Maharashtra-Haryana live updates: ML Khattar to take oath as Haryana CM on Sunday, Chautala to be deputy CM

In addition to the number of Nota votes polled, in the 15 assembly seats of three districts — Hisar, Sirsa, and Fatehabad — the security of 199 of the total 234 independent candidates, including candidates of various parties, was forfeited. In addition to the winning 15 candidates, only 20 candidates were able to save their deposits. Read more

Out of the 15 assembly constituencies in these districts, BJP won five, JJP four and Congress three while Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) and Congress rebel Ranjit Singh, who contested as an independent, won a seat each. Read more

Abhay Singh Chautala of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) got elected from Ellenabad constituency. His estranged nephew Dushyant Chautala of JJP won from Uchana Kalan. Duhsyant’s mother Naina Chautala was elected from Badhra constituency of Bhiwani district. Abhay’s uncle Ranjit Singh Chautala — third son of Devi Lal — was voted from Rania as an independent candidate. Amit Sihag of the Congress won from Dabwali segment of Sirsa. Read more

"The truth is that the public did not give its mandate to the Khattar government. The truth is also that the JJP won 10 seats seeking public support against the BJP. The truth is that the JJP had promised to never ally with BJP. The truth is also that the corridors of power have become bigger than the oaths and promises," tweeted Surjewala. (ANI)

To do away with Gopal Kanda and for a stable government in the state, the BJP started weighing the options of an alliance with JJP. Finally, the deal was sealed in a meeting between BJP President Amit Shah and Dushyant Chautala. The BJP, which was earlier trying to form a government with the support of Independents, changed the move after a controversy erupted over Gopal Kanda offering unconditional support to BJP. (ANI)

State Congress president Balasaheb Thorat said he has seen reports in a section of the media on the possibility of Sena forming government with the help of Congress and NCP, but there is no substance in such reports since there is no such proposal on his table. “Our performance in the assembly was quite satisfactory, though we were not able to dislodge the BJP-led government," said Thorat. Read more

After the election of the Legislature Party leader in Chandigarh, the party will stake claim for the formation of the next government in alliance with the less than 12-month old Jannayak Janata Party (JJP)-led by Dushyant Chautala. The BJP, which is six short of a majority, on Friday night sealed the deal for government formation with the JJP with its leader Dushyant or his mother Naina Chautala to be the Deputy CM (IANS)

Former Mira-Bhayandar mayor Geeta Jain's victory over sitting BJP MLA Narendra Mehta in the twin city's assembly constituency has become one of the most talked-about wins of a saffron camp rebel in the just-concluded assembly polls. Marked by drama in the election run-up, the contest's colours refuse to fade even at its conclusion. Read more

Chinchwad and Kothrud recorded 5,874 and 4028 NOTA votes in the urban constituencies, while Shirur and Bhor registered 1,826 and 1,808 NOTA in the rural segments. As many as 36,214 NOTA votes were registered in the 11 constituencies of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad while the NOTA score in 10 rural constituencies was 14,993. Read more

Both in the 2014 and 2019 assembly polls, the NCP was the only party among the 'big four' in the state that got a significantly higher share of postal (read fauji) votes than it did of the overall votes ( see graphic). In 2014, the NCP got 22.1% of the 2.1 lakh-odd postal votes in the state assembly elections, while its overall vote share was much lower at 17.2%. It is widely believed that the BJP gets a much larger share of postal votes, but data from elections shows that this is wrong. Read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is six short of a majority of 46 seats in a 90-member Assembly, on Friday night sealed the deal for government formation with the Jannayak Janata Party with its leader Dushyant or his mother Naina Chautala as the Deputy chief minister. (IANS)

Smaller parties and independents polled 23% of the votes in the Maharashtra assembly election, almost as high as the vote share of BJP, which secured 25.7% of votes. This is a steep jump from 2014, when smaller parties and independents secured 14% of votes. Read more

In 123 of the total 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, the majority of people did not vote for the party that they had supported in 2014. But in the recent elections, political parties retained 57% of the seats that they won in 2014 while losing 43%. A small proportion of this change could be attributed to the alliances formed in the recent election, unlike 2014 when there were no alliances. Read more

Saamna on Friday took a jibe at the BJP by saying that power and large-scale defections cannot crush the Opposition. The state assembly results show that voters have warned political parties of Maharashtra to not flaunt power and instead govern the state with a sense of fair play, said the Saamna editorial. Read more

Sources close to CM Devendra Fadnavis said the BJP would not accept the Sena’s demand for sharing of the top post as it had won 105 seats and “secured the support of 10 Independents”, and if the Sena (56 seats) asked for the post for the first 2.5 years of the new government, the BJP would rather not enter into a deal with it at all. Read more

"The only ones bringing it (the Geetika Sharma case) up are my political opponents. This is what they do. However, since the case is sub judice, I will not talk about it. The court has not held me guilty yet. There are many political leaders facing serious charges, I am not the only one," said Kanda in an interview. Read more