ramani@shakti.ernet.in (06/17/91)
NOTE: This article has been posted simultaneously in to MNS. approved by ( gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu ) Ahmedabad ========== party position guj 0200 hrs party position at 0200 hrs state: Gujarat seats: 25 declared: 15 party contested won leading Congress-i 15 4 nil BJP 25 10 7 JD-g 10 1 nil Hyderabad party position ap 0200 hrs state: Andhra Pradesh seats: 42 countermanded 1 counting taken up for 17 seats. (* THE CONTENTS SEEMED TO HAVE GARBLED here *) Party contested won lost leading trailing inc 17 1 8 3 5 tdp 14 6 - 4 3 BJP 17 - - 2 15 CPI 1 1 - - nil CPM 1 1 - - nil mim 1 - - - 1 JD 1 - - - - Bombay Bombay, June 16: the Congress(I) has repeated its 1989 performance in its fortress, western Maharashtra, by winning 11 out of 12 Lok Sabha seats and captured three of the Janata Dal's seats -- one each in konkan, western Maharashtra and north Maharashtra -- while the BJP and Shiv Sena have opened their accounts winning one seat each in pune and hingoli in marathwada. The Janata Dal, which had five representatives in the dissolved Lok Sabha, remained unrepresented so far. The Congress(I) candidate, Mr vittalRao gadgil lost the pune seat to the BJP nominee, Mr anna joshi. The party however gained three seats from the Janata Dal's bastions of Rajapur in konkan, malegaon in nashik district, and Khed in pune. The deputy speaker of Lok Sabha, Mr Shivraj patil was returned on a Congress(I) ticket from his hometown constituency of latur district. Newdel Congress(I) bags 80 out of 112 seats New Delhi,June 16: Congress(I) was on a winning spree tonight bagging 80 of 112 Lok Sabha seats declared as the party's main rival BJP sufffered major reverses in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan under its rule. While Congress(I) seemed set to improve upon its 1989 performance analysts said an absolute majority may still elude the party in the 543 member Lok Sabha. The BJP won 31 seats while telugu desam won five and others got four. Prominent winners included BJP leader l.K.Advani from GandhiNagar and new Delhi, former ministers, Mr. K.Shankeranand,Mr.Buta Singh, mr.Rajesh pilot,mr.Nathu ram mirdha, Mr.Ram niwas mirdha,mr.Shivraj patil,mr.Jagdish tytler,Mr.Eduardo faleiro giridhar gomango and the Karnataka pcc(I) chief, Mr.Oscar fernandes. The losers included civil aviation minister harmohan dhawan,senior Janata Dal leader and former union finance minister,Mr.Madhu Dandavate, former union ministers Mr.Janardhan poojari mr.Jagdeep dhankar ,former Rajasthan Chief minister Mr.Jagannath pahadia nawalkishore sharma,Mr.Natwar Singh and mr.V.N gadgil. Calcutta party position at 0200 hrs st-position-wb 3 - PTI state : west bengal seats: 294 declared : 14 party contested won leading CPI-m 212 8 72 inc 284 4 28 fbl 34 - 16 rsp 23 - 11 CPI 12 - 2 BJP 292 - - aigl - 1 dsp - - 1 CPI - - 2 Calcutta party position at 0200 hrs state : west bengal seats : 42 declared : nil party : contested won leading trailing CPM 30 - 15 - CPI 3 - 2 - fbl 3 - 2 - rsp 4 - 2 - JD 2 - - - inc 41 - 4 - BJP 42 - - - End of News