Election Outcomes 2024: The voter turnout, nevertheless, was strong in each states.
New Delhi:
The “Not one of the Above” (NOTA) possibility had minimal impression within the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Meeting elections. In line with Election Fee (EC) information, solely 0.75 per cent of voters in Maharashtra and 1.32 per cent in Jharkhand selected NOTA over the listed candidates.
The voter turnout, nevertheless, was strong in each states. Maharashtra recorded a 65.02 per cent turnout in its single-phase election on November 20, whereas Jharkhand’s turnout reached 66.65 per cent and 68.45 per cent throughout its two phases on November 13 and 20, respectively.
Launched in 2013 following a Supreme Court docket directive, NOTA affords voters an choice to reject all candidates whereas sustaining poll secrecy, an enchancment over the sooner Kind 49-O system. Regardless of its availability, the characteristic has remained a fringe selection, with lower than 2 per cent of voters persistently choosing it in current elections.
In Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is ready to retain energy, delivering a blow to the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition. The opposition MVA, comprising Congress, the Nationalist Congress Occasion (Sharad Pawar faction), and Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction), trailed far behind.
Distinguished BJP leaders, together with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar, had been main of their respective constituencies. Senior Congress figures comparable to Nana Patole, Prithviraj Chavan, and Balasaheb Thorat had been trailing.
In Jharkhand, Hemant Soren’s JMM-led alliance appeared poised to retain energy, main in 56 of the 81 meeting seats as per the most recent EC information. The BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) carried out beneath expectations, main in simply 23 constituencies.
The JMM’s marketing campaign, which centered on tribal identification and invoked public sympathy following Mr Soren’s authorized troubles, resonated with voters, significantly in areas like Santhal Parganas. The BJP’s deal with points comparable to “infiltrators” appeared to falter compared.