Elections Results 2024 Live: Counting of votes for assembly polls in Haryana and J&K began at 8 am
Counting of votes is underway for the assembly elections in Haryana - where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a straight third term - and Jammu and Kashmir, which voted in an assembly election after 10 years. In Haryana, where the polling for the 90 seats was held on October 5, there is a close fight between the BJP and the Congress, early leads showed. Various exit polls have predicted a clear majority for the Congress in the state.
The latest leads show that the alliance of the Congress and the National Conference (NC) has crossed the halfway mark of 46 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, which voted in three phases (September 18, September 25, and October 1) and also has 90 assembly constituencies. The alliance is currently leading on 50 seats, while the BJP is ahead on 27.
Jammu and Kashmir voted in its first assembly elections since 2014, first as a Union Territory and first after the removal of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state special status. Statehood has been a major issue in the elections and its restoration has been promised by the BJP, including by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Other parties that can play a key role in J&K, where exit polls have predicted a hung house, are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the People's Conference, the Democratic Progressive Azad Party and the Apni Party.
Here are live updates on Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir election results:
Jammu and Kashmir Election Results: PDP's Waheed Para takes lead in Pulwama
PDP leader Waheed Para has taken a lead in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama seat, the latest trends available on the EC website showed.
J&K Election Results: BJP state unit president Ravinder Raina is trailing BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit president Ravinder Raina is currently trailing from the Nowshera seat.
Ahead of the commencement of counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir, he performed a 'yagya' today morning and expressed confidence the party would secure a majority and form a government.
Jammu and Kashmir Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Sajad Gani Lone leading from HandwaraPeople's Conference's Sajad Gani Lone is currently leading from the Handwara seat. He, however, is traling in Kupwara, the second assembly seat from where he contested the
2024 Jammu and Kashmir elections.
J&K Assembly Elections Results: Omar Abdullah extends leads in Budgam, GanderbalNC's Omar Abdullah has now extended his leads from the Ganderbal and Budgam seats in Jammu and Kashmir, according to latest trends available on the Election Commission website.
Haryana Election Results: Abhay Singh Chautala leads from Ellenabad According to early trends, Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Singh Chautala is ahead from his Ellenabad constituency.
Election Results Haryana: BJP's Anil Vij trailing from Ambala CanttFormer Haryana Minister and senior BJP leader Anil Vij is currently trailing from his Ambala Cantt seat, according to early trends.
Jammu and Kashmir Elections Result: After Haryana, Congress crosses halfway mark in J&KAccording to initial trends, the Congress-NC alliance has crossed the majority mark of 46 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and is currently leading on 48.
The BJP, on the other hand, is ahead on 26 seats.
Election Results Haryana: Congress leads on 53 seats, BJP on 30According to initial trends available from 89 of the 90 seats in Haryana, Congress is leading on 53 seats -- the majority mark is 46 --while the BJP was ahead on 30. The INLD was leading on three seats, while the AAP is yet to start.
J&K Election Results: PDP's Iltija Mufti trailing in Bijbehara
PDP leader Iltija Mufti is currently trailing in Bijbehara.
Election Results Live: Congress maintains comfortable lead in Haryana, J&K
Election Results 2024 Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda ahead in Garhi Sampla-KiloiEarly trends show that Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is ahead of his rivals in Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak district.
Haryana Election Results: Nayab Singh Saini leading in LadwaHaryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is leading from his Ladwa seat in Kurukshetra district, early trends showed.
Haryana Election Result Live: Congress crosses half-way markCongress has now crossed the half-way mark and is now leading on 48 seats in Haryana, latest trends showed.
Election Results 2024 LIVE: Congress now ahead in Haryana, J&KEarly trends from the counting of votes show the Congress ahead in Haryana, and its alliance with National Conference leading in Jammu and Kashmir.
Assembly Election Results Live: Congress workers distribute laddoos as party takes lead in early trends
Congress workers have started distributing laddoos at the party headquarters in Delhi as early trends show the party leading in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana.
J&K Election Results: "Hopeful of our victory," Omar Abdullah as first leads show Congress-NC aheadNational Conference leader Omar Abdullah spoke to reporters today as the first leads showed the Congress-NC alliance ahead in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, and said they "are hopeful of victory".
""We are hopeful of victory, rest is on God," he said.
Haryana Election Result Live: Congress' Vinesh Phogat ahead in Julana
Congress' Vinesh Phogat is currently ahead in Julana seat in Haryana, initial trends show.
Jammu and Kashmir Elections Result: Omar Abdullah leads from Budgam, Ganderbal
NC leader Omar Abdullah, who is fighting from the Budgam and Ganderbal in Jammu and Kashmir, is currently leading from both the assembly seats.
Haryana Election Result Live: Congress extends its lead to 32In Haryana, the Congress has extended its lead to 32 seats, while the BJP has dropped to 19, latest trends from the counting of votes show.
In J&K, BJP is ahead on 18 seats and Congress-NC alliance on 14.
Election Results Live: Counting underway in Haryana
Jammu and Kashmir Election Results 2024 Live Updates: BJP now leads over Congress-NC allianceIn Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP is now leading on 18 seats, while the Congress-National Conference alliance is ahead on 13.
Result Of Haryana Election: Congress leads on 28 seats, BJP on 20Early trends from the counting of votes show the Congress was ahead on 28 seats, and the BJP on 20 in Haryana.
Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Congress ahead in Haryana, close fight in J&KIn Haryana, where the polling for the 90 seats was held on October 5, the Congress is ahead in very early leads. Various exit polls have predicted a clear majority for the Congress in the state.
In Jammu and Kashmir, which voted in three phases (September 18, September 25, and October 1) and also has 90 assembly constituencies, the early leads point to a close fight between the BJP and the alliance of Congress and the National Conference (NC).
J&K Election Results: Counting underway in Jammu
Assembly Results 2024: Congress ahead in Haryana BJP in J&K, show first leads
Results 2024 Live: Congress ahead in Haryana and J&K, show first leads
According to the latest results trends, Congress is currently ahead in Haryana and J&K.
Election Results Live: First trends show BJP ahead in J&K, Congress in Haryana
First assembly poll results trends show that the BJP is ahead in J&K, while Congress is leading in Haryana.
Assembly Election Results Live: Postal ballots to be counted first, followed by EVMsPostal ballots will be counted first for the Haryana and J&K polls, followed by the counting of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) after 30 minutes.
Election Results: Counting of votes for Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir polls begins
Counting of votes for the assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir has started.
Election Result: “We will win 70 seats,” says Congress’ Aditya Surjewala ahead of vote countingAhead of vote counting for Haryana polls, Congress candidate from Kaithal Aditya Surjewala said his party will win 70 seats.
"Exit polls say that we will win 60 seats (of the total 90 seats), but I say that we will win 70 seats, we will Kaithal seat too," he told reporters.
Watch Live: Special coverage of counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana
You can watch live the special coverage of counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana on NDTV 24X7 all day today.
Election Results 2024: Early Celebrations At Congress OfficeAhead of the counting of votes for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana,
Congress workers held celebrations outside the party headquarters in Delhi. Various exit polls have shown that Congress may win in Haryana, and its alliance with National Conference may stay ahead in the race for Jammu and Kashmir.
Election Results Haryana: Nayab Singh Saini offers prayers at temple
Ahead of the Haryana election results, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini today offered prayers at Shri Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman Temple in Kurukshetra.
Assembly Election Results Live: Congress' KC Venugopal meets J&K, Haryana observers
The meeting comes in the backdrop of several exit polls showing that Congress may win in Haryana, and its alliance with National Conference may stay ahead in the race for Jammu and Kashmir.
Election Results 2024 Live: Congress workers gather outside party's Delhi office
Ahead of the counting of votes for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, Congress workers gathered outside the party headquarters in Delhi and raised slogans in support of the party.
Election Results: "BJP ready to serve Haryana for third time," says Nayab Singh Saini on counting day
"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...," he told reporters.
J&K Election Results: “We fought good fight,” says Omar Abdullah ahead of countingAhead of the counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, NC leader Omar Abdullah wished his colleagues and allies the "very best of luck" for today.
"We fought the good fight and now, InshaAllah, the results will reflect that," he posted on X.
J&K Election Results: "Why not?" Farooq Abdullah on post-poll allianceThe National Conference is open to a strategic post-poll alliance with the People's Democratic Party to keep the BJP out of power after the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, NC leader and ex Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said.
"Why not..." Mr Abdullah asked reporters on Monday when asked about an alliance, "How does it matter? If we all work for the same thing... for improvement in the condition of the people of the state. We can be rivals in elections but I have no objections. I am sure Congress will not either."
Assembly Poll Results: J&K Lt Governor's power to nominate MLAs sparks rowThe Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor's power to nominate five members to the assembly has sparked a massive row ahead of counting of votes.
The Congress, its ally National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti's Peoples' Democratic Party have contended that providing such powers to the Lieutenant Governor is a subversion of the people's mandate as it will be used to benefit the BJP.
J&K Election Results: BJP's Ravinder Raina confident of winJammu and Kashmir BJP president and candidate from the Nowshera assembly seat, Ravinder Raina today said he is "confident" his party will win the elections with "full majority".
"We will win 30-35 seats," he told reporters.
Election 2024: When and where to watch Haryana, J&K poll results
Haryana Election Results: Nayab Singh Saini, Bhupinder Singh among key candidates Prominent among those in the fray in Haryana assembly elections are Chief Minister
Nayab Singh Saini, who is contesting from the Ladwa seat, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Garhi Sampla-Kiloi), INLD's
Abhay Chautala (Ellenabad), JJP's
Dushyant Chautala (Uchana Kalan), BJP's
Anil Vij (Ambala Cantt), Capt Abhimanyu (Narnaund), O P Dhankar (Badli), AAP's Anurag Dhanda (Kalayat) and Congress'
Vinesh Phogat (Julana).
Jammu and Kashmir Elections Result: A look at key candidates
The other notable contestants are Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir (Dooru), PDP leaders Waheed Para (Pulwama),
Iltija Mufti (Bijbehara), Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari (Chanapora), CPI(M) veteran Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami (Kulgam) and former deputy J&K chief ministers Muzaffar Hussain Baig and Tara Chand.
J&K Election Results: 873 candidates fighting on 90 seatsAs many as 873 candidates are vying for a seat in the 90-member house in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Three-tier security in place for counting According to Election Commission officials, a three-tier security set up has been put in place at all the counting centres in Jammu and Kashmir.
Of the 90 seats in the Kashmir Valley and Jammu region, 24 voted in the first phase, 26 in the second and 40 in the third.
Haryana Election Results: Fate of 1,031 candidates to be decided todayA total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents and 101 women, are in the fray on Haryana's 90 constituencies.
Assembly Election Results Live: Postal ballots to be counted first, followed by EVMsPostal ballots will be counted first, followed by the counting of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) after 30 minutes.
Haryana Election Results: 93 counting centres set up for 90 seats As many as 93 counting centres have been set up for 90 assembly constituencies in 22 districts of
Haryana.
Two counting centres each have been set up for the Badshahpur, Gurugram, and Pataudi assembly constituencies, while one counting centre each has been established for the remaining 87 assembly constituencies. To monitor the counting process, 90 counting observers also have been appointed by the Election Commission.
Election Results 2024 LIVE: Who will win Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir? Counting to begin shortlyVotes will shortly be counted for the
assembly elections in Haryana - where the BJP is eyeing a straight third term - and Jammu and Kashmir, which voted in an assembly election after a gap of 10 years.
The counting of votes is scheduled to begin at 8 am.
Haryana Election Eesults: Buzz over Congress' Haryana chief minister pickAhead of the Haryana assembly poll results, the issue of chief minister-ship has taken centre stage in the Congres. The party gave the former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda a free hand in finalising majority candidates and formulating election strategy, but another heavyweight and Dalit leader Kumari Selja has thrown her hat in the ring, queering the pitch for the Jat stalwart.
Ms Selja, the Lok Sabha MP, has publicly staked claim to the chief minister's post and said the high command will take the final call on who will lead the state should the party win tomorrow.
Jammu and Kashmir Elections Result: BJP, Congress aim to form new governmentIn Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, the main fight is among the BJP, Mehmooba Mufti's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the alliance of Congress and Farooq Abdullah's National Conference (NC).
Other parties that can play a key role in Jammu and Kashmir, where exit polls have predicted a hung house, are People's Conference, Democratic Progressive Azad Party and Apni Party.
J&K voted in its first assembly elections since 2014, first as a Union Territory and first after the removal of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state special status.
Haryana Election Results: Main fight is between BJP and Congress
In Haryana assembly elections, it is a largely bipolar contest between the BJP and the Congress. While the BJP is eyeing a third straight term, Congress is aiming to make a comeback. Several exit polls have predicted a clear majority for the Congress in the state.
Election Results 2024 LIVE: Counting for Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir polls tomorrowThe votes for the assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will be counted tomorrow.
The counting is expected to begin at 8 am for 90 assembly seats each in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.