A day after the election result did not turn out as expected for BJP, its Jharkhand poll co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he had .

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma discusses Jharkhand election defeat, emphasizes need to address infiltration issue in the state.

The only ST seat that saffron party could win was thanks to the turncoat former CM Champai Soren, who had quit JMM to join the BJP and won his Saraikella seat on a BJP ticket

Here are the key takeaways from the Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly election results. In Maharashtra, the ruling alliance's final tally was 235. The MVA won 49 seats. The BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 132 seats.