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Assembly Elections 2016 News
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Possibly riding on personal popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP scripted history in the 2016 assembly elections held in four major states and one Union Territory.
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With few voices inside the Congress pitching for a major change in the party in the wake of the disappointing results in the Assembly polls in four states, senior leader Veerappa Moily on Saturday said that the grand old party has the greatest sense of resilience to bounce back.
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The BJP on Thursday made history in Assam, decimating Congress which was dethroned in Kerala too even as Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee romped home for a second consecutive term in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
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PM Modi said on Thursday - "I thank the people of this country for reposing faith in the BJP."
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Rajagopal has now entered history books as the first ever BJP MLA in Kerala.
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The results show that Trinamool Congress chief Ms Banerjee was the top political leader (22%), followed by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who featured in 20%.
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Election Commission officials said that counting of votes, which will commence at 8 AM, will be over by 3 PM.
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If exit polls are to be believed then Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala will see a change of government on May 19 and West Bengal will maintain status quo.
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Counting of votes for the high stakes Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will be held Thursday morning with trends expected to be available by 11 AM.
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BJP appeared poised to win in Assam for the first time, ending 15 long years of Congress rule, according to various exit polls.
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Exit polls at the end of five-state elections on Monday evening predicted a Trinamool sweep in West Bengal, a BJP win in Assam, a Left victory in Kerala but the verdict was split over Tamil Nadu.
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The cash seizures were made by EC-appointed special flying squads and surveillance teams and by officials drawn from the Income Tax Department.
Assembly Elections 2016: 79.91 percent voter turnout in West Bengal, 82.02 percent in Assam, says EC
Asserting that elections by far went peacefully in Assam and West Bengal, the Election Commission on Monday said that electorates came in good numbers to exercise their franchise.
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Over 81 percent voter turnout was recorded in the first part of the first phase Assembly poll in West Bengal on Monday.
Independent MLA VMC Sivakumar had defeated DMK's Geetha then, and his joining AIADMK could help the party in its poll prospect in Karaikal region.
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Mamata Banerjee may retain power in West Bengal and Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu while it may be a hung assembly in Assam with an edge to the BJP and the Left return to power in Kerala, says a poll survey.
Gifts to voters may set alarm bells ringing in normal course but not in this district of poll-bound Kerala where the authorities are set to use them as an incentive among other measures to draw more electors to booths.
The Election Commission will pay Rs 1,200 to the ECRPs for services rendered by them to one candidate.
The Election Commission on Saturday flagged the issue of "hate speeches" and plunging standards of political discourse during campaigning with the parties, in the backdrop of personal attacks by leaders in the recent Assembly polls.
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