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In 2024, India's poll panel held elections in Kashmir, ending six years of presidential rule in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 through tight three-phase assembly polls in J&K even as there were serious security concerns amid reports of a hundred plus infiltrators and a spate of terror attacks in Jammu region.
The ECI continued its performance streak going with smooth conduct of assembly polls in Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra later in the year. After Lok Sabha elections, the opposition was confident for the next set of state elections in 2024, owing to BJP being brusied after poor results. However, the BJP bounced back in spectacular fashion in the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra, regaining its electoral power.
Here are eight elections that changed political landscape of India:
Arunachal Pradesh: The incumbent Arunachal Pradesh government of BJP retained their government and bettered their number as they won 46 seats in the 2024 elections, which is 5 more than their numbers in 2019. As the performance of the other parties in the state is concerned, the National People’s Party secured the second position with 5 seats, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) got 3, the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) got 2, the Indian National Congress got just 1, while three seats were claimed by independent
