Maharashtra, Haryana assembly election results tomorrow

New Delhi, Oct 18: The results of the crucial assembly polls in

and

will be declared on Sunday, Oct 19. The counting will begin at 8 am.

MAHARASHTRA:

Sixty-four per cent of Maharashtra's 8.35 crore voters cast their ballots on October 15 in what became a five-faced contest after the alliance between the BJP and Shiv Sena and Congress and NCP crumbled over the seat-sharing issue.

Poll info:

Total seats: 288 (To form government, 145 seats required)

Total candidates: 4,119

Women candidates: 276

Party-wise candidates: BJP 280, Shiv Sena 282, Congress 287, NCP 278, MNS 219, BSP 260, CPI 34, CPI(M) 19

Exit poll says:

The BJP is expected to emerge the single-largest party, say all the major exit polls. Today's Chanakya has predicted 151 seats for the BJP which would give it an absolute majority. India News/Axis, ABP News/Nielsen and Cvoter/India TV have predicted 103, 127 and 129 seats for the BJP, respectively. The Shiv Sena stands second in the exit poll.

In the past:

The BJP has been in power in Maharashtra only once before. Between 1995-99, it had ruled the state in alliance with the Shiv Sena. The Congress, on the other hand, has been in power in the state for all part except the BJP-Sena rule and a less-than-two-year stint of the Sharad Pawar-led Progressive Democratic Front government in 1978-80.

2009 results in Maharashtra:

UPA: 146

Congress: 82 (vote-share 21%)
NCP: 62 (16.4%)

NDA: 90

BJP: 46 (14%)
Shiv Sena: 44 (16.3%)
Independent: 24 (15.5%)
Others: 30 (16.8%)

HARYANA

Nearly 76 per cent of Haryana's 1.62 crore voters cast their ballots on October 15 in a crucial poll which saw minor clashes. This was the highest voting in Haryana assembly polls since 1967, when 72.65 per cent turnout was recorded.

Poll info:

Total seats: 90 (To form government, 46 seats required)
Total candidates: 1,351
Women candidates: 116

Exit poll says: The BJP is expected to emerge the single-largest party, say all the major exit polls. Today's Chanakya has predicted 52 seats for the BJP which would give it an absolute majority. ABP News/Nielsen and Cvoter/India TV have predicted 103, 46 and 34-40 seats for the BJP, respectively. The Congress, which ruled Haryana for almost a decade now, was predicted to get just 10-18 seats.

In the past:

The BJP has never been in power in Haryana. The current chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, is in office since March 2005, making him the longest-serving incumbent at a stretch.

2009 results in Haryana:

Congress: 40 (vote-share 35.1%)
INLD: 31 (25.8%)
HJC: 6 (7.4%)
BJP: 4 (9%)
Others: 2 (9.5%)

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