Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Assembly Elections 2009
Maharashtra, one of the biggest states in India, is scheduled to go for polls in October 2009 to choose it's State Assembly. Maharashtra has a total of 288 assembly seats and a political party or coalition has to get 144 seats or more to be able to form the State Government. For the past 10 years, Maharashtra has been ruled by the Congree-NCP combine. The only major challenger to them is the Shiv Sena-BJP combine, which has been looking for a return to power to their erstwhile stronghold. However, while Samajwad Party can come up to spoil the vote share for Congress-NCP, BJP-SS is wary of the growing clout of MNS.
Haryana, with lush green landscapes and 21 districts, is a state in northern India. The technologically advanced city of Gurgaon is in Haryana along with the industrial hubs of Panipat and Faridabad. Haryana has Chandigarh, a union territory, as its capital.
The new delimitation rules, applied in the India General Elections 2009 for the first time, has created a new constituency in Haryana in the form of Gurgaon. The old constituency of Mahendragarh has now been merged with Bhiwani. The Congress, whih won nine of the 10 seats in Haryana in 2004, expects a good show this year as well. The major competition comes to it from the INLD-BJP combine, which is contesting on 5 seats each. The Haryana Janhit Congress, led by former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, and the BSP are also in the fray this year.
Arunachal Pradesh is the easternmost state of India. Arunachal Pradesh borders with the Indian state of Assam to the south and Nagaland to the southeast. Burma/Myanmar lies towards the east, Bhutan towards the west, and its boundary with the People's Republic of China to the north is disputed and the McMahon Line is not recognised by the Chinese authorities. Itanagar is the capital of the state. Although Arunachal Pradesh is administered as an Indian State, the People's Republic of China (mainland China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) claim portions of the state as South Tibet.
Arunachal Pradesh means "land of the dawn lit mountains" in Sanskrit. It is also known as "land of the rising sun" ("pradesh" means "state" or "region") in reference to its position as the easternmost state of India. Most of the people native to and/or living in Arunachal Pradesh are of Tibeto-Burman origin. A large and increasing number of migrants have reached Arunachal Pradesh from many other parts of India, although no reliable population count of the migrant population has been conducted, and percentage estimates of total population accordingly vary widely. Part of the famous Ledo Burma Road, which was a lifeline to China during World War II, passes through the eastern part of the state. Arunachal Pradesh is entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
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