BJP gets majority in Haryana, is largest party in Maharashtra; Congress’ free-fall continues

In Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda conceded defeat and the party looks at a tally of 14 – well short of the 2009 figures of 40.

The BJP is all set to form the government in Haryana but the saffron party will have to look for an alliance partner in Maharashtra as it fell short of majority in the 288-seat state Assembly, even as the slide for Congress continues with the party staring at a humiliating defeat in both the states.

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The BJP has won 122 seats in Maharashtra. Its former ally the Shiv Sena has also put put an impressive performance winning 63 seats. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has emerged as the fourth largest party by winning 41 seats.

The Congress seems to have lost its ground further as it won only 42 seats. Former chief minister Narayan Rane lost to Vaibhav Naik of Shiv Sena in Kudal seat of coastal Konkan.

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In a surprise development, the NCP offered outside support to BJP to form a government in Maharashtra “in the interest of stability and development” of the state.

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“The people of Maharashtra have not given mandate to any single party. No party is in a position to form a stable government on its own. Keeping in mind the interest of Maharashtra people, we feel we should support the party which can form the government. Maharashtra needs a stable government,” Praful Patel told media persons.

However, BJP’s chief ministerial frontrunner Devendra Fadnavis had reiterated just this morning that the Congress-NCP are the party’s political rivals, not the Shiv Sena.

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The Sena has anyway already softened its stand following the exit poll numbers, having called for an end to enmity in day before’s edition of Saamna. The BJP-Sena are anyway a natural alliance, not only partners for 25 years and also partners in the NDA government at the Centre, but also together controlling their biggest cash cows in Maharashtra, the municipal corporations of Mumbai, Thane and the others in the region.

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In Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda conceded defeat and the party has a tally of 15 – well short of the 2009 figures of 40. Modi wave seems to have worked for BJP in the state as the party has won 47 seats. INLD also performed badly with 19 seats. INLD’s Abhey Chautala called the results as surprising and alleged that the BJP has entered into a secret alliance with Dera Saccha Sauda.