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| | | Cong nets M’rashtra, A’chal Houses; hung in Haryana
New Delhi , Oct 22
The Congress has sweeped Arunachal, retained Maharashtra, but has fallen short of a majority in Haryana. The ruling Congress in Haryana is falling six short of the magic figure of 46, while Congress today stormed back to power in Arunachal Pradesh with a two-third majority winning 39 seats.
Haryana: The state threw up a fractured verdict in the assembly elections with ruling Congress falling six short of the magic figure of 46, as independents, who could play a crucial role in government formation, won seven seats.
INLD, which has made a significant comeback, won at 31 constituencies in the 90-member House.
With all the results declared, the Congress finished with a tally of 40 followed by INLD, whose ally Shiromani Akali Dal got one seat. Of the remaining 18 seats, Haryana Janhit Congress-BL, a new entrant in assembly polls, got six seats, BJP four and BSP one. While the Congress suffered major losses conceding 27 seats it won in 2005, the INLD, led by former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, improved its tally to 31 from nine seats it won last time.
With assembly election results throwing a hung House, the independents could play a major role in government formation. Buoyed by the improvement in INLD's tally, Chautala demanded that the Governor should invite the opposition parties first to give them an opportunity to form the government.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Congress was all set to return to power for a second term and the party high command will take a decision on the issue of leadership of the legislature party.
Arunachal Pradesh: The ruling Congress today stormed back to power in Arunachal Pradesh with a two-third majority winning 39 seats and leading in three others in the 60-member state Assembly.
While Congress contested all the 60 seats, Trinamool Congress, which tested its popularity for the first time in the state by putting up candidates at 26 places, has won five seats and is leading in a seat. The NCP, which had fielded 36 candidates, emerged victorious at six places.
Of the 39 seats won by Congress, Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and two other party candidates were elected unopposed. The results have been announced for 53 seats so far, with Congress getting 36 seats, BJP bagging two while the others winning four seats. The BJP had contested 18 seats.
Barring Public Health Engineering Lombo Tayeng, all ministers in the outgoing cabinet won. State Congress chief Nabam Tuki was among the winners. The ministers who won are -- Jarbom Gamlin, Tanga Byalin, Kaliko Pul, Tako Dabi, C C Singpho, Chowna Mein, Nabam Tuki and Newlei Tingkhatra.
However, party leaders including seven time MLA in a row and former chief minister Gegong Apang, and his son Omak Apang bite the dust. While Apang senior lost to NCP, his son was humbeled by BJP.
Tsering Gyurmi, a close confidante of the chief minister, also lost to People's Party of Arunachal Pradesh candidate Phurpa Tsering. The ruling party had 34 seats in the last Assembly.
Maharashtra: The anti-incumbency factor, rising farmers suicides and price rise notwithstanding, voters in Maharashtra have chosen to give the Congress-NCP alliance another go at governing the state for a third straight term.
Of the 269 results declared so far, the ruling combine has bagged 131, the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance 87, MNS 13, Republican Left Democratic Front 12 and others 26. The Sena-BJP leaders are attributing their loss to the Raj Thackeray-led MNS which made its maiden foray in the 288-member House.
"We lost because MNS ate into the traditional Shiv Sena votes," BJP general secretary Gopinath Munde said.
As Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has made it clear that it will not stake claim to chief minister's post, the process of government formation is likely to get speeded up, a senior Congress leader said.
Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, in race for the top job, said the ruling alliance's performance was due to the dynamic leadership of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and team work by Congress-NCP combine.
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