1:1 In Year's Last Polls - NDA Sweeps Maharashtra, INDIA Keeps Jharkhand

The BJP-led Mahayuti has scored a massive victory in Maharashtra while the INDIA Opposition bloc has retained Jharkhand in the Assembly polls. Besides the Assembly polls, results of bypolls to 48 Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats were also declared.

The voter count in Mumbai has crossed the one crore mark, up from 98.95 lakh during the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year, a civic official said.

Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 is being held today with 43 of the state's 81 seats up for grabs.

'Vote jihad' and fake narratives will not work in the upcoming Maharashtra election and the Mahayuti alliance will return to power after the November 20 polls, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who kicked off her electoral debut with a massive roadshow in Kalpetta here and filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll.

A total of Rs 15 crore of Rs 89.63 crore funds siphoned in the alleged Valmiki scam by former Karnataka Minister Nagendra and his aides was allegedly used "during the 2024 Lok Sabha election expenditures to influence voters", the ED has said.