Live Punjab: Amarinder Singh sworn-in as CM, Sidhu gets Cabinet berth
Get live updates:Manohar Parrikar faces floor test in Goa, Amarinder Singh becomes CM in Punjab
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New DelhiMarch 16, 2017 Last Updated at 10:46 IST
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Punjab Election result LIVE: After a grand victory in Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh takes oath as Punjab chief minister at Chandigarh's Raj Bhavan. Nine other ministers including Navjot Singh Sidhu and Akali rebel Manpreet Badal are also expected to be sworn in.
Goa floor test: Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Goa, headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, will face the crucial floor test on Thursday, as a special Assembly session has been convened for the purpose. Parrikar, who stepped down as defence minister, was sworn-in as the chief minister of the coastal state for the fourth time on Tuesday evening, along with nine ministers.
10:34 AMAmarinder Singh takes oath as Punjab Chief Minister
10:34 AM
Navjot Singh Sidhu gets Cabinet berth
7:14 PM
There are many reasons for a win but such an empathetic win after such a record turnout is special & makes everyone think: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/DnjZVJJj4u
6:22 PM PM Modi gets off the car, meets party cadre as he walks down towards party HQ
6:16 PM PM Modi leaves 7 Lok Kalyan Marg.
6:12 PM Amit Shah arrives at BJP HQ
6:09 PM
6:05 PM PM to travel in open SUV.
6:02 PM PM Modi to walk down Ashok Road: Report
5:57 PM BJP workers celebrate at party headquarters ahead of PM Modi's visit.
5:45 PM BJP Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Ravi Shankar Prasad and MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrive at BJP headquarters in Delhi.
4:37 PMUP elections result 2017: BSP's Mukhtar Ansari wins from Mau with 97,199 votes
4:36 PMUttarakhand elections result 2017: Party-wise Vote Share
4:30 PM Irom Sharmila to quit politics
4:29 PM Uttarakhand elections result 2017: State BJP president Ajay Bhatt loses to Karan Mahara of Congress by 4,981 votes from Ranikhet assembly constituency
4:22 PMPunjab elections result 2017: Status known for 117 out of 117 constituencies
4:21 PM "Congress cannot take for granted that we'll support them. Need to see how our party can grow. We will take stock of final numbers this evening", Vijay Sardesai of Goa Forward Party said.
4:15 PM
Congratulations to @AmitShah, party office bearers & state units for their exemplary work in taking the party to new heights.
3:57 PM Demonetisation issue was raised by all political parties. Akhilesh-Rahul criticized it too. Evidently, voters approve of PM Modi's policies: Amit Shah
3:57 PM
3:54 PM Move past Hindu-Muslim, a voter is a voter; politics of development should take place: Amit Shah
3:53 PM I want to assure the voters that we'll live upto their expectations and faith: Amit Shah
3:53 PM PM Modi has emerged as the tallest leader in the country and even BJP's political rivals have to admit it: Amit Shah
3:50 PM Grand welcome for PM Modi tomorrow at BJP HQ. CM candidates will be announced for 4 states then: Amit Shah
3:46 PMNo Hindu, Muslim politics, people have voted for development: Amit Shah
3:46 PM People have given a befitting reply to those who attacked PM Narendra Modi's personal integrity: BJP chief Amit Shah
3:45 PM On BSP chief Mayawati's allegation of EVM hack, Amit Shah says, "I understand her (Mayawati's) state of mind at the moment, so I won't comment on it".
3:45 PM People have supported Modi's policies: Amit Shah
3:43 PM PM Modi is India's favourite leader: Amit Shah
3:42 PM This is a victory of the people. Will form government in Manipur and Goa too: Amit Shah
3:42 PM Pro-poor policies earned us victory in the Assembly elections: Amit Shah
3:41 PM The is the beginning of an era, politics of performance: Amit Shah
3:40 PM It's a victory of Narendra Modi's leadership and the efforts of BJP's countless workers: BJP Chief Amit Shah
3:40 PMUP & Uttarakhand election results: Very encouraging results for BJP; this is a historic mandate for the party, says Amit Shah
3:37 PMWe are going to form government in UP, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand: BJP chief Amit Shah
3:35 PMAssembly election results 2017: Watch LIVE video of Amit Shah's victory speech
3:34 PMUP elections result 2017: BJP chief Amit Shah address media post UP, Uttarakhand victory
3:33 PMUttarakhand elections result 2017: Harish Rawat tenders resignation from the post of CM
3:30 PM The credit goes to PM Modi, BJP workers and people of UP. Chief Minister will be decided by Central Parliamentary Board: KP Maurya, BJP
1:43 PM The EVMs did not accept votes other than BJP, or the votes of other parties have gone to BJP in the EVMs. Irregularities must be probed: Mayawati
1:41 PMUP elections result: Mayawati says, "BJP didn't give any seat to Muslims"
1:39 PMGoa election 2017: Former Goa CM Digambar Kamat of the Congress wins from Margao
1:37 PMUP elections result 2017: BJP-300, SP-Congress 68, BSP-19, Others-16
1:36 PMPunjab election result 2017: SAD-BJP 15, Congress 81, AAP 20, Others 01
1:35 PMPunjab elections result: Status known for 117 out of 117 constituencies
1:33 PMUP elections result: Status Known For 403 out of 403 Constituencies
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'The Chief Minister of UP was very arrogant. He is grounded very badly' - Amar Singh, former Samajwadi Party leader
1:11 PMPunjab election 2017 result: We will discuss the reasons in the core committee meeting & analyse each aspect of our performance in the elections, says Prakash Singh Badal
1:09 PMEarly trends from Manipur: Congress leading with 15, BJP with 12
1:09 PMGoa election result: Status known for 25 out of 40 constituencies
1:05 PMGoa election 2017: Congress Party is leading in 11 seats, BJP in 7 and others in 7
12:53 PMManipur election result: Status known for 38 out of 60 constituencies
12:10 PMPunjab Assembly election results: People of Punjab have taught a lesson to those who were arrogant, says Navjot Sidhu
12:08 PMGoa election 2017: Status known for 20 out of 40 constituencies
12:07 PMPunjab Elections 2017 result: This is the revival of the Congress, it is just the beginning. Congress will spread from here, says Navjot Singh Sidhu
8:33 AMPunjab Elections results: Parkash Singh Badal leading from Lambi. Capt Amarinder Singh second and AAP's Jarnail Singh third
8:32 AM Punjab Elections 2017: AAP leading in 2 seats - Trends
8:32 AMPunjab elections 2017: Initial trends from Punjab show that the Indian National Congress is leading in three seats, reports TimesNow.
8:31 AM Uttar Pradesh leads so far: SP-Congress 5; BJP+ 7; BSP 2
8:22 AMManipur Elections result: Counting of votes for 60-member Assembly underway at eleven centres in Manipur
8:19 AM UP Elections result: BSP leading from Bulandshahr
8:18 AM UP Election results: Counting underway in 78 centres across 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh. (visuals from Allahabad)
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UP Election result: Samajwadi Party workers perform Havan in Lucknow
8:08 AM UP Elections results: We are winning with 2/3rd majority, SP and BSP will be wiped out, says Keshav Prasad Maurya, UP BJP Chief
8:07 AM Punjab Election Results: Counting has begun in all the 54 centres at 27 locations in Punjab for 117 assembly seats
8:04 AM Manipur Elections 2017: Muscle, money power openly used by parties, says Irom Sharmila
8:02 AM Assembly Elections 2017: Counting of votes in the 5 states-Manipur, Punjab, UP, Uttarakhand & Goa, begins.
7:59 AM Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: Security arrangements in place outside counting centres
7:42 AM Trends for Assembly election 2017 results for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur to start coming from 8 am today
11:25 PMAsserting that the exit polls should not to be trusted, Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday said politicians know how to manipulate exit polls.
11:15 PM Counting of votes in the Assembly polls 2017 will be transparent, says Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi
8:54 PM Ahead of Saturday's Assembly poll results in five states, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday visited the RSS office in Mumbai's Lower Parel for an unscheduled stopover, party. "This wasn't a scheduled visit. He reached Yashwant Bhavan at Pandurang Budhkar Marg, which houses the office of RSS Konkan Prant, and met those who were present," a source told PTI.
8:49 PM Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi on Friday said his party was open to post-poll alliances, even though he exuded confidence of emerging victorious in all five states, including Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Samajwadi Party. "It is obvious that neither politics nor nature permits a vacuum. In such a situation, not a single voter or party would want elections after elections. Therefore, in that situation the most easily available handshake which will ensure a certain amount of continuity in governance without a vacuum will be attempted," Singhvi said.
8:44 PM Impressed by innovations in the electoral processes in Goa, Mauritius' Election Commissioner Mohammad Irfan Abdool Rahman is in the coastal state to witness counting of votes for the Goa Assembly elections 207, on Saturday
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Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said also said a wave of forming BJP governments had started in the Northeast after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister. Tripura would be part of it in 2018, he said. "BJP has formed governments in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. It will also form a government in Manipur after the election results are out tomorrow."
8:36 PMBJP's National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Friday said that the entire northeastern region, like other parts of the country, was in the grip of a massive BJP wave
Watch this video to know about promises made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (which is contesting the polls in alliance with the Congress party)
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4:06 PM Assembly Elections 2017 trends and results will be available from 8.00 am onwards on Saturday
3:46 PM A day before counting of Assembly Elections votes, Sensex advances 17.10 points to close at 28,946.23; Nifty up 7.55 points to 8,934.55
3:44 PM Chief Minister Harish Rawat is trying his luck from two seats of Kichcha in Udhamsingh Nagar district and Haridwar (rural) in Haridwar district.
3:42 PM The EVMs will unseal the fate of 637 candidates bearing allegiance to different political parties and independents.
3:40 PM Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Counting of polls that will unseal the fate of a total of 637 candidates to begin on Saturday. There are a total of 70 assembly seats in the state which are all being contested by the ruling Congress and opposition BJP.
3:39 PM Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Counting of polls that will unseal the fate of a total of 637 candidates to begin on Saturday
3:26 PM As many as 1,145 candidates are in the fray, 81 of whom are female and one transgender
3:24 PM Poll results will also be updated at regular intervals on the Election Commission's website
3:24 PM Live results will be shown on TV screens at district election offices, prominent public places and malls
3:23 PM Punjab Elections 2017: Unauthorised persons would not be allowed to enter the counting centers. Nobody, barring the election observers, would be allowed to carry mobile phones there
3:22 PM More than 14,000 officials have been deployed at the counting centers
3:22 PMPunjab Elections 2017: According to Election Commission, counting of votes will commence at 8 AM at 54 centers in 27 locations tomorrow
3:21 PM Manipur Elections 2017: Polling in Ukul, Tengnoupal, Kangpokpi and Senapati districts was held during the second phase of the assembly elections on March 8 but a repoll was ordered following electoral malpractices in these polling stations
2:37 PM The stage is set for counting of votes tomorrow for 117 assembly seats in Punjab
2:22 PM BJP says, all exit polls are indicating that exit time for Rahul Gandhi is near.
1:46 PM Manipur Elections 2017: Repolling in 28 polling stations across four districts began today amidst tight security
1:45 PM A staggering 2.23 million bulk litres of liquor, costing a whopping Rs 64.17 crore, was seized and 3.62 million people were booked under various sections of the IPC and of the warrants issued against 22,400 people, 21,653 were served. Police also undertook a mammoth task on depositing 870,000 licensed weapons.
1:42 PM Sheila Dixit, the former Delhi Chief Minister, who was pitched as the "UP bahu" by the Congress Party was nowhere to be seen during the campaign
1:41 PM UP ELections 2017: It was, incidentally, also the first time that BJP veterans L.K. Advani and Kanpur MP Murli Manohar Joshi did not hit the campaign trail
1:40 PM At the end of the seven-phase polls, Modi had addressed 23 mega rallies and had done two roadshows. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah also got into the "first list" by addressing 210 rallies
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UP Elections 2017: It was the first time that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, or for that matter any Prime Minister, spent so much time and energy on a state assembly election
1:37 PM UP Elections 2017: Samajwadi Party (SP) mentor and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav too largely skipped the campaign
1:35 PM UP Elections 2017: It was for the first time since 1999 that Congress President Sonia Gandhi did not campaign
1:23 PM Goa Elections 2017: India TV predicted a hung assembly, projecting 15-21 seats for the BJP and 12-18 for the Congress.
1:22 PM Goa Elections 2017: India Today projected 18-22 seats for the BJP in 40-seat followed by the Congress with 9-13 seats
1:13 PM Punjab Elections 2017: India News-MRC and News 24-Chanakya forecast a dead heat by giving 55 and 54 seats each to both parties
1:12 PM Punjab Elections 2017: India TV-C Voter projected 59-67 seats for debutante AAP and 41-49 for the Congress.
1:11 PM Punjab Elections 2017: The Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine was projected to be decimated in the state which it has ruled for a decade
12:56 PM Punjab Elections 2017: India Today-Axis exit poll predicted 62-71 seats for the Congress in 117-member and 42-51 to Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP.
12:54 PM Punjab Elections 2017: Exit polls also forecast a neck-and-neck race between Congress and the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). BJP faces a drubbing.
12:54 PM UP Elections 2017: The three polls projected 110-130, 120 and 156-169 seats respectively for the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and 57-74, 90 and 60-72 seats for the Mayawati-led BSP
12:49 PM If BJP wins UP, it would be a return to power for the party in the politically significant and volatile state after 15 years.
12:48 PM UP Elections: India News-MRC gave BJP 185 and ABP- Lokniti CSDS 164-176 seats
12:46 PM UP Elections 2017: Times Now-VMR poll forecast 190-210 seats for the BJP
12:42 PM Exit polls are not able to assess the real voting patterns. The truth will be out on Saturday: Samajwadi Party national spokesman Ghanshyam Tiwari
12:39 PM UP Elections: BJP would win 179 seats, according to an average of four exit polls compiled by news channel NDTV
12:38 PM UP Elections 2017: If no groups wins a majority, parties on Saturday will start trying to form a governing coalition
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MAGIC NUMBER - The BJP would need to win 202 seats to secure a majority in the 403-seat assembly in Uttar Pradesh
12:29 PM Uttar Pradesh is home to 220 million people
12:10 PM Results of Assembly elections 2017 in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand will be declared on March 11.
12:09 PM Pollsters have predicted the BJP as the largest party in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur while a setback for SAD- BJP alliance in Punjab
12:08 PM "These exit polls are nonsensical. I have information that the original exit polls were changed under pressure by channels few days back," Ram Gopal Yadav said
11:57 AM The S&P BSE Sensex reclaimed its crucial 29,000 mark in the early trade, while the broader Nifty50 also went above 8,950 after various exit polls suggested the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may comfortably cross the majority mark of 202 in the 403-seat UP Assembly, or come close to it
2:59 PM 41 per cent voting till 2 pm
1:27 PM Manipur Elections 2017: Voter turnout of 67% recorded till 1 pm in second & final phase of voting
12:42 PM Over 26 per cent voting till 12 noon in last phase of UP polls
12:30 PM Mirzapur: Farmers boycott voting at polling booth number 283 of Chunar assembly segment alleging lack of irrigation facilities & development
12:28 PM UP Elections 2017
12:23 PM Jaunpur records 22.23% voter turnout in 7th phase till 11 am.
12:22 PM Sonabhadra records 24% voter turnout in 7th phase till 1100 hours
12:22 PM Mirzapur records 26.43% voter turnout in 7th phase till 11 am hours
12:21 PM
Varanasi records 23.76% voter turnout in 7th phase till 11 am
11:53 AM Voter turnout of 22.84 per cent recorded till 11 am in the seventh phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh.
10:40 AM
BJP veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi casts his vote at booth number 76 of Varanasi North.
10:25 AM 10.43% voting recorded till 9 am in the 7th phase of UP elections 2017.
10:24 AM Manipur Elections 2017: 21% voter turnout recorded till 9 AM in the final phase of Manipur polls.
Congress leader Ajai Rai casts his vote at polling booth no. 389 of Varanasi South, says "7th phase is going to vote against 'Jumlebaazi'"
9:10 AM Counting of votes polled in all the seven phases of the Assembly polls will be taken up on March 11
9:09 AM Polling will be held between 7 AM to 5 PM in all constituencies
9:09 AM In the Naxal-hit Duddhi, Robertsganj and Chakia seats polling will end at 4 PM
9:07 AM Tight security has been put in place in these seven districts.
9:07 AM Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Bhadoi are the other districts where polling is going on in this phase.
9:06 AM UP Elections 2017: Three Naxal-affected districts of Sonbhadra, Mirzapur and Chandauli, along with the five Assembly segments under Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, will be in prime focus.
8:54 AM Final phase polling begins for assembly elections in UP & Manipur covering 40 & 22 constituencies respectively.
Live Punjab: Amarinder Singh sworn-in as CM, Sidhu gets Cabinet berth
Get live updates:Manohar Parrikar faces floor test in Goa, Amarinder Singh becomes CM in Punjab
Elections results 2017 for UP, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand will be declared on March 11
Punjab Election result LIVE: After a grand victory in Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh takes oath as Punjab chief minister at Chandigarh's Raj Bhavan. Nine other ministers including Navjot Singh Sidhu and Akali rebel Manpreet Badal are also expected to be sworn in.
Goa floor test: Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Goa, headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, will face the crucial floor test on Thursday, as a special Assembly session has been convened for the purpose. Parrikar, who stepped down as defence minister, was sworn-in as the chief minister of the coastal state for the fourth time on Tuesday evening, along with nine ministers.
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