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In the first Assembly election after the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, Maharashtra and Haryana go for polls on October 15. The stakes are high for all the political parties involved; <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword>, <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword>, <keyword id="42402" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="NCP">NCP</keyword>, <keyword id="6358821" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shiv-Sena">Shiv Sena</keyword>, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Indian National Lok Dal (<keyword id="49114" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="INLD">INLD</keyword>). However, these elections are particularly important for the BJP, which had suffered successive defeats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by-polls. The by-polls defeat came in as a blow for the party that stormed to power, at the Centre, single-handedly only a couple of months back. 
 
Will BJP be able to regain its lost glory in these elections? Or would other local parties steal the show? Only time would tell. We tried to take a dig. 
 
These elections would be the first major test for the five-month old Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre. Following a bitter divorce with Shiv Sena, its oldest ally, the BJP would be determined to prove that it’s the senior partner in Maharashtra. If it manages to win about 90 seats, it would justify its push for equal share in seats with Shiv Sena. If this happens, then it would be interesting to see if Shiv Sena, once a very dominant force in the state, would be ready to play second fiddle to the ex-alliance partner, BJP. 
 
The current state of affairs in Haryana also seems interesting. On one hand, the corruption allegations (like Robert Vadra-DLF deal) and anti-incumbency against the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government are giving the ruling party the pre-poll jitters. On the other hand, it is increasing BJP’s chances of coming to power in Haryana; after all, the party won seven out of 10 Lok Sabha seats. 
 
After suffering a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress is eager to salvage its pride. And these elections will prove to be their litmus test. Although the break-up between the BJP and Shiv Sena has left the Maharashtra contest wide open, the Congress is on a sticky wicket due to anti-incumbency and various scams. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), former ally of the Congress, will be looking to prove that it has a stronger foothold in the state than the Congress. 
 
Shiv Sena, fighting the first election after its founder Bal Thackeray’s demise, will encash on the sympathy factor to salvage its pride and justify its persistence for more seats by winning more seats than the BJP. 
 In Haryana, <keyword id="87769" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Om-Prakash-Chautala">Om Prakash Chautala</keyword> of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), who was granted bail on medical grounds, re-energised the party’s election campaign by taking undue advantage of his bail and campaigned for the party. His rallies drew massive crowds as Jats of Haryana are die-hard supporters of the Chautala family. Also, INLD is likely to get some sympathy votes due to Chautala’s imprisonment. However, one can’t be sure if the crowd and sympathy would translate into votes. 
 
As of now, the Assembly elections present an interesting political slugfest that even political pundits and psephologists are finding it difficult to reckon which way the political wind would blow.

Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Polls: Political Breakups Leave Everyone Guessing

<ul><li>Dushyant Chautala formed the JJP in December 2018 and is gunning for the Chief Minister's chair in less than a year.</li><li>With narrrow odds of a win for both the BJP and Congress, support from Dushyant Chautala's JJP may be a key to form the next government in the state.</li><li>Coincidentally, JJP's symbol on the ballot was a 'key'. </li></ul> Dushyant Chautala launched the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) in December 2018⁠— its symbol on the ballot box was a ‘key’ ⁠— may end up playing a ‘key’ role in deciding who gets to form the next government in the northern state of Haryana. 
 
 
 
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 According to the latest trends in the final counting of votes in the Haryana state assembly elections, JJP is leading in just 11 out of the 90 seats and likely has a big chunk of the 28% vote share reflected in the ‘others’ section in the Election Commission website. In his own constituency, Uchana Kalan, Dushyant Chautala has bagged 60% of the votes counted so far, leading over the second candidate (Prem Lata from BJP) by over 10,000 votes. Written off by many political watchers as the new kid on the block, Dushyant Chautala’s JJP may become significant in deciding who forms the new government in the expected case that both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are short of the majority. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; box-shadow: none; width: 261pt; font-family: Merriweather; padding-bottom: 10px !important; background-image: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-attachment: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="xl63" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; height: 15.75pt; width: 87pt;">Party/Alliance</td><td class="xl64" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">Leads</td><td class="xl64" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">Wins</td></tr><tr><td class="xl65" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; height: 15.75pt; width: 87pt;">BJP+</td><td class="xl66" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">32</td><td class="xl67" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">17</td></tr><tr><td class="xl65" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; height: 15.75pt; width: 87pt;">Congress+</td><td class="xl66" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">30</td><td class="xl67" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">4</td></tr><tr><td class="xl65" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; height: 15.75pt; width: 87pt;">Others</td><td class="xl66" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">7</td><td class="xl67" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 5px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 87pt;">11 </td></tr></tbody></table> Dushyant Chautala broke away the Indian National Lok Dal led by political dynasty whose patriarch Om Prakash Chautala has taken the oath as the state Chief Minister four times. Om Prakash’s father Chaudhri Devi Lal⁠— a political legend from Haryana⁠— has been the country’s Deputy Prime Minister in the 1970s and the state’s two-time Chief Minister. After splitting with his father, Dushyant named his party JJP after his grandfather. Most political commentators considered the JJP a splinter group that may end up dividing the dominant Jat vote in the state. Based on early signs, he may have ended up consolidating it. Yet, he may have to choose between Congress and BJP and that decision may depend on who will support his own political aspirations. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/haryana-state-assembly-election-2019-final-result/articleshow/71730556.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">The final result of Haryana state election 2019: Congress is gaining vote share keeping chances alive for Bhupinder Singh Hooda</a>

Dushyant Chautala may hold the 'key' as the less than a year old Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) may have the precious few seats needed to form the next Haryana government

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Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Polls: Political Breakups Leave Everyone Guessing

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Dushyant Chautala may hold the 'key' as the less than a year old Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) may have the precious few seats needed to form the next Haryana government

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