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Lessons from the polls for BJP and Congress
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Lessons from the polls for BJP and Congress

THE LANDSLIDE VICTORIES OF THE INCUMBENTS IN BOTH STATES INDICATE THAT THE REGIONAL DIVIDES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FAULT LINES HAVE BEEN FLATTENED

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November 24, 2024
What clicked for the JMM in Jharkhand
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What clicked for the JMM in Jharkhand

So, what worked for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA grouping in the just concluded assembly election in Jharkhand?

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November 24, 2024
In Maharashtra, a tale of two coalitions
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In Maharashtra, a tale of two coalitions

The sweep for Mahayuti marks a definitive political turn for the state, and a moment of reckoning for Congress, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar

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November 24, 2024
After LS losses, BJP gets UP boost with bypoll wins
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After LS losses, BJP gets UP boost with bypoll wins

After the reverses in the Lok Sabha elections this summer, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday swept the assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, with the party-led NDA candidates winning seven of the nine seats that went to the by-elections, and dealt a blow to the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) which failed to repeat its success from the general elections.

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November 24, 2024
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BJP, allies win 25 seats in assembly bypolls

All eyes may have been on Maharashtra and Jharkhand, but Saturday also saw results being announced for bypolls to 46 assembly and two Lok Sabha seats across 15 states.

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November 24, 2024
Wayanad: On electoral debut, Priyanka wins by huge margin
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Wayanad: On electoral debut, Priyanka wins by huge margin

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra registered a comfortable victory on her electoral debut as she won the Wayanad Lok Sabha (LS) bypoll on Saturday by over 400,000 votes.

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November 24, 2024
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PRASHANT KISHOR'S CANDIDATES LOSE DEPOSITS IN 3 OF 4 BYPOLL SEATS

The Jan Suraaj Party, floated recently by former political strategist Prashant Kishor, failed to make any impact in its electoral debut, with all four of its candidates losing the bypolls to four assembly seats in Bihar.

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November 24, 2024
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Big issues that decided the J'khand outcome

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance on Saturday retained its hold over the state, bucking the trend of voting out the incumbent, buoyed by a campaign that banked heavily on tribal identity and welfare schemes.

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November 24, 2024
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3 factors that explain Jharkhand poll result

Three factors explain the JMM's big victory—it is the biggest ever in the state's history—in these elections: complete consolidation of its core constituency among Scheduled Tribe (ST) voters, better outreach among non-ST voters with a wider alliance, identity-agnostic welfare schemes, and some external help from a nativist party making its debut which hurt the BJP alliance far more than the JMM alliance.

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November 24, 2024
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WHY BJP FAILED TO MAKE A MARK AMONG TRIBALS IN EASTERN STATE

The BJP's narrative that Muslims were changing Jharkhand's demography and marrying tribal women to take over their land failed to take off.

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November 24, 2024
Jairam Mahato's JLKM makes its presence felt with victory in Dumri
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Jairam Mahato's JLKM makes its presence felt with victory in Dumri

The Jharkhand assembly poll results on Saturday solidified the image of 29-year-old Jairam Mahato, founding president of Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM), as the newest star in the state's politics and a prominent face of the OBC Kudmi community.

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November 24, 2024
With new message and brand new avatar, CM joins pantheon of tallest tribal leaders
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With new message and brand new avatar, CM joins pantheon of tallest tribal leaders

Two days after coming out of jail on June 28, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, in his first public address in Bhoginath, gave the call to uproot a \"feudal\" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and restore the rule of tribals and the original inhabitants of Jharkhand in the state.

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November 24, 2024
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'Never seen such a tough election...don't think I ever will'

Jharkhand is set to welcome back chief minister Hemant Soren for a second term.

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November 24, 2024
Soren's emotive campaign bucks J'khand's poll trend
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Soren's emotive campaign bucks J'khand's poll trend

With JMM winning 34 of the 43 seats it contested, the verdict solidifies Soren's hold over the state months after he was jailed

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November 24, 2024
B'desh pitch fails to help BJP in tribal belt
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B'desh pitch fails to help BJP in tribal belt

The Jharkhand electoral contest was expected to be closer than the final outcome showed, with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulling out all the stops on its Hindutva pitch during a high-octane campaign centred around alleged infiltration by Bangladeshis and corruption charges against chief minister Hemant Soren.

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November 24, 2024
Champai factor doesn't boost BJP
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Champai factor doesn't boost BJP

Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren salvaged his pride by winning the Seraikela assembly constituency for the seventh time but with little else to boast of as he was unable to swing the elections in the favour of his new party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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November 24, 2024
Kalpana grows in stature in no time
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Kalpana grows in stature in no time

Kalpana Soren made her first public appearance on a political stage on March 4 this year, a little over a month after her husband and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate over money laundering charges linked to a land deal case.

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November 24, 2024
JMM, Congress nail J'khand social configuration in diverse landscape
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JMM, Congress nail J'khand social configuration in diverse landscape

Soon after the Election Commission announced the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls on October 15, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president and chief minister Hemant Soren and his legislator wife, Kalpana Soren, met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.

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November 24, 2024
Three key insights to decode the mandate in Maha, J'khand
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Three key insights to decode the mandate in Maha, J'khand

There is more than one way to look at the assembly election results for Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

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November 24, 2024
Mahayuti wins Mumbai but Uddhav prevents rout
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Mahayuti wins Mumbai but Uddhav prevents rout

India's financial capital witnessed a strong wave of support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra elections, with the coalition winning 22 of the 36 seats in the city.

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November 24, 2024
Brand Thackeray no longer immune to whims of voters
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Brand Thackeray no longer immune to whims of voters

Shinde's Sena won 57 seats, as opposed to Sena (UBT)'s 20 this should worry Thackeray about the Sena mantle moving to his rival

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November 24, 2024
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Mahayuti's win makes smaller parties irrelevant

ALL THOSE WHO DREAMT OF BECOMING KINGMAKERS IN MAHARASHTRA HAVE NOW BEEN PUSHED TO THE FRINGES

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November 24, 2024
Shinde camp settles Sena versus Sena debate
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Shinde camp settles Sena versus Sena debate

In a decisive verdict after the bitter split in the Shiv Sena in June 2022, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena can finally claim the title of the \"real\" Sena – the party won 57 of the 81 seats it contested in the Maharashtra assembly, battering the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), which managed just 20 of the 95 it contested.

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November 24, 2024
Ajit Pawar's NCP has the last laugh
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Ajit Pawar's NCP has the last laugh

The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), seen by many in the run-up to the Maharashtra assembly elections as the weakest link in the Mahayuti coalition, had the last laugh on Saturday as it won 41 of the 59 seats it contested.

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November 24, 2024
What changed between LS, state polls
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What changed between LS, state polls

One of the biggest surprises in the Maharashtra elections is the complete political turnaround between the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

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November 24, 2024
How parties fared across 5 regions of Maharashtra
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How parties fared across 5 regions of Maharashtra

Experts attribute the Mahayuti victory to several factors, especially changing dynamics of the Maratha quota issue

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November 24, 2024
RSS hit the road, played key role in BJP's victory
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RSS hit the road, played key role in BJP's victory

Neither the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nor its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has ever admitted it, but the perception was that the latter was largely absent from the Lok Sabha elections, in which the BJP-led Mahayuti won only 17 of the 48 seats in the state.

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November 24, 2024
Uddhav's nephew beats Siddique's son
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Uddhav's nephew beats Siddique's son

Bandra East is a prestigious constituency for Shiv Sena (UBT), as Matoshree, the family residence of the Thackerays, is located here. It has been a Sena bastion since the 1970s.

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November 24, 2024
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Behind the rise and rise of BJP in Maharashtra

The Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and some smaller allies has won 235 out of 288 seats in the Maharashtra elections, the biggest win in the state for any alliance or party since the 1972 election.

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November 24, 2024
Fadnavis back as a favourite for CM's post
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Fadnavis back as a favourite for CM's post

From the morning of that hurried, furtive and eventually ill-fated swearing-in with Ajit Pawar in November 2019, Devendra Fadnavis has been the target of a zillion memes.

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November 24, 2024