Assembly Election Results 2019: The ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Thursday looked on course to retaining power in Maharashtraas per trends available. At 11.30 AM, BJP was leading in 101 while Shiv Sena was ahead in 64 seats. NCP (52) looked set to perform better than partner Congress (39). The Sharad Pawar led party has fared better than itsparent party, which seems to have held on to its tally in 2014 elections. The Independents were ahead in 25 seats.
On the other hand, it was a close contest in Haryana with Congress giving good fight to ruling BJP while JJP leader Dushyant Chautala emerged as possible kingmaker in the state. At 11.30 AM, BJP was leading in 39 while Congress was leading in 31 seats. JJP was leading in 11 seats with INLD ahead at 2 and other in 7 seats.
In the bypoll for Satara Lok Sabha sea, BJP candidate Udayanraje Bhosale was trailing behind NCP nominee Shriniwas Patil. Prince Raj of Lok Jan Shakti Party was leading from his late father Ramchandra Paswan's seat in Bihar's Samstipur.
Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2019: Live Updates
Haryana Assembly Election Results 2019: Live Updates
In Maharashtra, counting of votes for the 288 Assembly segments is being conducted at 269 locations whereas in Haryana a counting centre has been set up in each of the 90 assembly constituencies and there is an additional centre in Gurgaon's Badshahpur segment, which had a larger number of polling booths. The electronic voting machines (EVMs) and the VVPAT paper trail machines used in Monday's polling are kept at strongrooms which are being guarded by personnel from the state police and paramilitary forces round the clock, an official said.