Shortly before the counting of votes for the assembly election in four states is set to begin, a Congress worker showed up at the party’s Delhi headquarters dressed as Lord Hanuman.
Live News: Voting for Assembly elections for 4 states is completed on 30th November. Here's a forecast (Poll of Polls) of News data showing the winning chances of BJP, Congress, AIMIM, BRS, and others in Madhya Pradesh (MP), Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana. Watch Election Results Live to know more.
Assembly election results 2023: With the stage all set for the counting of votes to begin, anticipation is building on social media, where memes are pouring in.
The 2013 assembly polls were influenced greatly by the Modi wave sweeping the country then. Massive anti-incumbency against tilted the 2018 verdict against three BJP governments. In contrast, 2023 is seeing both anti-incumbency and pro-incumbency sentiment. The dominating theme this time is government’s delivery versus opposition’s promises
According to reports, women constitute less than 12% of the candidates fielded by both parties across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram. This falls significantly short of the promised target of reserving 33% of seats, as outlined in the Women Reservation Bill.
Even if the Congress retains power, it is uncertain if Baghel will secure a second term as Chief Minister. Or is a BJP-win likely, something that exit polls haven’t been able to read?
All eyes are on who will become the chief minister, especially since the BJP’s central leadership has fielded many Lok Sabha MPs. Wresting power from Congress is expected to be a significant boost for it.
As per election analyst Sanjay Kumar, a slight tilt has been noticed in favour of parties which have provided schemes meant for women.
Competitive welfarism has set in. With Opposition certain to make tall promises to voters for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the central government will attempt to neutralise those with handouts that have an immediate impact and sets the poll narrative in BJP’s favour
Although Congress had won 54 percentage of the Assembly seats cumulatively in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan in 2018, it failed to use the momentum during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, only winning 4.62 percentage of the seats available.
Madhya Pradesh election results: Most exit polls predicted BJP may win in the major state in the Hindi-speaking belt Both the parties rolled out high-octane campaigns featuring their top leaders and made a slew of promises to woo voters across the state.
Congress will need some big wins to drive home a tough bargain with INDIA alliance partners. For BJP, victories will reinforce perceptions that it is headed for three successive Lok Sabha wins and that PM Modi can front assembly polls for the party without needing strong state-level leadership
Congress has had deep roots in the state even before its separation from Andhra Pradesh under Sonia Gandhi’s leadership. Members of the Gandhi family have made frequent visits to the state to reestablish their connect with the people, who have begun to feel that family members of the KCR-led Telangana Rashtra Samiti (now BRS) have gained most from being in power, say experts.
The opposition Congress is confident of overthrowing the long-standing BJP government led by Shivraj Chouhan, which has been in power for nearly two decades.
MP Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP sets a landslide victory with 163 seats out of 230, Congress settled at 66 seats.
Chhattisgarh Results Highlights: Vote counting concludes in Chhattisgarh. BJP wins 54 seats; will form government. Although former chief minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel won from his seat, he lost the state and submitted his resignation today.
Telangana Election Results 2023 Highlights: Telangana Police said TPCC chief Revanth Reddy asked DGP to make security arangements for the event likely to happen on December 4 or December 9 in LB Stadium. He aslo informed the police that several chief ministers, former chief ministers besides senior leaders from Delhi would participate in the swearing-in ceremony
Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: Over the last few years, this support has only been increasing and this trend will continue in the times to come. Our bond with Telangana is unbreakable and we will keep working for the people. I also appreciate the industrious efforts of each and every BJP Karyakarta, says PM Modi.
Rajasthan Results Highlights: Gehlot expressed surprise at the unexpected outcome, and acknowledged the party's shortcomings in effectively communicating their schemes to the public.
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Election results 2023: Can four-time CM Shivraj Chouhan beat anti-incumbency to ensure BJP’s victory and retain his chair, can Ashok Gehlot break the incumbent jinx? All answers on December 3 when results for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana are declared
In a press note, EC noted that the Commission has received several representations from various quarters requesting for change in date
Amitabh Dubey, in charge of research and monitoring for Congress’ communication department, on the other hand, said that the grand old party is just responding to the situation since there is a need for welfare measures, given the gap in demand-side steps from the ruling government
Assembly Elections 2023: Turnout figures don’t give us any indication of pro- or anti-incumbency. Nor does turnout reveal anything about extreme social polarisation at the constituency level. It is just an indicator of whether voters showed interest in the election
Chhattisgarh assembly election results 2023: Exit polls have predicted a close fight between the ruling BRS and the Congress. Ever since its inception, the state has only had K Chandrashekar Rao as the chief minister.
