Black day for Democaracy in India: Congress pulls off Maha hattrick

The Congress won a third consecutive term in Maharashtra, swept Arunachal Pradesh with a two-thirds majority but fell short of six seats for a simple majority in Haryana.by default . becoz there is no choice for the voters to choose between none.

in democartic state like India. there is need for strong Opposition to be watch dog of the Government. infact BJP is lost its credibility as Opposition both at the centre and the states..

it is verymuch unfortunate for the affairs of the Existence of the Democaracy

The Assembly elections were crucial as this was the first major popularity test for both the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA after the 2009 Lok Sabha polls five months earlier.

The race for the chief ministership began instantly after the Congress-NCP victory in Maharashtra. The Congress will create history if it manages to form a government in Haryana for a second consecutive term. In the last three decades the state has never returned any ruling outfit to power. Though it emerged the single largest party in the fractured verdict in Haryana, it was short of a simple majority by six seats.

Of the 288 Assembly berths in Maharashtra, the Congress-NCP combine won 144 seats (four more than in the last Assembly), needing one more for a simple majority. On its own the Congress won 82 seats (69 in the last Assembly election). The Sharad Pawar-NCP was victorious in 62 seats (71 in the last Assembly election). Congress candidate Rajendra Shekhawat, the son of President Pratibha Patil, won from Amravati, defeating Congress rebel Sunil Deshmukh by 5,614 votes.

The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance was confined to only 90 Assembly berths, far behind its 2004 tally of 116. Mr Raj Thackeray led his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena to victory in a dozen seats, tripping up the saffron combination. The BJP alone won 46 seats and Shiv Sena 44. Former Speaker and Shiv Sena leader Mr Manohar Joshi said on record that the BJP-Sena loss was “due to the MNS cutting into our vote banks.”

Of the 90 Assembly berths in Haryana, the Congress managed 40 seats, 27 less than in the 2005 Assembly polls.

The Om Prakash Chautala-led INLD with 31 seats in its kitty (nine in 2005) demanded that the governor first give the Opposition parties an opportunity to form the government. The Congress will take stock of the Haryana outcome and state chief minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, would be meeting the top leadership, including party president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi.

Sources disclosed that parleys are on to rope in the Independents to form a majority in the Assembly. Of the seven Independents, four were Congress rebels. The INLD, which was routed in the last Assembly polls, made an impressive comeback. It had won only nine seats in 2005; this time it won 31.

The election results virtually bring down the curtain on the top saffron leadership, particularly Mr L.K. Advani, who, despite stiff opposition from within his party, campaigned in both Maharashtra and Haryana.

The frustration and low morale in the BJP were clear when senior BJP leader, Mr Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, declared: “Electronic voting machines have turned into electronic victory machines for the Congress.