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29 May 2014

Current Affairs: May 17,2014

Andhra Pradesh assembly polls results: TDP wins largest number of seats

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by N. Chandra Babu Naidu emerged as the largest party with 117 seats out of the total 294 assembly seats of the Andhra Pradesh in the recently concluded Assembly Elections in the state.
 Results:
Political PartySeats Won
TDP117
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party70
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)63
Indian National Congress (INC)21
BJP9
Others14

Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls: INC to form government

The results of the 2014 assembly elections of Arunachal Pradesh are out. The Indian National Congress (INC) led by the incumbent Chief Minister Nabam Tuki won 42 seats of the total 60 assembly seats in the state.
BJP with 11 seats is the first runner up whereas People’s Party of Arunachal finished third with 5 seats.
 Results: 
Political PartySeats Won
Bharatiya Janata Party11
Indian National Congress42
People’s Party of Arunachal5
Independent2

Odisha assembly polls 2014: BJD emerged largest party in the state

The results of the 2014 assembly elections of Odisha have been announced. Of the total 147 assembly seats, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by incumbent Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has won 117 seats, making it the single largest party in the state.
Odisha assembly polls 2014 results: 
Political PartySeats Won
BJD117
BJP10
Indian National Congress16
Others4

Sikkim Assembly elections 2014: SDF to retain power for fifth term in a row

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) led by incumbent Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has emerged as the single largest party by winning 22 seats out of total 32 in the 2014 assembly elections of Sikkim. The newly established party Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) led by Prem Singh Tamang won 10 assembly seats and will sit in opposition.

The SDF which came into being in 1993 has been in power in Sikkim since 1994. This will be party’s fifth consecutive term in power.

General Election 2014: Resounding victory for BJP, Congress faces drubbing in 6 states

World’s biggest democratic exercise- India’s 16th Lok Sabha (Lower House) elections which ran from April, 7 to May 12, 2014 are over and its verdict is out. Of the total 543 seats for which elections were contested, BJP led NDA achieved a thumping victory on 336 seats, whereas, Congress led UPA has faced thorough defeat in 6 key states winning just 59 seats, and the Congress, 44 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which contested on 424 seats has faced debacle as it could win just 4 seats. AAP leader and former Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejrival, who contested against the Narendra Modi from Varanasi, defeated by a huge margin of more than 3 lakh votes.
With this NDA victory, BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is all set to be the head of the newly elected Indian Government.
Some high spots of Lok Sabha polls 2014:
  • It was 16th Lok Sabha election.
  • Election Commission of India conducted election in 9 phases, longest election in the country’s history.
  • 8,251 candidates contested for 543 constituencies in India.
  • 814.5 million People were eligible voters, with an increase of 100 million voters since the last general election in 2009, making this the largest-ever election in the world.
  • Average election turnout was around 66.38%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections.
  • With more than six times the seats of its closest contenders, Modi’s is the most decisive mandate for a leader since the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi propelled her son to office. Since 1989, India has been governed by coalitions.
  • With 282 seats, the BJP has won the highest number of seats by a single party in the modern, post-regional politics era, compared with 244 for the Congress in 1991 and 206 for it in 2009.
  • It is the worst ever performance by Congress compared to its show in other previous General Elections.
  • Since 1977, the BJP is the first non-Congress party to defeat Congress by such a huge margin. However, the biggest tally of seats achieved by a non-Congress party is 295 won by the Janata Party in the 1977 post-Emergency election that ousted Mrs. Gandhi from office.
  • BJP registered its biggest win in Uttar Pradesh winning 71 seats despite a big coalition partner, the best performance by a single party in the state since 1984 when the Congress won 83 of 85 seats.
Results Lok Sabha Polls 2014:
ALLIANCETALLY
NDA (BJP + Allies)335
UPA (Congress + Allies)59
AAP4
SP5
BSP0
AITC34
JD(U)2
LEFT11
ADMK37
OTHERS56
TOTAL543/543
VOTE SHARE:
AllianceVote share (%)
NDA35
UPA23
LEFT4
AITC4
OTHERS34

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