Election Results 2022 Live: Political parties are eagerly waiting for the counting of votes for the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur assembly elections to be held today. On the eve of counting of votes, the Election Commission announced the removal of three officials, including the nodal officer, related to EVMs in Varanasi. The move comes after a huge controversy erupted over the Samajwadi Party’s (SP) allegation that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were being transferred in an unauthorized manner.
The Election Commission appointed the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi in Meerut and the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as Special Officers to oversee the counting of votes. Uttar Pradesh is seen as very important for the BJP and the Modi government as the state sends the maximum 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha and the party’s performance in the assembly polls is expected to have an impact on the 2024 general election.
Since the post-poll scenario could be a surprise due to the multi-cornered contest, political parties have sent their senior leaders to the states and are wooing other parties to form the government if outside support is required. Take on your rivals in . The Congress has sent its Karnataka unit chief DK Shivakumar as special observer to Goa and party general secretary Mukul Wasnik and Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singh Deo as well as Vincent Pala to Manipur.
The party had lost the race to form government in both the states despite emerging as the single largest party in 2017. Congress Goa unit chief Girish Chudankar told reporters that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders are “already in talks with Congress leaders”. He claimed that the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) is also his party. will support.