Assembly polls: BJP celebrates Jharkhand win, gain in J-K
The Bharatiya Janata Party won in Jharkhand with an absolute majority but lost to Mufti Sayeed’s People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir with a commendable second position leading to celebrations nation-wide (Photo: PTI)- The Congress will be hoping to stay relevant in state politics after being routed in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year. (Photo: PTI)
- The ongoing elections will be a litmus test for the BJP, which is making its first serious foray in Jammu and Kashmir to form government. (Photo: PTI)
- The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), headed by CM Hemant Soren, is seeking to retain power in the face of a challenge from the BJP. (Photo: Twitter)
- Out of the total seats, 28 are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and nine for the Scheduled Castes. Jharkhand, which has seen nine governments and three stints of President’s Rule in 14 years of existence, saw fractured mandates in the 2005 and 2009
- Altogether 1,136 candidates, including 111 women, contested in Jharkhand which has an electorate of 2,08,52,437, including 98,93,540 women voters. (Photo: PTI)
- The militancy-hit state has seen a quadrangular fight among the ruling National Conference, main Opposition PDP, BJP, and the Congress, which parted ways with the NC ahead of the polls. (Photo: PTI)
- In Jammu and Kashmir, where polling was held for 87 seats, the turnout was the highest after 1987 despite boycott calls by separatists and militants. (Photo: Twitter)
- 'Desh ko vikas chahiye aur vikas ke liye Modiji kas saath chahiye' said Prakash Javadekar (Photo: Twitter)
- The elections in the two states, which stretched for nearly a month, saw 66 per cent voting with authorities making massive security arrangements to prevent any attempts by militants or Maoists to disrupt the polls. (Photo: Twitter)
- In Jharkhand, the BJP alliance is well on course to form the government. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said earlier the party would forms governments in both states.(Photo: PTI)
- The National Conference and the Congress have been the major losers in Jammu and Kashmir. Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was defeated in the Sonawar Assembly constituency but won from Beerwah. (Photo: PTI)
- The BJP president Amit Shah said that they were open to all alliances in the state but would wait for other parties to take initiative if their support was needed. (Photo: PTI)
- Though the BJP put up a good fight, its best in the state so far, its gains were mainly in the Jammu region. The party could not make a dent in the Valley where PDP is the clear winner. (Photo: PTI)
The Bharatiya Janata Party won in Jharkhand with an absolute majority but lost to Mufti Sayeed’s People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir with a commendable second position leading to celebrations nation-wide (Photo: PTI)
Assembly polls: BJP celebrates Jharkhand win, gain in J-K
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