Counting of votes begins and EC trends indicate a likely victory for the JMM-led INDIA bloc. The CM Hemant Soren-led party is the single largest in Jharkhand with lead in 31 assembly seats as of 2 pm today.

Saraikella, where Champai Soren won by a margin of 25,000 votes. The party lost two ST seats in Ranchi to JMM.

The BJP had taken a lead in 21 seats, as of 2.40 pm, while its alliance partners JD(U) and LJP (Ram Vilas), were ahead in one seat each.

Speaking to the media on Saturday evening, Soren declared, "We are going to create the history of 'Abua Raj, Abua Sarkar' (Our rule, our government) in Jharkhand."

Led by the BJP, the NDA achieved a remarkable victory in Maharashtra's Assembly elections, while the INDIA bloc successfully retained its hold in Jharkhand. As political dynamics shift, what does this mean for the future of governance in these states?

All arrangements are in place for counting of votes for Jharkhand assembly polls with both NDA and JMM-led alliance hopeful of victory. While the ruling JMM-led alliance is banking on its work and promises,

In the 2009 Jharkhand elections, BJP's Ramji Lal Sharda narrowly lost the Hatia seat to Congress's Gopal SN Shahdev by just 25 votes

Axis MyIndia was the only one to predict victory for the Congress-JMM alliance in Jharkhand with 53 seats out of 81 as against only 25 for BJP-led NDA and three seats for others.