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PremiumVote counting trends on Tuesday indicated a substantial lead for the BJP in Haryana, surpassing the Congress, while the Congress, in alliance with the National Conference, delivered a strong performance in Jammu and Kashmir.
Haryana
As per TV reports Haryana, BJP was leading in 50 seats—surpassing the majority mark of 46—while the Congres was ahead in 35 seats.
In individual constituencies, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was leading from his Ladwa seat in Kurukshetra district, while Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was ahead in the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak district.
In Haryana, voting for its 90 assembly seats concluded on October 5. The state witnessed a competitive political landscape, with the BJP and Congress leading the contest. Other notable contenders included the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Indian National Lok Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party (INLD-BSP), and the Jannayak Janta Party-Azad Samaj Party (JJP-ASP) alliance.
Jammu & Kashmir
In J&K, the Congress and NC allaince was leading at 51 seats, while BJP had a edge in around 28 seats
Polls in Jammu and Kashmir holds considerable significance as it is the first to take place since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, which conferred special status on Jammu & Kashmir, resulted in the division of the former state into two Union Territories: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
The Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections took place in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1, encompassing all 90 constituencies. In this politically charged atmosphere, the National Conference and Congress formed a joint alliance to contest the elections, while the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP opted to run independently.
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Counting of votes for the Assembly Elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir begins.
The fate of candidates on 90 Vidhan Sabha seats across all 22 districts in Haryana and 90 seats across all 20 districts in J&K is being decided today.
Himadri Kaushik, DCP Panchkula says, "We have two counting centres here, Kalka and Panchkula, Police forces are ready and we have made all the preparations...we are ready to tackle any situation...CISF, paramilitary, district Police all are present right now..."
Amid speculation over possible permutations and combinations for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said that PDP has not offered support and called for putting end to all speculations till the results are out.
He was commenting on his father Farooq Abdullah's remarks that the National Conference-Congress alliance will take support of PDP even if it does not need it as "we have to go ahead together".
"They haven't extended support, they haven't offered support and we don't know what the voters have decided yet, so I really wish we could put a lid on all this premature speculation for the next 24 hours," Omar Abdullah said in a post on X. (ANI)
In Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Electoral Officer PK Pole said CCTVs have been set up in each counting hall for record creation.
"Counting will begin at 7:30 am for postal ballots and 8 am for EVMs... Polls were held peacefully and no candidate or political party faced any kind of difficulty. Violence-free public participation was witnessed," Pole told ANI.
"Postal ballots will be counted first, after which EVM counting will begin. In every district headquarters, counting centres have been set up... Counting of territorial polling stations will be done in 25 locations and counting of migrant polling stations will be done in 3 locations... All arrangements have been made. Candidates have also given information about their counting agents... EVMs are kept in a triple layer security. The outermost layer consists of police, the middle layer is guarded by the CAPF, and the inner layer consists of a dedicated section which mans the counting centre round the clock," he added.
Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal stated that 93 counting centres have been set up for 90 assembly constituencies in 22 districts of the state.
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, where the counting will take place. To monitor the counting process, 90 counting observers also have been appointed by the Election Commission.
Counting of votes for assembly elections in Haryana will begin at 8 am. Postal ballots will be counted first, followed by EVM counting after 30 minutes.
