Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: BJP wins 20 seats, Congress 6 in Uttarakhand

PTI reported that former Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh of Congress defeated the nearest BJP rival L Basanta Singh by 2,543 votes in Thoubal seat.

News agency ANI quoted Congress leader P Chidambaram as saying, "We accept the verdict of the people of Goa. Our candidates fought bravely, despite several obstacles... People have voted BJP to power and we accept that. In several constituencies, we lost with very small margins."

According to ANI, Congress leader RS Surjewala stated that Sonia Gandhi has decided to convene Congress Working Committee meeting soon to introspect the results of the assembly elections.

ANI quoted Congress leader Harish Rawat as saying, "Our efforts were a little less to win over the public of Uttarakhand. We were sure that people will vote for a change, there must've been a shortage in our efforts, I accept it & take responsibility for the defeat."

ANI reported that Congress' Michael Vincent Lobo has won from Calangute seat & his wife Delilah Michael Lobo is leading from the Siolim Assembly constituency.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Humbly accept the people’s verdict," after the party lost all five states in the Assembly elections.

Pushkar Singh Dhami, CM of Uttarakhand, loses from Khatima seat.

News agency ANI quoted NCP chief Sharad Pawar as saying, "SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is not at fault, he contested on his own. He shouldn't think about the polling results as he has higher stature in this country. He has fought better than before."

ANI reported that AAP CM candidate from Dhuri, Bhagwant Mann wins with a margin of 58,206 votes.

PTI reported that Manipur CM N Biren Singh defeated the nearest Congress rival by 18,271 votes in Heingang seat.

ANI reported that Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu lost from Amritsar East by a margin of 6,750 votes.

ANI reported that independent candidate from Cortalim, Manuel Vaz and from Curtorim, Alexio Reginaldo have extended support to BJP.

NDTV reported that Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi lost from both the seats he contested from. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu lost from the Amritsar East seat.

ANI reported that BJP workers and supporters are preparing sweets for distribution among people in Mumbai after the party recorded a thumping victory in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa & Manipur.

ANI reported that Dr Chandrakant Shetye, an independent candidate from the Bicholim constituency in Goa, has declared support to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

News agency ANI quoted Goa CM Pramod Sawant as saying, "BJP will form the government in Goa. We will take MGP and independent candidates with us."

PTI reported that as AAP appears set for a clean sweep in Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal congratulated people of the state 'for this revolution'.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu took to Twitter to share, "The voice of the people is the voice of God …. Humbly accept the mandate of the people of Punjab …. Congratulations to Aap !!!."

ANI reported that viewing the current status of Covid in the polled States, the Election Commission has decided to relax the guidelines on victory processions during and after the counting and has withdrawn the blanket ban on victory procession. However, this relaxation will be subject to existing instructions of SDMA and preventive measures, imposed by concerned district authorities.

ANI reported that exultant workers and supporters of AAP are celebrating by dancing and distributing sweets as the party sweeps Punjab elections with an absolute majority.

News agency ANI quoted Uptal Parrikar, son of late CM Manohar Parrikar, as saying, "As an Independent candidate it was a good fight, I thank the people. Satisfied with the fight but result is little disappointing".

News agency ANI quoted AAP leader Manish Sisodia as saying, "Punjab has given chance to Kejriwal's model of governance. Today, his model of governance has been established at the national level. This is the victory of the 'Aam Aadmi' (common man)."

ANI reported that Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav arrived at the party office in Lucknow. The party is leading on 123 seats in the Uttar Pradesh elections so far.

News agency ANI quoted Delhi minister and AAP leader, Gopal Rai, as saying, "We can witness positive trends in Punjab, and we hope the results will also be positive. I thank the people of Punjab for voting for change." AAP has crossed the majority mark with an early lead in 88 Assembly constituencies in Punjab.

ANI reported that Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi offered prayers in Chamkaur Sahib Gurudwara along with his family as results start pouring in for assembly elections

News agency ANI quoted Dehradun SSP Janmejay Khanduri as saying, "Postal ballots are being counted right now. Around 550 police personnel are deployed here. The use of mobile phones is banned inside counting centers. Victory rallies can be conducted only with permission."

Congress is leading in 6 seats in Uttarakhand, while BJP is leading in 7.

Congress is leading in 4 seats in Punjab, while AAP is leading in 3.

News18 reported that BJP+ is leading in UP in 19, SP+ 18 and BSP leading in 2 seats.

ANI quoted Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commisisoner, as saying, "There is no question of EVM tampering. EVMs are continuously used since 2004, in 2019 we have started using VVPAT at every polling booth. EVMs are sealed in the presence of political party agents." He added, "The questions raised on an EVMs in Varanasi was meant for training purpose. The ADM's mistake was that he did not inform political parties about the movement of EVMs for training purposes as per standard operating procedure. When questions were raised by some parties, we showed them no. displayed on that EVM. It didn't match with EVMs that were sealed & kept in the strong room for counting. They were satisfied after this. No EVM on which votes are cast can be taken out from the strong room."

Sharing data about the elections, Chandra said, "During the ban on election rallies due to the Omicron wave, EC took MCC violations seriously. Around 2,270 FIRs were filed for violation of COVID norms as well as MCC violations in all 5 states. Every political party is the same for EC. 'Know your candidate' App was a successful initiative by EC. Supreme Court had decided that people with criminal backgrounds should be known to the voters. So, we created this app & out of 6,900 candidates, more than 1,600 were with a criminal background."