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Sensing victory, Pratibha Singh projected prospective Himachal CM
Coming out openly after retaining his Shimla (Rural) seat for the second consecutive term, Vikramaditya Singh said, "We will form a government with a full majority. She (Pratibha Singh) is one of the contenders for the CM post." Singh is the son of Pratibha Singh, who has not contested the assembly poll. She is currently a Member of Parliament from Mandi.
People of Gujarat have faith in Modi: Rajnath
The poll results, according to the Election Commission, showed the BJP heading towards a record-breaking victory in Gujarat as the final outcome was awaited. The Defence Minister, while talking to the media in the Parliament House complex, said that the situation was not surprising to him or the party.
Speaker urges members to refrain from airing views on House proceedings on social media
During Question Hour, as Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia was replying to questions, Birla interrupted him to inform the members regarding this.
Early trends show BJD leading in Odisha's Padampur bypoll
With the end of eight rounds of counting of votes, BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha got 43,691 votes while BJP nominee Pradip Purohit received 28,150 votes. Congress candidate Satya Bhusan Sahu is in third position with only 1,634 votes.
Fearing poaching, Congress MLAs in Himachal to be shifted: Sources
According to sources, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is personally monitoring the situation. She has deputed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for the purpose, while state Incharge of the state Rajeev Shukla is in the process of talking to each elected MLA personally.
SP stuns critics, leads in Mainpuri, Rampur, Khatauli
Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav is leading in Mainpuri with a comfortable lead of over one lakh votes while BJP's Raghuraj Shakya has lost in his own booth. The performance of Shakya has been dismal in this by-election. In Khatauli, RLD's Madan Bhaiyya is also leading over BJP's Rajkumari Saini.
It's Priyanka effect in Himachal as Rahul skipped
The Congress General Secretary failed miserably in Uttar Pradesh, but has outperformed the BJP in the hill state which changes governments after every five years. Priyanka Gandhi addressed several rallies and held roadshows in the state. Her pick, Rajeev Shukla was made the in-charge of Himachal Pradesh and along with him micromanaged the show as the party was going into election for the first time after the demise of stalwart like Virbhadra Singh.
BJP leads in Bihar's Kurhani bypoll
After the fourth round of counting, Kedar Gupta was ahead with 15,493 votes, while Manoj Kushwaha could garner only 14,552. The BJP candidate is leading by 941 votes. Besides these two candidates, Nilabh Kumar of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Gulam Murtaza Ansari obtained 708 and 736 votes respectively in this constituency after the fourth round.
BJP gets 53.33% vote share in Gujarat; AAP eats into Congress with 12%
The Congress share has shrunk to 26.9 per cent, as per the Election Commission (EC) figures of 12 p.m. According to the EC data, BJP was leading in 150 seats, Congress in 22 seats, AAP six, Samajwadi Party on one and independent on three seats.
Congress crosses half-way mark in Himachal; BJP slides
It crossed the half-way mark and was leading in 38 seats at around 11.40 a.m. The ruling BJP was leading in 33 seats earlier but, gradullay slid to 26 and had won one seat. The independents were leading in three constituencies. Independents, all BJP rebels, are Hoshiyar Singh from Dehra, Hiteshwar Singh from Banjar in Kullu and Ashish in Hamirpur Sadar, once the stronghold of two-time Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.
As Himachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent government to power in nearly four decades, early trends of ballot count indicated the Congress leading in the 68-member Assembly.
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