Election Results 2024 Highlights: PM Modi says 'Cong’s urban Naxalism a challenge, its remote control is outside India'

Election Results LIVE: In Jharkhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party has maintained a lead in six seats, as per the early projections.

Election Results LIVE: Shiv Sena candidate from Mumba Devi assembly constituency, Shaina NC on Saturday visited Mumbai's most popular Siddhivinayak temple ahead of the counting of votes for the Maharashtra assembly polls.

“The way Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar have worked in these two and half years, one thing is clear people have voted based on their work. It will be history as it will be a hattrick today,” she told ANI.

Election Results LIVE: According to BJP leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Sorem, the biggest issue in Jharkhand has been the Bangladeshi infiltrators.

"The population of Bangladeshi infiltrators is increasing rapidly. In this election, BJP is going to form the government, it will be clear in the next 1-1.5 hours," the BJP leader told ANI.

Election Results LIVE: BJP candidate and former Jharkhand Chief Minister, Champai Soren said on Saturday that there is no doubt that the BJP is going to win in the assembly polls in the state.

Speaking to ANI, Soren said, "BJP is going to win, there is no doubt. BJP-NDA is going to form the government. People have voted in favour of the BJP."

Election Results LIVE: In the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, 145 is the majority mark. Polling for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly was held on November 20, recording a voter turnout of 66.05%, an increase from nearly 61% in the 2019 elections.

Election Results LIVE: According to the Election Commission of India, the counting of votes began at 8 am with postal ballots, and the first round's result is expected by 9:30.

Election Results LIVE: Sanjay Nirupam, Shiv Sena candidate from the Dindoshi Assembly constituency reached the Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati temple in Mumbai to seek the lord's blessings ahead of the Maharashtra election result.

Election Results LIVE: Ahead of the counting of votes by the Election Commission for the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Jalebis were being prepared at BJP headquarters in Delhi.

Election Results LIVE: According to the Election Commission of India, the counting of votes for the crucial Maharashtra assembly polls will begin at 8 am with postal ballots, and the first round's result is expected by 9:30.

Election Results LIVE: Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala expressed confidence in Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) performance ahead of the result adding that the Chief Minister's face would be decided after the poll results are announced.

"Maha Vikas Aghadi will form the government in the state with a majority... The CM face will be decided after the results, and a discussion will be held," Ramesh Chennithala told ANI.

Election Results LIVE: Ahead of the counting of votes for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Election 2024, former Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said there is a strong possibility of the INDIA alliance forming the government in Maharashtra.

"Congress and the INDIA alliance are fully prepared in Mumbai. Tomorrow, we will get there and stay. There is every possibility that the INDIA alliance government will be formed. I will be in Mumbai," said Ashok Gehlot on Friday.

Election Results LIVE: Among the INDIA bloc parties, JMM is contesting 43 seats, Congress candidates contested 30 seats, RJD got six, and CPI(ML) four. The BJP is contesting 68 seats, AJSU 10, JD(U) two, and LJP one seat.

Election Results LIVE: Ahead of the counting of votes for the Maharashtra elections 2024, Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate from Wadala, Shraddha Jadhav, said, "Results will come out today. Our victory is certain, you will see it. Maha Vikas Aghadi will form the government."

Election Results LIVE: JMM spokesperson Manoj Pandey said that the women and youth in Jharkhand will place their faith in Hemant Soren and his party will secure a comfortable majority.

“There is a clear voice from the people of Jharkhand - Iss baar Hemant Dobara, Hemant Soren return. Women, students and people of Jharkhand have reposed their faith and we trust them. The excitement that was seen during campaigning and the day of elections clearly shows that we are coming to power again with an absolute majority,” Pandey told ANI.

Election Results LIVE: Shiv Sena candidate from Mumba Devi assembly constituency, Shaina NC said that she was confident of Mahayuti's victory in the Maharashtra assembly election result.

“The way Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar have worked in these two and half years, one thing is clear people have voted based on their work. It will be history as it will be a hattrick today,” she told ANI.

Election Results LIVE: Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis addressed the issue of the audio clips involving NCP-SCP leader Supriya Sule and Congress leader Nana Patole and said that it was a matter of national security.

"A former IPS officer has levelled allegations and released a few clips. This is a very serious matter. The voice seems to be similar to Supriya Sule, but let everything be clear. If anyone hears a doctor's voice, it can be deciphered through AI. We hope this is investigated and the truth comes out soon, as this is a matter of national security,' Fadnvais was quoted as saying by ANI.

Election Results LIVE: An alleged doctored audio clip allegedly involving Congress Maharashtra chief Nana Patole, NCP-SCP leader Supriya Sule, and Amitabh Gupta, went viral on social media ahead of the voting day in Maharashtra.

The audio clip, which Congress leaders claim was allegedly created using AI technology, was circulated on social media and aired on TV channels and YouTube by a BJP spokesperson and others.

Election Results LIVE: Most exit polls predicted that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) would put up a strong show in Maharashtra assembly polls but is unlikely to cross the majority mark in the 288-member assembly.

Notably, the primary contest in the state is between the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance and the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

Election Results LIVE: On the big question about the next CM of Maharashtra in case the Mahayuti alliance wins in the state, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde said that the leaders of Mahayuti will sit together and decide who will be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Speaking to ANI, Kalyan MP further said that there is "no competition" among leaders in the alliance to become the CM.

Election Results 2024 LIVE: BJP leader Vinod Tawde, who was accused of distributing cash in exchange for votes, has demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for making "false and baseless" allegations against him.

The notice demanded an "unconditional apology" to Tawde within 24 hours from the time the receipt of the notice.

Election Results LIVE: On November 19, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) workers caused a commotion outside a hotel in the Nalasopara assembly constituency in Palghar and accused the BJP of "distributing money."

BJP leader Vinod Tawde was at the centre of the controversy, which sparked just hours before the polling.

Election Results LIVE: Jharkhand BJP president Babulal Marandi, who was also the first chief minister of the state, exuded confidence that the BJP-led NDA alliance will win more than 51 seats and form the government.

“BJP workers have worked hard on the ground and based on the information received from them, I can say that the BJP-led NDA alliance will win more than 51 seats in the Jharkhand assembly elections,” Babulal Marandi told ANI.

Election Results LIVE: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the BJP-led alliance will claim victory in the Jharkhand and Maharashtra Assembly elections.

"Tomorrow the results are coming. I went to Maharashtra and Jharkhand. BJP is going to do well and in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand, we are going to form governments," PTI quoted Meghwal as saying.

Election Results LIVE: A lot is at stake for Sharad Pawar, one of the most experienced and oldest players in Maharashtra politics as his party Nationalist Congress Party also suffered a split.

The party name along with key MLAs were taken away by his nephew Ajit Pawar, who joined the ruling alliance as Deputy Chief Minister in July last year.

Sharad Pawar, who now heads NCP(SP).

Election Results LIVE: Uddhav Thackeray, son of the late Balasahed Thackeray, lost his chief ministerial position due to a revolt followed by a split in his party in 2022, He then lost the party name Shiv Sena, which was originally founded by his father, to the rival faction led by Eknath Shinde.

Since the split, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has been keen to prove a point in the assembly polls.