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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stormed to power in Haryana on Sunday, winning the state for the first time alone since it was formed in 1966. The party that had never won more than five seats contesting on its own has a tally of 47 in the 90-member House. Its strength in the outgoing Assembly was four. Meanwhile, the party won 122 seats out of 288 seats in Maharashtra.
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Here are the highlights of what all is happening post elections:
# Uddhav holds meeting with newly-elected Shiv Sena MLAs.
# NCP renominates Ajit Pawar as leader of the party in the Maharashtra state
# A total of 16 women candidates have won the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
# Naga People’s Front (NPF) today won the bypoll to Northern Angami-II Assembly constituency in Nagaland defeating its alliance partner BJP by 3,045 votes.
# No clear mandate, still people blowing victory trumpets, says Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. READ FULL STORY HERE
# BJP will decide on its CM candidate for Haryana on Tuesday.
# Congress won bypoll elections from Hiyanglam Assembly constituency of Manipur
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