Maharashtra And Jharkhand Live Updates
Exit Polls 2024 Live: Voting began at 7 am and concluded at 6 pm.
New Delhi:
Exit Poll Results 2024 Live Updates: After high-octane campaigns and elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, now it’s time to find out what the exit polls have predicted for the states. The results for both states will be announced on November 23.
Health Warning: Exit polls are not always accurate.
Voting for the single-phase Maharashtra elections across 288 assembly constituencies began at 7 am and concluded at 6 pm. The contest is between the ruling Mahayuti alliance – BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction).
In the 2019 elections, the BJP won the maximum number of seats (105) followed by Shiv Sena (56) and the Congress (44).
Jharkhand is voting in the second and final phase of the assembly elections. The first phase was held on November 13. The primary contest in the state is between the ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc and the BJP-headed National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Here are the Live Updates on Exit Polls:
Exit Poll Results: JD-U leader says “one-sided” contest in Maharashtra
Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Prasad claimed the contest in Maharashtra was “one-sided”, expressing confidence that the Mahayuti alliance led by the BJP is set for a massive victory
Congress leader TS Singh Deo today criticised the BJP for its party leader Vinod Tawde’s alleged money distribution video. This comes even as the BJP has been attacking Maharashtra opposition leaders Supriya Sule and Nana Patole for their alleged involvement in “bitcoin scam”.
Nilesh Rane, a Shiv Sena leader and candidate from Kudal constituency, cast his vote in Sindhudurg for Maharashtra assembly elections.
#WATCH | #MaharashtraElection2024 | Shiv Sena leader & candidate from Kudal constituency, Nilesh N Rane casts his vote in Sindhudurg pic.twitter.com/kQBANAEeol
– ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2024
A presiding officer in Madhupur in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district was replaced after he was found too close to the voting compartment, which is against the rules of Election Commission. the Deoghar administration said.
The statement came after Jharkhand BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused presiding officer Ramanand Kumar Paswan for allegedly “favouring a ruling party candidate”.
Jharkhand Elections 2024 Exit Poll: Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s appeal
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged voters to support NDA in Jharkhand assembly elections, accusing the ruling JMM-led alliance of “cheating” the people of the state.
Exit Poll Election Results: BJP leader on alleged bitcoin scam in Maharashtra
BJP Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari has alleged that the leaders of the opposition alliance in Maharashtra have tried “to use the looted money of Rs 100 crore in the elections through bitcoin transaction”.
The Jharkhand voting percentage till 5 pm for the second phase – 67.59 per cent – was much higher than what it was in the first phase (66.65 per cent).
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was seen along with family – wife Gauri Khan, daughter Suhana Khan and son Aryan Khan – at a polling station to cast their votes.
#WATCH | Mumbai | Actor Shah Rukh Khan along with his wife Gauri Khan, daughter & actor Suhana Khan and son Aryan Khan arrive to cast their vote for Maharashtra Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/czwVYHs4gB
– ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2024
Several octogenarians and two centenarians, a 113-year-old woman and a 103-year-old man, voted in the Maharashtra assembly election.
The 103-year-old man, a freedom fighter, came in a wheelchair, to exercise his right.
To ensure a smooth voting process, facilities such as wheelchairs, wheelchair-friendly vans, Divyang-friendly buses, stair-climbing wheelchairs etc were made available at polling booths by the Election Commission.
A touch of glamour was added to the election day in Mumbai today as several Bollywood celebrities, including actors Salman Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkumar Rao, Akhay Kumar, Ananya Panday and Ranbir Kapoor, cast their vote.
“Everyone should come and vote because that’s the most important thing,” said Rajkumar Rao.
“Let’s forget the issues and right now it is voting day and it’s your birth right, so please come and cast your vote,” was Ranbir Kapoor’s message.
2024 Exit Poll: Rajya Sabha MP confident of NDA win
Rashtriya Lok Morcha President and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha said that the NDA victories in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand. INDIA bloc is in power in Jharkhand while Maharashtra currently has an NDA government.
Exit Poll Results 2024: Congress leader confident of party victory
Congress leader and leader of opposition in Rajasthan Tika Ram Jully has expressed confidence that his party will win in both the states and the “INDIA alliance will form the government”.
Actor Govinda said, “Everything is fine”, when he was asked about his recovery. The Bollywood actor had accidently shot himself in the leg last month.
He was seen outside a polling booth in where he had come to cast his vote.
Actor Rajat Kapoor, after casting his vote in Mumbai, “hoped” for a government that is “proactive, pro-people and inclusive”.
#WATCH | After casting his vote for #MaharashtraElections2024, actor Rajat Kapoor says, “… Mumbai has been low on it (voting percentage) always, its a tradition with Mumbai… It’s possible that people are disappointed that they vote for somebody but it does not end up where it… pic.twitter.com/DvZxETkZ6L
– ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2024
Congress leader Sachin Pilot has slammed the BJP over reports that its party general secretary Vinod Tawde was allegedly distributing voters to influence voters in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. “When such incidents come to light, the Election Commission of India (ECI) should take immediate and strict action. A leader of such stature being accused of carrying such a large amount of money for election manipulation is alarming. An inquiry alone is insufficient,” he said.
Jharkhand Elections 2024 Exit Poll: Sachin Pilot confident of party’s victory
Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot expressed confidence that the JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand will defeat the rival party.
Exit Poll Election Results: Maharashtra official on voting percentage
Kiran Kulkarni, the additional chief election of Maharashtra, is “confident” that this time the state cross the last time’s voting percentage. “All issues had been sorted by our machinery, and they were properly addressed as per rules,” he told ANI.
Zeeshan Siddique, Nationalist Congress Party leader and the son of Baba Siddique, said, “It feels like my father is with me”, after casting his vote.
#ElectionsWithNDTV | “It feels like my father is with me,” Nationalist Congress Party Zeeshan Siddique casts his vote in Mumbai #MaharashtraElectionspic.twitter.com/c6CyCkcX3u
– NDTV (@ndtv) November 20, 2024
Maharashtra Elections 2024 Exit Poll: Salman Khan at polling booth to cast his vote
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has reached the polling centre in Mount Mary School to cast his vote.
Exit Poll Election Results: Mumbai BJP chief on ‘Bitcoin scam’
Ashish Selar, the Mumbai BJP president and candidate from Bandra West assembly constituency, slammed the opposition over the alleged bitcoin scam and called for a detained enquiry into it. “These thieves won’t be able to escape…he (Ex-IPS officer Ravindranath Patil) is clearly saying in his statement what Gaurav Mehta told him, what voice recordings he gave…those people, whose names are coming, I feel this is a highly complicated issue. A detailed enquiry should take place,” he said.
Exit Poll Results 2024: Jharkhand Chief Minister’s wife on elections
Wife of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and JMM candidate for Gandey assembly election said she was grateful towards the people of Gandey as wherever “I go, I get their love”.
Exit Poll Results 2024: Maharashtra BJP candidates’s appeal
Hours before exit polls, A BJP candidate from Pune’s Chinchwad Assembly constituency appealed to all the voters their right to vote. “Everyone should come forward to vote for the progressive Mahrashtra and Viksit Bharat. The people are enthusiastic as work of the Mahayuti government has benefitted the people,” said Shankar Jagtap.
