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Maharashtra Election Result 2019: "Elected With So Much Love": Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray To NDTV

Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday October 24, 2019, Mumbai

Rising Shiv Sena star Aaditya Thackeray today thanked the people of Worli, the Mumbai constituency from where he was elected to the Maharashtra Assembly, and promised to listen to and work for the people of the south Mumbai locality

"Moral Defeat For BJP": Congress' Takeaway From Assembly Elections

Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday October 24, 2019, New Delhi

The Congress today cited statistics released by the Election Commission to claim a "moral defeat" for the BJP in the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls, maintaining that its "insensitivity" towards the poor has finally begun to have an impact on its electoral performance.

Elections 2019: BJP Won Fewer Seats, But Better ''Strike Rate": Devendra Fadnavis

Press Trust of India | Thursday October 24, 2019, Mumbai

The BJP has won fewer seats compared to the 2014 Assembly polls, but its "strike rate" this time is better, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019: State BJP President Chandrakant Patil Wins From Kothrud

Press Trust of India | Thursday October 24, 2019, Mumbai

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil won from Kothrud Assembly constituency in Pune city by a margin of 25,495 votes today.

Elections 2019: Haryana, Maharashtra Results Show "Modi Magic" Waning: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Press Trust of India | Thursday October 24, 2019, Kolkata

Elated over the party's performance in the assembly polls in Maharastra and Haryana, the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Thursday said the so-called "Modi magic" is fast waning.

Election Results 2019: Quiet Patriotism Can Defeat Muscular Nationalism, Tweets P Chidambaram

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Thursday October 24, 2019, New Delhi

With the BJP underperforming than what was predicted by the exit polls in the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections today, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a dig at the ruling party and said "calm and quiet patriotism can defeat muscular nationalism".

Election Results 2019: "People Of Maharashtra Have Blessed NDA With Immense Affection": PM Modi

Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 24, 2019, New Delhi

People of Maharashtra have blessed the NDA with immense affection, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Thursday evening as the BJP and the Shiv Sena are set to retain Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Election Results: "Treat Me The Same, Nothing Has Changed": Aaditya Thackeray On Big Win

Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 24, 2019, Mumbai

Aaditya Thackeray, the first of his family to fight an election, won easily from the Worli assembly constituency in Mumbai, defeating his NCP rival by over 70,000 votes. "Please treat me the same as you have in the past nine years, nothing has changed," the 29-year-old Shiv Sena leader said in his remarks to the media after his victory.

Maharashtra Election Result 2019: "We Did It Pappa": Riteish Deshmukh Celebrates Brothers' Latur Win

Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday October 24, 2019, New Delhi

Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh, son of the late former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, took to twitter today to congratulate his brothers Amit Deshmukh and Dhiraj Deshmukh for winning from the Latur (City) and Latur (Rural) seats

Maharashtra Election Results 2019: "Respect People's Verdict," Says BJP's Pankaja Munde, Concedes Defeat

Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 24, 2019, Mumbai

The BJP's Pankaja Munde, an outgoing minister in Maharashtra, conceded long before results were declared after her unexpected defeat today in the assembly election. Pankaja Munde lost in the Parli constituency to her estranged cousin Dhananjay Munde of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Maharashtra Results 2019: "Happy, Pained," Says Dhananjay Munde On Defeating Cousin Pankaja Munde In Parli

Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday October 24, 2019, Beed

Nationalist Congress Party leader Dhananjay Munde, who on Thursday defeated cousin Pankaja Munde in Parli Assembly constituency election in Maharashtra, said he is happy for winning the polls, but sad that someone from the family has lost.

Maharashtra Election Results: "Time To Implement 50:50 Formula": Uddhav Thackeray's Reminder To BJP

Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 24, 2019, Mumbai

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, buoyed by the party's sparkling performance in the Maharashtra elections today, demanded that the BJP honour the 50:50 agreement made during his meeting with BJP chief and Union Minister Amit Shah.

Election Results 2019: Bihar, Gujarat Bypoll Results Spring Surprise: 10 Points

Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 24, 2019, New Delhi

The by-elections to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies across 17 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry has thrown up a few surprises, especially in BJP-ruled Bihar and Gujarat. The BJP and its allies, which held nearly 30 of the assembly seats, ended up with 26. The Congress won 12, keeping an even tally. Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM opened its account in Bihar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who rules Bihar in alliance with the BJP, suffered a setback, managing to win only one of the four seats his Janata Dal United contested. In Gujarat, the Congress and the BJP won three seats each.

Maharashtra Election Results: BJP's Pankaja Munde Loses To Cousin, Takes "Responsibility For Defeat"

Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday October 24, 2019, New Delhi

Pankaja Munde, a BJP leader and minister in the Maharashtra government, has accepted defeat in the state elections whose results were announced today, news agency Press Trust of India reported. Ms Munde, who contested from Parli, lost toher cousin and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Dhananjay Munde.

Election Results: BJP Sails Through Maharashtra, Looks At Independents In Haryana: 10 Facts

Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 24, 2019, New Delhi

The BJP is set to form governments in Maharashtra and Haryana in the first round of assembly elections following its landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections. In Maharashtra, it got majority with ally Shiv Sena, though falling short of the score in the 2014 election. Haryana delivered a split verdict, where the BJP was the single largest party. Sources said the BJP will get support from six Independent MLAs. Calling the results an "unprecedented victory", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the party intends to "work with the same zeal and dedication for the state's (Haryana's) progress". In Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena, buoyed by a hugely improved performance, is talking of a 50:50 division of ministry berths and a turn at the Chief Minister's post. In the bypolls held across 17 states and one Union Territory, the BJP and its allies won 26 of the 51 assembly seats, the Congress won 12.