A Modi wave on Sunday spurred BJP into top position in Maharashtra and HaryanaIn Maharashtra, BJP has emerged as the single largest party.Pushed into a possibility of allying with erstwhile friend Shiv Sena, the BJP has won 122 seats in the 288-member Assembly.Sena is in the second position.NCP has thrown a curve ball by extending outside support to BJP.The highest decision making body of BJP is currently meeting to decide the future course of action.
BJP has stormed to power in Haryana by winning 47 of the 90 seats.
It was a stunning improvement for the saffron party considering it was always considered as a minor force in the state and won only 4 seats in the last Lok Sabha elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described as “historic results” the electoral victory in Haryana and Maharashtra and said it was a matter of immense happiness and pride for BJP.Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi accepted the party’s defeat in Haryana elections.He said the Congress will “work hard on the ground to once again earn the confidence of the people”.He congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party on its electoral success.
Following is the final party position in the newly-elected Maharashtra assembly.
Total seats: 288
Results declared: 288
Bharatiya Janata Party alliance 123
Bharatiya Janata Party 122
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 01
Shiv Sena 63
Congress 42
Nationalist Congress Party 41
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi 03
Peasants & Workers Party 03
Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 01
Samajwadi Party 01
Communist Party of India-Marxist 01
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 01
Independents 07
Haryana
Total seats: 90
Results declared: 90
BJP-47
Congress-15
INLD-19
HJC/BL-2
Others 7
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