Election Results: NC-Cong leads in J&K, BJP in Haryana

National Conference makes a sweep: BJP proves exit polls wrong

GN Bureau | October 8, 2024


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(Photo: Governance Now)
(Photo: Governance Now)

The vote counting on Tuesday after the assembly elections of Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana has been mostly on predictable lines, except for a twist: in J&K, as expected, the National Conference in alliance with the Congress is on the way to securing a creditable mandate, but in Haryana the BJP is proving the pollsters wrong and is all set for a third consecutive term.

In the 90 seats of Haryana, the BJP has won 37 seats and is leading in 12, taking its tally at 5 pm to 49, whereas the Congress has won 31 seats and is leading in five, totaling 36. INLD has won one seat and is leading in one more. Three Independents too have won.

In the exit polls that came out after the polling ended on Saturday, the there was near unanimity that the Congress was going to win with a comfortable majority.

In the first assembly elections after the abrogation of Article 370, people of J&K has backed National Conference, which has won 41 seats and is leading in one. Its ally Congress has won six seats, giving them enough numbers in the 90-member assembly to form the government. BJP has won 29 seats, while PDP could manage only three. One seat each has gone to CPM, AAP and J&K People Conference, and seven Independents have also won.

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