Assam registers highest number of cross-votes in Presidential Polls
First Published: 22nd July, 2022 18:56 IST
Several reports of alleged cross voting has come to the fore in the Presidential elections which saw Draupadi Murmu become the first tribal President of India. As per reports, a
Several reports of alleged cross voting has come to the fore in the Presidential elections which saw Draupadi Murmu become the first tribal President of India.
As per reports, a total of 22 votes from a total of 42 opposition MLAs have gone in favour of Murmu in Assam.
Within the NDA alliance, BJP has 53 votes, AGP has nine votes and UPPL has seven votes which have all gone to Murmu.
Meanwhile, Murmu has also got votes of three BPF MLAs. With this, Draupadi Murmu has got 82 votes from the ruling NDA alliance and 22 votes from the opposition camp in Assam.
The opposition has 44 votes in their kitty. Here, two AIUDF MLAs were not present on voting day. Now allegations have come out that there have been cross voting from the opposition camp which helped in Murmu’s victory.
Assam minister Pijush Hazarika also stated that there have indeed been cross voting from the opposition camp in favour of Droupadi Murmu.
Well, not only in Assam, a sizeable number of MLAs from across state assemblies cross-voted in support of President-elect Droupadi Murmu, defying their parties’ stated support to opposition candidate.
BJP sources said around 126 MLAs from different assemblies cross-voted in her support. Counting of votes also suggests that Murmu was the beneficiary of cross-voting from 17 MPs.
Assam, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh assemblies witnessed a significant number of Opposition MLAs voting for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s candidate.
Around 22 MLAs in Assam and 20 in Madhya Pradesh assemblies are likely to have cross-voted. Six opposition MLAs each from Bihar and Chhattisgarh, four from Goa and 10 from Gujarat may also have voted for Murmu.
Murmu’s tribal background appeared to have drawn support from Opposition MLAs from Jharkhand too, where the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had already announced support to her.
Set to be India’s first tribal and also the youngest president, Murmu received maximum votes from Uttar Pradesh and Maharastra assemblies while Sinha got his largest share of support from West Bengal and . All MLAs from Andhra Pradesh, where the ruling YSR Congress as well the opposition TDP had pledged support to Murmu, voted for her.
On the other hand, Sinha swept all votes from Kerala MLAs as the ruling Left and the opposition Congress had both supported him.
Murmu also received all the votes from Sikkim and Nagaland assemblies. Now if we look specifically in Assam, 22 votes from a total of 42 opposition MLAs have gone in favour of Murmu.
Within the NDA alliance, BJP has 53 votes, AGP has nine votes and UPPL has seven votes which have all gone to Murmu.
Meanwhile, Murmu has also got votes of three BPF MLAs. With this, Droupadi Murmu has got 82 votes from the ruling NDA alliance and 22 votes from the opposition camp in Assam.
The opposition has 44 votes in their kitty. Here, two AIUDF MLAs were not present on voting day. Now allegations have come out that there have been cross voting from the opposition camp which helped in Murmu’s victory.
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