Assembly Election 2022 Result: Key Features

Here are 10 key points of today’s election results

AAP won in Punjab

According to the election results declared by the Election Commission so far, one of the biggest achievement in today’s election results is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) coming to power in Punjab, which has won 89 seats and is leading in 3. . In the 117-member assembly, a party needs 59 seats to form a government. While the SAD won two seats and was leading on one, its ally BSP won one, and the BJP won two seats and an independent candidate. AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal termed the party’s performance in Punjab a ‘revolution’. AAP’s tsunami has left many veterans including three former chief ministers dead.

Big victory for BJP in Uttar Pradesh

With the results of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections declared, the BJP has won 16 seats and is leading in 236 seats, while its rival Samajwadi Party is leading in 115 seats. According to the Election Commission website, Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Nishad Party, both BJP allies, are leading in 11 seats and seven seats respectively. The Rashtriya Lok Dal, which contested the elections along with the Samajwadi Party (SP), is leading in eight seats. Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party is leading in five seats. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has established a lead of over 55,000 votes over his nearest rival SP’s Subhavati Shukla in the Gorakhpur urban constituency. Adityanath said that this victory shows that people have once again voted for nationalism and good governance. He further said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP will form the government in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand.

BJP retained in Uttarakhand and Goa also

The BJP has been tipped to win a strong majority in Uttarakhand and retain power in Goa, while its state governments are facing an alleged anti-incumbency wave, only validating long-standing criticism. However, political watchers are of the view that the Congress has become so weak in its tough fight against the saffron party where it is the main challenger. Political strategist Prashant Kishor has suggested a case for regional satraps to form a united front against the ruling party, citing the Congress’s poor scorecard against the BJP in successive Lok Sabha and state elections.

BJP on firm wicket for Presidential election

The BJP’s victory in the assembly polls on Thursday has put the party in a strong position for the presidential election to be held later this year. Political analysts said the BJP’s big victory in Uttar Pradesh has given Prime Minister Narendra Modi the liberty to decide on the successor of President Ram Nath Kovind, who will complete his term on July 24, 2022. Had the Uttar Pradesh election results gone in favor of the Samajwadi Party, the BJP would have had to rely on the support of supporters like Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). which together control a large part of the votes.

Not a good day for current and former chief ministers

The election results brought dismay to several political stalwarts, including two current and five former chief ministers, who lost their electoral battles from their respective seats. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami lost their seats respectively. Similar was the case with former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Singh Rawat and former Punjab chief ministers Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh.

disappointing congress show

The election results came as another blow to the Congress, which could not retain Punjab or come to power in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, where it was the BJP’s main rival. Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the party has decided to convene a meeting of the Congress Working Committee soon to introspect the results. Surjewala said, “The results of five states have come against the expectations of the Congress party, but we accept that we have failed to get the blessings of the people. Sonia Gandhi has called for a meeting of the Congress Working Committee soon to introspect the results. has decided.” press conference in delhi

BJP retains Manipur

According to the latest Election Commission data, the ruling BJP alliance looked set to return to power in the militancy-hit state of Manipur, as it won 16 seats and was leading in 13 other constituencies. In Hingang seat, Chief Minister N Biren Singh defeated his nearest Congress rival P Saratchandra Singh by 18,271 votes. BJP has got 37.5% votes so far, while Congress is second with 16.53% votes and National People’s Party (NPP) of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma is third with 16.48% votes.

TMC asks Congress to merge with it; Congress’s counterattack

TMC asked Congress to merge with it and contest against BJP under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership. This prompted a scathing reply from the grand old party, which accused him of being an “agent of the BJP”. Asked about the party’s poor performance in Goa, TMC leaders said the party was satisfied with the votes it got as the party opened its unit in the coastal state a few months back. The BJP is vying for a second consecutive victory in politically important Uttar Pradesh and dominates the score charts in Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur, while the Aam Aadmi Party won a landslide victory in Punjab and wrested the state from the Congress, leaving the party further reduced. ,