The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) established early leads in both Maharashtra, Haryana on Sunday, as the counting of votes for the selection of representatives for the two state assemblies got underway amidst tight security.
At the time of the filing of this report, the BJP was leading in 59 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra and 43 in Haryana. In Maharashtra, the Indian National Congress (INC) was leading in 29 assembly constituencies, and ten in Haryana.
In Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena was leading in 26 seats, while the Nationalist Congress Party was leading in 23. Others were leading in one seat in Maharashtra.
In Haryana, the Om Prakash Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) party was leading in 17 seats and the Haryana Janhit Congress and others were leading in two seats each.
Counting of votes for assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana began at 8 a.m., and final resluts are expected by this afternoon.
In Maharashtra, the counting of votes is taking place in 269 locations, while in Haryana, it is being carried out at 57 places.
Elections for 288 member Maharashtra Assembly and 90 member Haryana Assembly were held on Wednesday. While 4,119 candidates, including 276 women, were in the fray for Maharashtra Assembly, 1,351 contested Haryana Assembly polls.
The Election Commission will display trends and results through its website www.eciresults.nic.in.
Meanwhile, the counting of votes for the Beed Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat in Odisha is also taking place today. Counting of votes for the Rajkot (West) Assembly seat in Gujarat, Northern Angami-Two Assembly seat in Nagaland and Kanubari Assembly constituency in Arunachal Pradesh is also underway.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in and around the counting centres to ensure peaceful counting. In Maharashtra, 320 paramilitary companies have been deployed in addition to state police and security forces from other states.
CCTV cameras have been installed at all counting centres. Observers and micro observers have also been deployed at each counting centres.
Around 35000 poll personnel have been deputed for the counting of votes under the supervision of observers deputed by the Election Commission for every constituency. The Election Commission has deputed additional observers to look after the counting. (ANI)
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