Counting of votes has started in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand states which have witnessed a record turnout in the multi-cornered contests to elect their assemblies.
Here are LIVE updates:
10:06 am: BJP candidate Ajay Nanda leading from Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir.
10:04 am: JMM candidate Lobin Hembrom leading from Borio in Jharkhand.
10:00 am: Hemant Soren trailing from Dumka in Jharkhand.
09:59 am: BJP leader Sat Paul Sharma leading from Jammu West.
Counting underway in Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir
09:57 am: Congress candidate Asgar Ali Karbalaie leading from Kargil.
09:55 am: Jharkhand Assembly elections trends: BJP: 37, JMM: 18, JVM: 08, Congress: 07, Others: 08.
09:50 am: BJP leader Arjun Munda trailing from Kharsawan seat in Jharkhand.
09:45 am: BJP overtakes PDP in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:41 am: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections trends: PDP: 26 , BJP: 25, Congress: 12, NC: 14, Others: 06.
09:37 am: BJP neck and neck with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:31 am: JMM candidate Bhushan Tirkey leading from Gumla in Jhrakhand.
09:25 am: Geeta Koda leading from Jaganathpur in Jhrakhand.
09:22 am: PDP leader Ghulam Nabi Lone leading in Chrar-i-Sharief in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:19 am: Congress candidate Salman Soz trailing from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:17 am: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections trends: PDP: 30 , BJP: 22, Congress: 07, NC: 12, Others: 04.
09:17 am: Jharkhand Assembly elections trends: BJP: 34, JMM: 11, JVM: 02, Congress: 05.
09:16 am: Omar Abdullah trailing from Sonawar in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:15 am: BJP leading in 3 seats in Kashmir Valley.
09:14 am: BJP candidate Dr Nirmal Singh leading from Billawar in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:12 am: BJP candidate Chander Parkash Ganga leading from Vijaypura in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:10 am: PDP candidate Surinder Choudhary leading from Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:07 am: PDP leader Mufti Mufti Mohammad Sayeed leading from Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:02 am: Omar Abdullah leading from Sonawar in Jammu and Kashmir.
09:00 am: Former CM Madhu Koda trailing from Majhgaon in Jharkhand.
08:49 am: BJP leader Arjun Munda leading from Kharsawan seat in Jharkhand.
08:48 am: BJP leader Raghubar Das leading from Jamshedpur East in Jharkhand.
08:47 am: JVM chief Babulal Marandi leading from Giridih in Jharkhand.
08:46 am: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections trends: PDP: 24 , BJP: 19, Congress: 05, NC: 10.
08:45 am: Jharkhand Assembly elections trends: BJP: 11, JMM: 05, JVM: 02, Congress: 01.
08:35 am: Hemant Soren leading in Dumka in Jharkhand.
08:30 am: Omar Abdullah leading from Beerwah constituency in Jammu and Kashmir.
08:24 am: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections trends: PDP: 09 , BJP: 05, Congress: 01, NC: 01.
08:22 am: Jharkhand Assembly elections trends: BJP: 06, JMM: 01, Congress: 01.
08:20 am: BJP candidate Hina Bhat leading from Amirakadal in Jammu and Kashmir.
08:18 am: Sajjad Lone leading from Handwara constituency in Jammu and Kashmir.
08:16 am: BJP and PDP leading in 2 seats each in Jammu and Kashmir.
08:15 am: BJP takes lead in 3 seats in Jharkhand.
08:13 am: PDP leading in 1 seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
08:12 am: JMM leading in 1 seat in Jharkhand.
08:11 am: BJP leading in 1 seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
08:08 am: PDP is confident of a grand victory on its own. We will not need anyone’s help for the government formation: Sameer Kaul, PDP spokesperson.
08:05 am: In Jammu and Kashmir, BJP launched an aggressive campaign as part of its Mission 44+ — the magic number required for simple majority in the state Assembly — during which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several top leaders of the party addressed election rallies across the state.
08:00 am: Counting of votes begins in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.
07:59 am: In Jharkhand, BJP and JMM had won 18 seats each in the last election. Congress had 13, JVN(P) had 11, AJSU had six, RJD five snd JD(U) two.
07:58 am: PDP, which had 21 members in the 11th Assembly, is expecting to be the single-largest party, riding on the anti-incumbency and anger among the flood victims.
07:50 am: Omar Abdullah is contested from Beerwah seat in Budgam district and Sonawar seat in Srinagar, Sayeed is seeking re-election from Anantnag Assembly segment in the south Kashmir district.
07:45 am: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who led Nationbal Confeence’s bid to retain power, and Opposition PDP’s chief ministerial candidate Mufti Mohammad Sayeed are among the 821 candidates.
07:40 am: The five-phase election in the two states which stretched for nearly a month saw 66 per cent voting with authorities making massive security arrangements to prevent any attempts by militants or Maoists to disrupt the polls.
07:35 am: In Jammu and Kashmir, where polling was held for 87 seats, the turnout was the highest after 1987 despite boycott calls by separatists and militants.
07:30 am: In Jammu and Kashmir, where polling was held for 87 seats, the turnout was the highest after 1987 despite boycott calls by separatists and militants.
07:28 am: Jharkhand, which has been battling Maoist violence, registered an overall 66 per cent turnout for the 81 assembly seats. The state, which was carved out of Bihar in 2000, bettered the previous mark of 54.2 per cent in the 2004 Assembly polls.
