Sea-saw battle in Haryana, BJP now ahead of Cong

The ruling BJP and the Congress are now engaged in a sea-saw battle in Haryana as the Election Commission website showed the saffron party was just ahead of the Congress after about two hours of counting of votes on Tuesday.

According to EC trends available at 10 am, the BJP was leading in 43 seats and the Congress on 34, the first time the ruling party overtook the Congress after counting began at 8 am.

The counting of votes for all the 90 assembly seats began at 93 centres in 22 districts of the state amid tight security.

While the BJP is looking to retain power for a third consecutive term, the Congress is eyeing a comeback in Haryana after 10 years.

According to the latest EC trends, INLD and Independents were ahead on one seat each.

Earlier trends on the ECI website showed the Congress was leading on 18 seats while the BJP was ahead on 14 seats.