Assembly Elections Results 2024 LIVE: Congress Plus NC sweeps J&K; BJP defies exit polls, all set for third term

Chandigarh: Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Results LIVE Updates:
BJP has once again shown its magic in Haryana. BJP is going to form the government for the third time in the state with an absolute majority. Defying the exit poll figures. With the help of non-Jat votes in Jatland, BJP has scored a hat-trick in Haryana. while on the other hand the issues raised like Agniveer, Unemloyments etc by the Congress party has rejected by the Haryana people.

Haryana voters given their verdic in the favour of BJP. Surprisingly people also rejected the regional parties. In this election the voters have neglected the Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party (JJP). Party Has the Zero Score on election tally even the party chief Dushyant Chautala Also defeated.

On the Other hand In J&K it was mixed fortunes for the J&K unit chiefs of the Congress and the BJP in the Assembly elections as results came out on Tuesday. While Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra secured 18,933 votes to win the Central Shalateng seat in the Srinagar district by a huge margin of 14,395 votes, defeating his nearest Independent rival, Muhammad Irfan Shah, who got only 4,538 votes, his BJP counterpart Ravinder Raina was not that lucky.

BJP president Raina lost the election

Raina lost to Surinder Kumar Choudhary of the National Conference in the Nowshera seat of the Rajouri district by a margin of 7,819 votes. While the BJP chief, who was the sitting MLA, secured 27,250 votes, the NC candidate got 35,069. Manohar Singh of the Bahujan Samaj Party was third with 1,456 votes, while Haq Nawaz of the Peoples Democratic Party got only 425 votes.

Meanwhile, Karra’s predecessors as Congress chiefs of J&K also had mixed results. His immediate predecessor Vikar Rasool Wani, who held the post from August 2022 to August 2024 and was the sitting MLA, badly lost the Banihal seat- one of the five where the Congress and the National Conference decided to have a ‘friendly fight’ – in Ramban district to the NC’s Sajad Shaheen. Shaheen secured 33,128 votes to defeat his nearest rival Imtiaz Ahmed Shan, of the PDP, who got 2,7018 votes, by a margin of 6,110, but Wani was in third place with 20,458. BJP’s Mohd Saleem Bhat came fourth with 6,285 votes.

Other former Presidents of the Congress in J&K were luckier. Ghulam Ahmad Mir, who headed the Congress from 2015 to 2022, won the Dooru seat in the Anantnag district by a margin of 29,728 votes. While he secured 44,270 votes, his PDP rival Mohammad Ashrag Malik only managed 14,542, and Mohamad Saleen Paray of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party was a distant third with 2,877 votes, just marginally above the 2,662 NOTA votes.

The Congress wrested the seat from the PDP. Peerzada Mohammed Sayeed, who was at the helm from 2004 to 2008, won the Anantnag seat by a margin of 1,686 votes. He secured 6,679 votes against 4,993 of PDP’s Mehboob Beg and 4,245 of J&K Apni Party’s Hilal Ahmed Sheikh. The Congress has also wrested this seat from the PDP, whose chief Mehbooba Mufti had won it in 2014. Before her, it was represented by her father, party founder, and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

However, former Chief Minister and Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who headed the party from 2002 to 2004 but left the Congress in August 2022 to launch his own Democratic Progressive Azad Party, saw it washed out in the polls.
BJP wins Haryana Thriller

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Haryana Assembly Election Result 

Constituency	Const. No.	Leading Candidate	Leading Party	Trailing Candidate	Trailing Party	Margin	Round	Status
ADAMPUR	47	CHANDER PARKASH S/O ARJUN LAL	Indian National Congress i	BHAVYA BISHNOI	Bharatiya Janata Party i	1268	13/13	Result Declared
AMBALA CANTT.	4	ANIL VIJ	Bharatiya Janata Party i	CHITRA SARWARA	Independent i	7277	16/16	Result Declared
AMBALA CITY	5	NIRMAL SINGH MOHRA	Indian National Congress i	ASEEM GOEL NANEOLA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	11131	20/20	Result Declared
ASSANDH	23	YOGINDER SINGH RANA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SHAMSHER SINGH GOGI	Indian National Congress i	2306	18/18	Result Declared
ATELI	68	ARTI SINGH RAO	Bharatiya Janata Party i	ATTAR LAL	Bahujan Samaj Party i	3085	18/18	Result Declared
BADHRA	55	UMED SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SOMVIR SINGH	Indian National Congress i	7585	19/19	Result Declared
BADKHAL	87	DHANESH ADLAKHA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	VIJAY PRATAP SINGH	Indian National Congress i	6181	21/21	Result Declared
BADLI	65	KULDEEP VATS	Indian National Congress i	OMPRAKASH DHANKAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	16820	21/21	Result Declared
BADSHAHPUR	76	RAO NARBIR SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party i	VARDHAN YADAV	Indian National Congress i	60705	19/19	Result Declared
BAHADURGARH	64	RAJESH JOON	Independent i	DINESH KAUSHIK	Bharatiya Janata Party i	41999	17/17	Result Declared
BALLABGARH	88	MOOL CHAND SHARMA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SHARDA RATHORE	Independent i	17730	19/19	Result Declared
BARODA	33	INDURAJ SINGH NARWAL	Indian National Congress i	KAPOOR SINGH NARWAL	Independent i	5642	16/16	Result Declared
BARWALA	51	RANBIR GANGWA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	RAMNIWAS GHORELA	Indian National Congress i	26942	13/13	Result Declared
BAWAL	72	DR. KRISHAN KUMAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	DR. M.L. RANGA	Indian National Congress i	20011	19/19	Result in Progress
BAWANI KHERA	59	KAPOOR SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party i	PRADEEP NARWAL	Indian National Congress i	21779	18/18	Result Declared
BERI	67	RAGHUVIR SINGH KADIAN	Indian National Congress i	SANJAY KUMAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	35470	19/19	Result Declared
BHIWANI	57	GHANSHYAM SARAF	Bharatiya Janata Party i	OM PRAKASH	Communist Party of India (Marxist) i	32714	17/17	Result Declared
DABWALI	43	ADITYA DEVILAL	Indian National Lok Dal i	AMIT SIHAG	Indian National Congress i	610	16/16	Result Declared
DADRI	56	SUNIL SATPAL SANGWAN	Bharatiya Janata Party i	MANISHA SANGWAN	Indian National Congress i	1957	18/18	Result Declared
ELLENABAD	46	BHARAT SINGH BENIWAL	Indian National Congress i	ABHAY SINGH CHAUTALA	Indian National Lok Dal i	15000	14/14	Result Declared

FARIDABAD	89	VIPUL GOEL	Bharatiya Janata Party i	LAKHAN KUMAR SINGLA	Indian National Congress i	48388	18/18	Result Declared
FARIDABAD NIT	86	SATISH KUMAR PHAGNA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	NEERAJ SHARMA	Indian National Congress i	33217	21/21	Result Declared
FATEHABAD	40	BALWAN SINGH DOULATPURIA	Indian National Congress i	DURA RAM	Bharatiya Janata Party i	2252	18/18	Result Declared
FEROZEPUR JHIRKA	80	MAMMAN KHAN	Indian National Congress i	NASEEM AHMED	Bharatiya Janata Party i	98441	20/20	Result Declared
GANAUR	28	DEVENDER KADYAN	Independent i	KULDIP SHARMA	Indian National Congress i	35209	16/16	Result Declared
GARHI SAMPLA – KILOI	61	BHUPINDER SINGH HOODA	Indian National Congress i	MANJU	Bharatiya Janata Party i	71465	17/17	Result Declared
GHARAUNDA	22	HARVINDER KALYAN	Bharatiya Janata Party i	VARINDER SINGH RATHORE	Indian National Congress i	4531	19/19	Result Declared
GOHANA	32	ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	JAGBIR SINGH MALIK	Indian National Congress i	10429	17/17	Result Declared
GUHLA	15	DEVENDER HANS	Indian National Congress i	KULWANT RAM BAZIGAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	22880	15/15	Result Declared
GURGAON	77	MUKESH SHARMA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	NAVEEN GOYAL	Independent i	68045	16/16	Result Declared
HANSI	50	VINOD BHAYANA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	RAHUL MAKKAR	Indian National Congress i	21460	15/15	Result Declared
HATHIN	82	MOHD ISRAIL	Indian National Congress i	MANOJ KUMAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	32396	18/18	Result Declared
HISAR	52	SAVITRI JINDAL	Independent i	RAM NIWAS RARA	Indian National Congress i	18941	12/12	Result Declared
HODAL	83	HARINDER SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party i	UDAI BHAN	Indian National Congress i	2595	15/15	Result Declared
INDRI	20	RAM KUMAR KASHYAP	Bharatiya Janata Party i	RAKESH KAMBOJ	Indian National Congress i	15149	17/17	Result Declared
ISRANA	26	KRISHAN LAL PANWAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	BALBIR SINGH BALMIKI	Indian National Congress i	13895	15/15	Result Declared
JAGADHRI	8	AKRAM KHAN	Indian National Congress i	KANWAR PAL	Bharatiya Janata Party i	6868	18/18	Result Declared
JHAJJAR	66	GEETA BHUKKAL	Indian National Congress i	KAPTAN BIRDHANA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	13555	19/19	Result Declared
JIND	36	DR KRISHAN LAL MIDDHA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	MAHAVIR GUPTA	Indian National Congress i	15860	14/14	Result Declared
JULANA	34	VINESH	Indian National Congress i	YOGESH KUMAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	6015	15/15	Result Declared

KAITHAL	17	ADITYA SURJEWALA	Indian National Congress i	LEELA RAM	Bharatiya Janata Party i	8124	16/16	Result Declared
KALANAUR	63	SHAKUNTLA KHATAK	Indian National Congress i	RENU DABLA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	12232	15/15	Result Declared
KALANWALI	42	SHISHPAL KEHARWALA	Indian National Congress i	RAJINDER SINGH DESUJODHA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	22959	14/14	Result Declared
KALAYAT	16	VIKAS SAHARAN	Indian National Congress i	KAMLESH DHANDA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	13419	15/15	Result Declared
KALKA	1	SHAKTI RANI SHARMA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	PARDEEP CHAUDHARY	Indian National Congress i	10883	17/17	Result Declared
KARNAL	21	JAGMOHAN ANAND	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SUMITA VIRK	Indian National Congress i	33652	17/17	Result Declared
KHARKHAUDA	30	PAWAN KHARKHODA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	JAIVEER SINGH	Indian National Congress i	5635	14/14	Result Declared
KOSLI	73	ANIL YADAV	Bharatiya Janata Party i	JAGDISH YADAV	Indian National Congress i	17209	21/21	Result in Progress
LADWA	11	NAYAB SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party i	MEWA SINGH	Indian National Congress i	16054	16/16	Result Declared
LOHARU	54	RAJBIR FARTIA	Indian National Congress i	JAI PARKASH DALAL	Bharatiya Janata Party i	792	18/18	Result Declared
MAHENDRAGARH	69	KANWAR SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party i	RAO DAN SINGH	Indian National Congress i	2648	17/17	Result Declared
MEHAM	60	BALRAM DANGI	Indian National Congress i	BALRAJ KUNDU	Haryana Jan Sevak Party i	18060	16/16	Result Declared
MULANA	6	POOJA	Indian National Congress i	SANTOSH CHAUHAN SARWAN	Bharatiya Janata Party i	12865	19/19	Result Declared
NALWA	53	RANDHIR PANIHAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	ANIL MAAN	Indian National Congress i	12144	14/14	Result Declared
NANGAL CHAUDHRY	71	MANJU CHOUDHARY	Indian National Congress i	DR. ABHE SINGH YADAV	Bharatiya Janata Party i	6930	19/19	Result Declared
NARAINGARH	3	SHALLEY CHAUDHARY	Indian National Congress i	DR. PAWAN SAINI	Bharatiya Janata Party i	15094	16/16	Result Declared
NARNAUL	70	OM PRAKASH YADAV	Bharatiya Janata Party i	RAO NARENDER SINGH	Indian National Congress i	17171	12/12	Result Declared
NARNAUND	49	JASSI PETWAR	Indian National Congress i	CAPT. ABHIMANYU	Bharatiya Janata Party i	12578	16/16	Result Declared
NARWANA	38	KRISHAN KUMAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SATBIR DABLAIN	Indian National Congress i	11499	17/17	Result Declared
NILOKHERI	19	BHAGWAN DASS	Bharatiya Janata Party i	DHARAM PAL	Indian National Congress i	18845	17/17	Result Declared

NUH	79	AFTAB AHMED	Indian National Congress i	TAHIR HUSSAIN	Indian National Lok Dal i	46963	15/15	Result Declared
PALWAL	84	GAURAV GAUTAM	Bharatiya Janata Party i	KARAN SINGH DALAL	Indian National Congress i	33605	19/19	Result Declared
PANCHKULA	2	CHANDER MOHAN	Indian National Congress i	GIAN CHAND GUPTA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	1997	17/17	Result Declared
PANIPAT CITY	25	PARMOD KUMAR VIJ	Bharatiya Janata Party i	VARINDER KUMAR SHAH	Indian National Congress i	35672	16/16	Result Declared
PANIPAT RURAL	24	MAHIPAL DHANDA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SACHIN KUNDU	Indian National Congress i	50212	20/20	Result Declared
PATAUDI	75	BIMLA CHAUDHARY	Bharatiya Janata Party i	PEARL CHOUDHARY	Indian National Congress i	46530	19/19	Result Declared
PEHOWA	14	MANDEEP CHATHA	Indian National Congress i	JAI BHAGWAN SHARMA (DD)	Bharatiya Janata Party i	6553	15/15	Result Declared
PRITHLA	85	RAGHUBIR TEWATIA	Indian National Congress i	TEK CHAND SHARMA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	20541	17/17	Result Declared
PUNAHANA	81	MOHAMMAD ILYAS	Indian National Congress i	RAHISH KHAN	Independent i	31916	15/15	Result Declared
PUNDRI	18	SATPAL JAMBA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SATBIR BHANA	Independent i	2197	14/14	Result Declared
RADAUR	10	SHYAM SINGH RANA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	DR. BISHAN LAL SAINI	Indian National Congress i	13132	17/17	Result Declared
RAI	29	KRISHNA GAHLAWAT	Bharatiya Janata Party i	JAI BHAGWAN ANTIL	Indian National Congress i	4673	16/16	Result Declared
RANIA	44	ARJUN CHAUTALA	Indian National Lok Dal i	SARV MITTER	Indian National Congress i	4191	14/14	Result Declared
RATIA	41	JARNAIL SINGH	Indian National Congress i	SUNITA DUGGAL	Bharatiya Janata Party i	21442	17/17	Result Declared
REWARI	74	LAXMAN SINGH YADAV	Bharatiya Janata Party i	CHIRANJEEV RAO	Indian National Congress i	28769	20/20	Result Declared
ROHTAK	62	BHARAT BHUSHAN BATRA	Indian National Congress i	MANISH KUMAR GROVER	Bharatiya Janata Party i	1341	15/15	Result in Progress
SADHAURA	7	RENU BALA	Indian National Congress i	BALWANT SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party i	1699	19/19	Result Declared
SAFIDON	35	RAM KUMAR GAUTAM	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SUBHASH GANGOLI	Indian National Congress i	4037	14/14	Result Declared
SAMALKHA	27	MANMOHAN BHADANA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	DHARAM SINGH CHHOKER	Indian National Congress i	19315	17/17	Result Declared
SHAHBAD	12	RAM KARAN	Indian National Congress i	SUBHASH CHAND	Bharatiya Janata Party i	6441	14/14	Result Declared

SIRSA	45	GOKUL SETIA	Indian National Congress i	GOPAL KANDA	Haryana Lokhit Party i	7234	16/16	Result Declared
SOHNA	78	TEJPAL TANWAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	ROHTAS SINGH	Indian National Congress i	11877	21/21	Result Declared
SONIPAT	31	NIKHIL MADAAN	Bharatiya Janata Party i	SURENDER PANWAR	Indian National Congress i	29627	17/17	Result Declared
THANESAR	13	ASHOK KUMAR ARORA	Indian National Congress i	SUBHASH SUDHA	Bharatiya Janata Party i	3243	15/15	Result Declared
TIGAON	90	RAJESH NAGAR	Bharatiya Janata Party i	LALIT NAGAR S/O LATE BHARAT SINGH NAGAR	Independent i	37401	18/18	Result Declared
TOHANA	39	PARAMVIR SINGH	Indian National Congress i	DEVENDER SINGH BABLI	Bharatiya Janata Party i	10836	17/17	Result Declared
TOSHAM	58	SHRUTI CHOUDHRY	Bharatiya Janata Party i	ANIRUDH CHAUDHARY	Indian National Congress i	14257	17/17	Result Declared
UCHANA KALAN	37	DEVENDER CHATAR BHUJ ATTRI	Bharatiya Janata Party i	BRIJENDRA SINGH	Indian National Congress i	32	17/17	Result Declared
UKLANA	48	NARESH SELWAL	Indian National Congress i	ANOOP DHANAK	Bharatiya Janata Party i	28092	15/15	Result Declared
YAMUNANAGAR	9	GHANSHYAM DASS	Bharatiya Janata Party i	RAMAN TYAGI	Indian National Congress i	22437	18/18	Result Declared

Latest Trends as of 4 pm by Election Commission of India 

 

J&K: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers celebrate at the party office in Delhi as the party opened its account in the Jammu and Kashmir elections with party candidate Mehraj Malik winning from Doda Assembly seat. Mehraj Malik becomes first MLA of AAP in J&K.

#WATCH | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers celebrate at the party office in Delhi as the party opened its account in the Jammu and Kashmir elections with party candidate Mehraj Malik winning from Doda Assembly seat. pic.twitter.com/MWxDdK37Yr

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024

Haryana: Independent Candidate Savitri Jindal wins from Hisar, thank people for supporting. Savitri Jindal won by a margin of 18,941 votes.

 

 

People rejected Congress Party: Former CM and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

Union Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said, “The people have rejected the Congress party. The public has given this message that the policies of PM Modi had a positive
impact on the people of the state. This is a record in Haryana that a party has come to power for the third time…”

#WATCH | Delhi: Union Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar says “The people have rejected the Congress party. The public has given this message that the policies of PM Modi had a positive impact on the people of the state. This is a record in Haryana that a party… pic.twitter.com/t72q2Q7FsE

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024

 

We are getting majority in Haryana: Bhupinder Hooda

Former CM and Congress candidate from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “I have news that counting is stopped at several places. We are getting the majority…This is a game, the ball is sometimes here, sometimes there but we will do the final goal.”

#WATCH | Rohtak: Former CM and Congress candidate from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Bhupinder Singh Hooda says, “I have news that counting is stopped at several places. We are getting the majority…This is a game, the ball is sometimes here, sometimes there but we will do the final… pic.twitter.com/qs3b9ElRu1

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024

 

J&K people have supported us: Omar Abdullah

Omar Abdullah said, “Entire result hasn’t come yet, we will talk about this after that. The way NC has got victory, we are thankful to the voters. People have supported us more than our expectations. Now our efforts will be to prove that we are worth these votes.”

#WATCH | Budgam: JKNC Vice President and winning candidate from Budgam, Omar Abdullah says, ” Entire result hasn’t come yet, we will talk about this after that. The way NC has got victory, we are thankful to the voters. People have supported us more than our expectations. Now our… pic.twitter.com/MDP1Q7VjIN

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024

 

 

Latest Trends by Election Commission of India 

 

 

 

 

Congress writes to EC over mismatch in Data with website

Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh submits a memorandum to the Election Commission, requesting it to issue immediate directions to its officials to update the website “with true and accurate figures so that the false news and malicious narratives… pic.twitter.com/HQIaPZGWdo

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024

 

J&K: BJP and NC win 2 seats each in Jammu and Kashmir. BJP’s Ranbir Singh Pathania won the Udhampur East seat by 2,349 votes. National Conference’s Salman Sagar has won the Hazratbal assembly seat in Jammu and Kashmir. While BJP’s Darshan Kumar won by over 16,000 votes from Basohli against Congress’ Choudhary Lal Singh, NC’s Nazir Ahmad Khan won by a margin of 1,132 votes from Gurez (ST).

 

Wait and see… shouldn’t make premature conclusion: MP Shashi Tharoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, “We have to wait and see…We shouldn’t make a premature conclusion right now…At the moment, they (BJP) seem to be leading in a majority of the seats (in Haryana) which is a genuine surprise. Certainly, the whole exit poll industry must be in a deep disgrace…Honestly, let us wait for the final results…My own feeling is that the signs in Haryana are not what we were expecting and are better than what INDIA block was expecting in Jammu & Kashmir.”

#WATCH | Thiruvananthapuram | On Haryana, J&K election trends, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, “…We have to wait and see…We shouldn’t make a premature conclusion right now…At the moment, they (BJP) seem to be leading in a majority of the seats (in Haryana) which is a… pic.twitter.com/82SMmICldm

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024

Mismatch between number of rounds counted and the data on EC Website: Pawan Khera 

Congress leader Pawan Khera said, “There is a mismatch in the actual number of rounds counted and the number of rounds being shown on the television through the Election Commission data. The EC data is lagging behind, they are still showing 4th or the 5th found data while 11 rounds have been counted. Our General Secretary Communications has tweeted to the Election Commission asking – are trying to put pressure on the local administration by delaying the display and uploading of data. In J&K you are getting live data with every round counted but in Haryana, it is not so.”

 

• Trends As per the Election Commission of India

 

 

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• J&K: Congress’ Ghulam Ahmad Mir leading from Dooru constituency, by a margin of 12,386 votes, after round 6/18 of counting as per latest EC data. BJP candidate Devender Singh Rana leading from Nagrota constituency, by a margin of 12,142 votes, after round 7/19 of counting as per latest EC data.

 

• Haryana: BJP candidate from Ambala Cantt, Anil Vij trailing by a margin of 1199 votes after 2/16 rounds of counting here, as per latest EC data.

 

• Haryana: BJP candidate Shruti Choudhry continues her lead over Congress’ Anirudh Chaudhary in Toshm assembly constituency by a margin of 3785 votes, after round 3/17 of counting, as per the latest EC data.

 

• Haryana: Congress candidate from Julana, Vinesh Phogat trailing, as per the latest Election Commission official trends. BJP Candidate Yogesh Kumar is ahead of Vinesh Phogat by over 2000 votes. 

 

• Trends As per Election Commission Of India 

 

 

• The trends in Assembly election results of Haryana have taken a major turn. As per the Early trends, the BJP which was trailing earlier is now leading and has even secured the halfway mark. BJP is leading on 49 seats whereas Congress which was earlier leading at 50 seats is now at 36 seats. On the other hand, in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress plus NC has maintained a clear lead as the alliance is leading on total of 49 seats and BJP is leading at 22 seats.

 

• Early trends show that  Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is ahead of his rivals in Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak district. Apart from that CM Nayab Saini is also ahead on Ladwa’s seat of the Kurukshetra constituency.

 

• Congress Workers distribute sweets as the trends turn in favor of Congress. Counting is underway in Jammu and Kashmir.

#WATCH | Delhi: Congress worker Jagdish Sharma and other party workers distribute sweets outside Congress office as counting of votes for #HaryanaElections and #JammuKashmirAssemblyElection is underway. pic.twitter.com/eO5e4eJbBe

— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2024

• Congress crosses the halfway mark as it leads on 50 seats in Haryana. BJP is leading on total 20 seats. BJP showed lead in the early trend but now Congress is seen making its way. In J&K, Congress+NC is leading on 40 seats whereas BJP is leading on 26 seats.

 

Counting has started for 90 assembly seats of Haryana. First of all, the counting of ballot papers is going on. Meanwhile, acting CM Nayab Saini offered prayers at Shri Dakshinmukhi Hanuman Temple at Brahmasarovar in Kurukshetra.  In the elections held on October 5, 67.90% of voting has taken place in the state, which is 0.03% less than the last election.

In the exit polls of 13 agencies, the Congress government is seen forming in Haryana. Congress can get 50 to 55 seats. But the trend in Haryana is going in favor of BJP. In fact, in the 5 assembly elections held in Haryana from 2000 to 2019, it happened twice that the voting percentage fell or there was a marginal increase of 1%. Both times a hung assembly situation was created in the state and the party in power at that time benefited from it.

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 

On the other hand if we talk about Jammu and Kashmir, Counting for 90 assembly also of Jammu and Kashmir also started at 8 am. It will be clear in a short while who will form the government in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years. Counting on all seats will be completed by evening. 46 seats are required for majority.

63.88% voting took place in 3 phases from 18 September to 1 October in Jammu and Kashmir. In the last elections held 10 years ago i.e. in 2014, 65% voting took place, that is, this time 1.12% less voting took place. Apart from National Conference, Congress, BJP and PDP, small parties are in the contest.

In the exit polls released on October 5, 5 survey agencies had given majority to the National Conference and Congress government. At the same time, 5 exit polls have predicted a hung assembly. That means no party will get absolute majority. In such a situation, small parties and independent MLAs will be the kingmakers.