according to the Election Commission of India.
In Jharkhand, the first phase of polling was conducted in 43 of the 81 assembly seats on November 13. The second phase was conducted on November 20 on the remaining seats.
Meanwhile, the counting is expected to begin at 8 am today for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand polls along with the results of by-polls of several states.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Friday exuded confidence in the BJP-led alliance's victory in the Jharkhand and Maharashtra Assembly elections.
As polling for the second phase of assembly elections is underway in Jharkhand, JMM leader Kalpana Soren on Wednesday exuded confidence in the party-led INDIA bloc's victory, saying that they are "definitely" going to form government in the state.
The electoral battle in Deoghar, often referred to as "Baba Nagri", has emerged as a key battleground in the Jharkhand Assembly election, with the contest between BJP's incumbent MLA Narayan Das and Rashtriya Janata Dal's three term Ex MLA Suresh Paswan.
Jharkhand will go for its second phase of assembly elections tomorrow with several interesting contests on the anvil across 38 constituencies in 12 districts.
Ahead of the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls, BJP Spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo expressed confidence that the BJP would win the elections by two-thirds majority.
"We have a government in Telangana and we have a government in Karnataka. We are doing a detailed exercise, a public exercise where we are meeting with different stakeholders and we are preparing the questions of the caste census through a public discussion," Rahul Gandhi said.