Riding the crest of an anti-incumbency wave against the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP government, YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is all set to take over as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

The YSRCP swept the Assembly election, winning 151 seats in the 175-member House.

The TDP, which won 102 seats in 2014, finished a distant second with 23 seats.

While the TDP contested the 2014 election in an alliance with the BJP, it fought the 2019 election on its own.

Jagan, son of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, will be formally elected as leader of YSRC Legislature Party on May 25. He will be sworn in as the bifurcated state’s second CM in Vijayawada on May 30.

Andhra Pradesh

Total Seats            175

YSR Congress Party        151
Telugu Desam Party    23
Jana Sena Party        1

Odisha keeps faith with Patnaik yet again

The ruling BJD in Odisha is set to form the government for a record fifth term in a row, having bagged 112 of the 146 Assembly seats.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has pocketed his home turf Hinjili and Bijepur constituency in west Odisha.

The BJP has made substantial gains, with its nominees clinching 23 seats so far, while the Congress has bagged just nine seats. The CPM and an Independent have bagged one each.

Polling was held in 146 of the state’s 147 Assembly seats, as election in Patkura was postponed twice, first after the death of a candidate and then due to Cyclone Fani.

Odisha

Total Seats         146

BJD    112
BJP            23
Congress        9
CPM            1
Others            1

Landslide victory for BJP in Arunachal

The BJP has comfortably crossed the halfway mark in Arunachal Pradesh to claim a simple majority in the 60-member Assembly, while the Congress has bagged just four seats so far.

For the first time, the BJP led by Pema Khandu will form the government in the state with the support of its own MLAs.

The saffron party has clinched 39 Assembly seats, including three unopposed.

The JD(U), which made its maiden entry into the electoral scene of Arunachal, has won seven seats so far, while another debutant, National People’s Party, secured four seats.

The lone regional outfit, People’s Party of Arunachal, bagged a single seat, while two Independents clinched one seat each.

Arunachal Pradesh

Total Seats                 54

BJP                    36
JD(U)                7
Congress                4
National People's Party        5
People's Party of Arunachal     1
Others                    2

SKM ends Chamling’s reign in Sikkim

Opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), led by its firebrand leader Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as P.S. Golay, ended Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling’s 25-year rule in the border state.

Of the state’s 32 seats, Golay’s SKM won 17, leaving the chief minister and his Sikkim Democratic Front with just 15 seats.

In a solace for Chamling, he won both Poklok-Kamrang and Namchi Singhithang, on way to a record eighth term as a legislator.

For the SKM, Kunga Nima Lepcha won from Gangtok and Shyari, while Golay’s 28 year-old son Aditya Golay entered the House from the Soreng-Chakung Assembly seat.

Sikkim

Total Seats            32

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha    17
Sikkim Democratic Front    15