BJP workers burst crackers and dance as they celebrate the party's victory in Haryana Assembly polls, in Kanpur, Tuesday, October 8. PTI
Assembly poll results LIVE | BJP set for hat-trick in Haryana; NC-Congress gets majority in J&K
In Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance crossed the majority mark in the 90-member Assembly. NC won 42 seats while the Congress triumphed in six. The BJP bagged 29 seats
The BJP is set for a hat-trick of wins in Haryana as it crossed the halfway mark, winning 26 seats and leading in 24, as per the latest data shared by the Election Commission of India (EC).
The Congress, which had gained a lead over the BJP in early trends in the morning, has so far won 20 and leading in 15 constituencies.
The BJP had won 40 seats in the 90-member Assembly in 2019.
Jammu and Kashmir results
In Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance crossed the majority mark in the 90-member Assembly. NC won 42 seats while the Congress won six. The BJP bagged 29 seats.
Omar Abdullah will become the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said NC chief Farooq Abdullah.
AAP opens account in J-K
The Aam Aadmi Party registered its first victory in Jammu and Kashmir when its candidate Mehraj Malik defeated his nearest rival from the BJP in Doda constituency by a margin of over 4,538 votes. Malik, a District Development Council (DDC) member, polled 23,228 votes against BJP's Gajay Singh Rana's 18,690 votes.
The counting of votes, both in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana began at 8 am on Tuesday (October 8).
A three-tier security set up has been put in place across counting centres both in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
Elections are due in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Delhi in a few months.
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- 8 Oct 2024 3:32 PM IST
AAP's first victory in J-K Assembly polls
AAP's Mehraj Malik defeats BJP's Gajay Singh Rana by 4,538 votes from Doda seat
- 8 Oct 2024 3:06 PM IST
J-K polls: Three independents win
In Inderwal, independent candidate Payare Lal Sharma defeated veteran leader Gulam Mohammad Saroori by a narrow margin of 643 votes.
Sharma polled 14,195 votes, while Saroori, who was also contesting as an independent candidate, received 13,552 votes.
In Bani, independent candidate Dr. Rameshwar Singh defeated BJP candidate and former MLA Jewan Lal by 2,048 votes. Singh secured 18,672 votes, while Lal polled 16,624 votes.
In the Surankote assembly segment, independent candidate and National Conference rebel Choudhary Mohammad Akram defeated Congress candidate Mohammad Shahnawaz with a margin of 8,851 votes.
Akram polled 34,201 votes.
- 8 Oct 2024 3:02 PM IST
Latest from Haryana
Total seats - 90
BJP (48) - 5 won, leading in 43
Congress (36) - 9 won, leading in 27
- 8 Oct 2024 3:00 PM IST
Latest from Jammu and Kashmir
Total seats - 90
NC - 28 won, leading in 13
BJP - 17 won, leading in 12
Congress - 5 won, leading in 1
PDP - 2 won, leading in 2
- 8 Oct 2024 2:48 PM IST
EC responds to Congress on allegations of slowdown in updating Haryana results
The Election Commission on Tuesday told Congress leader Jairam Ramesh that there was nothing on record to substantiate his "ill-founded allegation" of slowdown in updating of Haryana poll results.
Earlier in the day, the Congress had raised with the Election Commission the issue of an "unexplained slowdown" in updating of results of Haryana elections on the poll watchdog's website and urged it to direct officials to update accurate figures so that "false news and malicious narratives" can be countered immediately.
In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Ramesh said that over the last two hours between 9 and 11 am there has been an "unexplained slowdown" in updating of results on the ECI's website.
In its response, the poll authority said counting of votes is being carried out as per Rule 60 of Conduct of Election Rules at the designated counting centres and by the designated authorities following statutory and regulatory regime.
The EC said the entire counting process in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir is unfolding in the presence of candidates, observers and micro-observers as per rules.
"There is nothing on record to substantiate your ill-founded allegation of slowdown in updating of results. Your memorandum also does not bring out any contrary facts as to the delay at any of the constituencies in Haryana or J-K," it told Ramesh.
- 8 Oct 2024 2:02 PM IST
Omar Abdullah wins Budgam seat
NC vice president Omar Abdullah wins Budgam seat, defeats PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi by more than 18,000 votes
- 8 Oct 2024 1:59 PM IST
Vinesh Phogat wins from Julana, Haryana
Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, making her electoral debut on a Congress ticket, has registered victory. She defeated BJP's Yogesh Kumar.
- 8 Oct 2024 1:39 PM IST
NC youth president Salman Sagar wins from Hazratbal
NC youth president Salman Ali Sagar scored his maiden victory in assembly polls on Tuesday as he defeated PDP leader Asiea Naqash by a margin of more than 10,000 votes from the Hazratbal seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sagar, who has been at the forefront of galvanising support for the NC after the abrogation of article 370 in 2019, polled 18,890 votes, while Naqash, a close aide of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, managed 8,595 votes.
Ten out of the 13 candidates including Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid's Awami Ittehad Party's Mohammad Maqbool Beigh, lost their security deposit as they failed to get even 1,000 votes.
