Who has how much power: Maharashtra and Jharkhand election results today, counting of votes starts at 8 am.

New Delhi, 23 November (HS). Counting of votes started at 8 am on Saturday morning after the elections for the assemblies of two states Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Initial trends will start emerging after a few hours. It will become clear by afternoon who will be crowned in both the states. Along with this, the results of by-elections held on the famous Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala and Nanded Lok Sabha seat of Maharashtra and 48 assembly seats of 14 states including nine seats of Uttar Pradesh will also be declared today. Counting of votes has started on all these seats.

Maharashtra: Who will be crowned?

More than 9.7 crore people exercised their franchise in the elections held on November 20 for 288 seats of Maharashtra Assembly. 4,136 candidates were in the fray. The BJP-led Mahayuti (BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP) alliance is trying to form the government again in the state. Whereas Mahavikas Aghadi (Congress-Shiv Sena UBT-NCP Sharad Pawar camp) is eyeing to return to power. By this afternoon it will be clear which of the two alliances will form the government in the state.

Jharkhand: Whose government will be formed?

The results of the elections for 81 assembly seats of Jharkhand held in two phases on November 13 and November 20 will be declared today. For this, the counting of votes started at 8 in the morning. A total of 1211 candidates are in the fray in the Jharkhand Assembly elections. Among them are famous faces like the current Chief Minister of the state Hemant Soren, former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi, AJSU chief Sudesh Mahato. Jharkhand currently has a coalition government led by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The challenge before him is to retain power in Jharkhand. Whereas BJP has worked hard during the elections to return to power in the state.

Results of by-elections on two LS and 48 Vis seats

With the results of the assembly elections of two states, the counting of votes has also started at 8 am today for the by-elections held on 48 assembly seats of 14 states including Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala and Nanded Lok Sabha seat of Maharashtra and nine seats of Uttar Pradesh. . The 9 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where votes are being counted in the by-elections include Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair Surakshit, Karhal, Sisamau, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhwan assembly seats.