Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to secure a third consecutive term in Haryana, leading in 48 out of 90 seats, according to the election commission. The Congress, which hoped for a resurgence after a decade, is ahead in 36 seats, while Independents and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) are leading in 3 and 2 seats, respectively.
Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and Independent candidate Savitri Jindal emerged victorious. However, INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala faced defeat, and Jannayak Janta Party's (JJP) Dushyant Chautala was trailing. Other notable losers include Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta (BJP), Haryana Lokhit Party's Gopal Kanda, and BJP leader O P Dhankar.
Congress's Vinesh Phogat won the Julana seat, defeating her BJP rival Yogesh Kumar by 6,015 votes.
The Aam Aadmi Party failed to secure any seats.
The vote counting began at 8 am under tight security. Despite exit polls predicting a Congress victory, the BJP consolidated its lead as the counting progressed. The mood in the BJP camp was jubilant, while the Congress camp experienced a shift from early celebrations to disappointment.
In the outgoing assembly, the BJP held 41 MLAs, the Congress had 28, the JJP (6), the Haryana Lokhit Party and INLD had one each, and there were four Independents. Nine seats were vacant. Chief Minister Saini won the Ladwa seat by over 16,000 votes, while Hooda retained his Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat. Savitri Jindal, who contested as an Independent after being denied a BJP nomination, won the Hisar seat.
According to the latest trends, Congress' Brijendra Singh was leading over BJP's Devinder Attri, while JJP's Dushyant Chautala was trailing. INLD's Abhay Chautala lost to Congress candidate Bharat Singh Beniwal in Ellenabad by 15,000 votes. However, his son Arjun Chautala was leading in Rania over his granduncle and Independent candidate Ranjit Chautala.
The BJP secured victories in several constituencies, including Badshahpur, Barwala, Faridabad, Gharaunda, Gurgaon, Israna, Kalka, Radaur, Pundri, Sonipat, Gohana, Jind, Bhiwani, Pataudi, Palwal, and Faridabad NIT. BJP candidates were also leading in Ambala Cantt, Karnal, Sohna, and Ballabgarh.
Haryana's chief electoral officer Pankaj Agarwal said that three-tier security arrangements were in place at counting venues. Postal ballots were counted first, followed by the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). A total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents and 101 women, contested the election, which took place in a single phase on October 5.
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