LIVEHaryana Assembly Elections 2024 Results LIVE | BJP ahead in 44 seats as Congress' early lead slips

Neck and neck fight as BJP takes over Congress

WATCH | Congress workers burst crackers outside party office in Delhi

All three observers of AICC for Haryana, Ajay Maken, Ashok Gehlot and Partap Singh Bajwa will be going to Chandigarh: ANI

Official Election Commission trends

AAP yet to open account; Saini, Hooda, Anil Vij leading

According to TV reports, trends available from 78 of the 90 seats in Haryana showed that the Congress was leading on 48 seats -- the majority mark is 45 --while the BJP was ahead on 23. The INLD was leading on three seats, while the AAP is yet to start.

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was leading from his Ladwa seat in Kurukshetra district, while Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was ahead of his rivals in Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak district.

BJP leader Anil Vij was leading from his Ambala Cantt seat. Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Singh Chautala was ahead from his Ellenabad constituency, according to early trends.

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala's son Aditya Surjewala was leading from Kaithal seat.

Source: PTI

'Will complete hat-trick in Haryana...,' BJP leaders still hopeful as Cong crosses halfway mark in early trends

"These are just early trends; on some channels, BJP is ahead, while on others, it's slightly behind. As the day progresses and the results become clearer, I believe BJP will win with a massive majority and complete a hat-trick in Haryana. We will form the government here...In Jammu and Kashmir, BJP is steadily progressing, and I am confident that this time BJP will make history there," said BJP leader Syed Zafar Islam on the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir election results 2024.

Source: PTI

Congress close to halfway mark in early trends

Congress' Jagdish Sharma distributes laddoos at AICC headquarters as party takes lead in early trends in Haryana

Trends show Cong ahead in Haryana; Nayab Saini, Hooda leading in their seats

While some reports from the counting of postal ballots showed the Congress ahead on 26 seats and the BJP 21.

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was leading from his Ladwa seta in Kurukshetra district, while Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was ahead of his rivals in Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak district.

Congress leading in 30 seats, BJP ahead in 20

Vinesh Phogat, Savitri Jindal, Bhupinder Hooda leading

While Vinesh and Hooda are Congress candidates, Savitri Jindal contested the polls as an independent candidate from Hisar.

Vinesh contested the polls from Julana constituency while Hooda is representing his stronghold Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat in Rohtak district.

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Counting of votes for the Assembly Elections in Haryana begins

The fate of candidates on 90 Assembly Sabha seats across all 22 districts in Haryana is being decided today.

'Hare Krishna': CM Saini takes refuge in bhajans ahead of vote counting

WATCH | Congress candidate from Kaithal, Aditya Surjewala, offers prayers ahead of counting of votes

Aditya Surjewala, the youngest in the fray for the Haryana Assembly elections, is the son of senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala and a candidate from the Kaithal seat.

WATCH | Congress workers break into early celebrations outside the party office in Delhi, ahead of the counting of votes

WATCH | Haryana Election Results 2024: Visuals of heavy security deployment outside a counting centre in Hisar.

Five key constituencies to look out for in Haryana

The counting of votes for the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections is set to begin shortly. The multi-cornered contest for the 90-member Assembly is intense, with major political parties — Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) — in the fray. Here is a list of five key constituencies to look out for in the elections.

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More than exit polls, confident of winning 70 seats: Aditya Surjewala

WATCH | CM Saini offers prayers ahead of vote counting, says 'confident of winning third term'

"We are confident that the service we have done to Haryana over the past 10 years, on basis of that I can say that we are forming the government for a third time. The BJP is ready to serve the state for a third time," Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini told the reporters ahead of counting of votes on Tuesday.

2024 Haryana Assembly Elections at a glance

Polling: October 5

Number of candidates: A total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents and 101 women.

Number of constituencies: 90

Number of voters: 2.01 crore registered voters, including 1.06 crore men and 0.95 crore women.

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67.90% voter turnout recorded, figure inches closer to 2019 turnout

Haryana has recorded a voter turnout of 67.90 per cent with Ellenabad assembly seat in Sirsa district witnessing the highest polling percentage at over 80 per cent, according to the updated figures of the Election Commission on Sunday.

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