Legislative Assembly Election Result, 2016

Question: Match the name of political party which has gained maximum vote with the corresponding states.

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• On 19 May 2016 Election Commission of India has announced the results of 2016 Legislative Assembly Election in the five states.
• Assam: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partners have won an absolute majority by winning 86 seats in Assam state assembly election.
• BJP has won 60 seats, with its coalition partners the Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) and the Bodoland Peoples Front winning 14 and 12 respectively.
• Ruling Indian National Congress has bagged 26 seats, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) 13 and one seat has gone to an independent.
• According to poll results Congress got 31%, BJP got 29.5%, All India United Democratic Front, 13%, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), 8.1% and Bodoland Peoples Front, 3.9% of the total votes.
• West Bengal: In Legislative Assembly Election of West Bengal, ruling All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) crossed the two-third mark by winning 211 seats.
• Alliance of Congress- CPI (M) bagged 76 seats while BJP has bagged three seats, Independents and others have won four seats.
• Trinamool Congress got 44.9%, CPI (M), 197.7%, Congress-12.3%, BJP-10.2% and AIDF-2.8% of the total votes.
• Tamil Nadu: In Tamil Nadu, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa emerged triumphant and swept the polls by winning 134 seats.
• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won 89 seats, Indian National Congress 8 seats and Indian Union Muslim League has won 1 seat.
• In Tamil Nadu ADMK got 40.8%, DMK-31.6%, PMK -5.3%, BJP-2.8% and Congress got 6.4% of the total votes.
• Puducherry: In Puducherry Congress has won the maximum 15 seats in the Assembly election.
• All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) managed to win only eight seats followed by AIADMK(4) and DMK(2) and CPM backed independent(1).
• In terms of vote share Congress got 30.6%, AIDMK-28.1%, ADMK-16.8%, DMK-8.9%, BJP-2.4% of the total votes.
• In Puducherry Congress -DMK alliance is all set to form a government by winning 17 seats together.
• Kerala: In Kerala, Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 91 seats out 140 assembly seats.
• On the other hand, Congress Party led United Democratic Front (UDF) won only in 47 seats.
• Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has managed to open an account in Kerala by winning one seat.
• The position of party on the basis of vote share is as follows- CPM -26.5%, Congress-23.7%, BJP-10.5%, CPI -8.1% and Indian Union Muslim League-7.4%.
• Besides the result of these five states election Commission of India also announced the results of 2016 by-election held for four states, namely Gujarat, Jharkhand, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
• Gujarat: BJP won the Talala assembly constituency in Gir Somnath district.
• Jharkhand: The elections were held for two seats, Godda and Panki. The Godda seat was won by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the Panki seat went to Indian National Congress (INC).
• Telangana: Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the Palair assembly constituency.
• Uttar Pradesh: The elections were held for two seats, Bilari and Jangipur. Both the seats were won by ruling Samajwadi Party.

Reference:
http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala2016/cpim-picks-pinarayi-vijayan-for-kerala-cm/article8625025.ece?homepage=true
http://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/live-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-results-2016/article8614696.ece?w=spa
http://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala2016/live-kerala-assembly-election-results-2016/article8614669.ece?w=spa
http://www.thehindu.com/elections/westbengal2016/live-west-bengal-assembly-election-results-2016/article8614526.ece?w=spa
http://www.thehindu.com/elections/puducherry2016/live-puducherry-assembly-election-results-2016/article8614815.ece?w=spa
http://www.thehindu.com/elections/assam2016/live-assam-assembly-election-results-2016/article8614737.ece?w=spa