Politics

Indian politics has witnessed a decisive shift with Saturday’s UP poll results. Not only did the BJP wave contain its opposition – BSP, SP and Congress – to historic lows, it set a personal record in Uttarakhand as well.

In a never seen before trend class - economic concerns, identities formed around occupation - has dominated caste in Uttar Pradesh.

Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh could have voted in significant numbers for the BJP endorsing its stand on issues like women’s rights, Shaista Amber who is president All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board Lucknow, told News18.

Civil rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila secured only 90 votes on Saturday, as against Congress Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh's 18,649 votes.

The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pardesh had in 2012 won 224 of these seats spread across 75 districts. It has tied-up with Congress this time in the contest against BJP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

The fight was between sitting BJP MLA Mukut Bihari and Ramtej Yadav of SP.

Girish Chandra Yadav of BJP has won from Jaunpur, constituency No.366 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly leaving behind INC's Nadeem Javed.

Counting is on for the Badaun seat, constituency No. 115 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.

Elections to 403 seats of Uttar Pradesh were held over 7 phases from February 4 to March 8.

Counting is done for Yamunotri seat, constituency No. 2 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

BJP's Jai Prakash Nishad has won the Rudrapur seat (in Deoria district), constituency No. 336 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, with 77754 votes.

BJP lost the last Uttarakhand elections by just one seat. Had its CM candidate BC Khanduri won his seat from Kotdwar, BJP would have pipped Congress by one seat and formed the government.

In the first meet of BJP's social media team, attended by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, his deputy Nitin Patel and Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani, Shah talked about how to remain alert as well as active on social media, it said.

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday asserted that Akhilesh Yadav will get a second consecutive term as chief minister in Uttar Pradesh.

Manipur on Wednesday witnessed a record turnout of 86 per cent in the second and last phase of polling in 22 Assembly constituencies, the highest since 2009 general elections.

Note ban has hit the national capital's economic growth and "forced" the city government to cut spending on various developmental projects by about Rs 4,100 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.