BJP, Cong eye wins in 4 state poll results today

Around 119 million votes for 639 seats spread across four states will be counted on Sunday, concluding a poll exercise billed as a virtual semi-final for the 2024 general elections with implications for national politics and both the ruling and opposition coalitions.

Assembly elections result of four states today(ANI)
Assembly elections result of four states today(ANI)
The polls began on November 7 with 20 seats in Chhattisgarh and all 40 in Mizoram. On November 17, Madhya Pradesh and 70 seats in Chhattisgarh voted. Rajasthan went to the polls on November 25, and Telangana on November 30.

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The votes in Mizoram will be counted on Monday.

Apart from deciding who will govern these four states, which together send 82 representatives to the Lok Sabha, the results will also have a bearing on how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the national political hegemon, approaches the general elections, and on seat-sharing negotiations between members of the Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance.

Rajasthan Chief Election Office Praveen Gupta said that the counting process will begin on 8am, with postal ballots first being counted.

“Counting for the 199 Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan will begin at 8 am on Sunday in 36 centres across 33 zila headquarters,” Gupta said.

Three of the four states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — also featured bipolar contests between the BJP and the Congress, presenting an opportunity to test the strengths of the two national parties that will go head to head in nearly a third of all Lok Sabha seats next year.

Across states, the counting process will largely take place in district headquarters, with each centre with pre-determined observers, returning officers and assistant returning officers. The process is videographed, with the centres under heavy protection from state and central security personnel.