Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Highlights: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini won the Ladwa assembly seat on Tuesday, October 8, by a margin of 16,054 votes against his nearest Congress rival Mewa Singh, According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP is leading on 50 seats and the Congress is leading on 34 seats. The BJP is likely set for a historic third term in Haryana.
After exit polls predicted a clean sweep for Congress in Haryana, CM Saini had exuded confidence in BJP forming a government "alone", saying the party has made “all the arrangements. We will not need any kind of alliance; I have said from the very beginning that the BJP will form the government alone,” Saini had said while addressing a press conference.
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He also said that the BJP will form the government with a full majority while the opposition will blame Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for this - “8 taarikh ko janta degi jawaab aur ye (Congress) kahenge EVM hai kharab”.
Saini won the Naraingarh Assembly seat in 2014 and the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat in 2019. The state saw a turnout of over 66 per cent. According to the Election Commission's statement, the single phase of polls in 90 assembly seats held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. concluded largely peacefully, except for stray incidents of minor scuffles.
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Union Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said, "The people have rejected the Congress. The public has given this message that the policies of PM Modi had a positive impact on the people of the state. This is a record in Haryana that a party has come to power for the third time..." As per the current trends, the BJP is leading on 50 seats and the Congress is leading on 34 seats.
Sources told NDTV that the BJP will stay with Nayab Singh Saini as Haryana Chief Minister. Nayab Singh won the Ladwas assembly constituency in Haryana.
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said, "I will go to take the certificate and then offer prayers to Lord Krishna at Jyotisar temple. The 2.80 crore people of Haryana have chosen this government and we will move forward under the leadership of PM Modi."
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini won Ladwa assembly seat on Tuesday by a margin of 16,054 votes against his nearest Congress rival Mewa Singh, according to the Election Commission.
The BJP is in the lead in 50 of the 90 seats in Haryana while the Congress is ahead in 35. Haryana went to polls on October 5 and the counting of votes is underway. Previously, Saini was the MP from Kurukshetra, the parliamentary constituency in which Ladwa falls.
Haryana incumbent Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is leading from the Ladwa assembly seat on Tuesday by a margin of 16,000 votes against his nearest Congress rival Mewa Singh, according to the Election Commission. Haryana went to polls on October 5 and the counting of votes is underway.
The Congress has won 10 seats so far in the haryana Assembly Elections 2024.
1 Naraingarh
2 Shahbad
3 Thanesar
4 Pehowa
5 Kaitha
6 Julana
7 Ratia
8 Nuh
9 Ferozepur Jhirka
10 Punahana
Haryana Election Results LIVE: With the BJP racing ahead in Haryana as per the early trends, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the "biggest lesson" of the poll results is that one should never be "overconfident" in the elections. "Let us see what the results are in Haryana.
"The biggest lesson of this is that one should never be overconfident in the elections," said Kejriwal.
People have given a mandate to the BJP in Haryana for a third consecutive term on Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s policies, achievements and way of functioning, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday.
The former Haryana chief minister’s remarks came after the BJP appeared poised to win the state assembly polls with the party leading in around 50 seats out of 90, according to the latest trends on the Election Commission’s website.
“People have sent out a message. The Modi government’s policies, achievements and way of functioning were leaving an impact on the people. Responding to this, people have given the mandate to the BJP for a third consecutive term,” Khattar told reporters.
Haryana Election Results LIVE: Congress has alleged that there is a mismatch in the actual number of rounds that have been counted and the “number of rounds being shown on the television through the Election Commission data". The party has also alleged that mind games are being played.
Almost all the exit polls released on Saturday predicted that the Congress party would wrest power from the BJP in Haryana after remaining in opposition for ten years.
The Congress party, which carried a high-decibel campaign under former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, is predicted to win 49-55 seats in the 90-member House. The majority mark for a party or a coalition to form government in Haryana is 46.
According to political analysts, the BJP, which faced anti-incumbency, farmers' ire, infighting, and unemployment issues, is predicted to stop at a maximum of 32 seats, as per exit polls.
In the Haryana Assembly elections, 1,031 candidates are in the fray, including 101 women and 464 independents. Vote counting began at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, and the results are likely to be out by Tuesday evening. Haryana went to polls on October 5 and the counting of votes is underway.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Anil Vij said the latest election trends showing a see-saw battle between Congress and the BJP is a way of the people of Haryana to “teach Congress a lesson”
“We can see the people of Haryana teaching a lesson to Congress. In the morning, they (Congress) opened their 'Jhooth ki dukaan',” he said.
Vij also claimed that within Congress, there are people who want Bhupinder Singh Hooda to lose, and “they were the ones who were bursting crackers...”
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: The ruling BJP has crossed the halfway mark of 45 in the Haryana assembly polls and was leading on 48 seats now, while the Congress was ahead on 33, according to the latest trends on the Election Commission website.
The two parties have been engaged in a see-saw battle in the state after the counting of votes began at 8 am. The early trends available on TV channels showed the Congress ahead of the BJP, but the ruling made rapid strides later.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Haryana Chief Minister and BJP candidate Nayab Singh Saini is leading from the Ladwa assembly seat against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Mewa Singh, according to the Election Commission.
Saini was leading by 840 votes, as per the early trends.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is leading from his Ladwa seta in Kurukshetra district.
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.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: The counting of votes polled in the October 5 assembly elections in Haryana began at 8 am on Tuesday amid tight security arrangements.
Officials said early trends were expected at some time.
Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal said three-tier security arrangements were in place at counting venues.
Postal ballots will be counted first, followed by the counting of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) after 30 minutes, he said.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: CM Saini joins in the singing of bhajans at Shri Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman Temple located in Brahma Sarovar
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: In Kurukshetra, CM and BJP candidate from Ladwa, Nayab Singh Saini said confident of a win for the saffron party in the state for a third term.
“Today is the day of counting and I am confident that as a result of the works done by the BJP government in the past ten years, we will be forming the government in Haryana for the third time...Our government will continue to serve the people of Haryana. Congress works for power, BJP works for service...” he said.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Chief Minister Naib Saini offered prayers at Shri Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman Temple located in Brahma Sarovar ahead of the counting of votes for the Haryana assembly elections.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Confident of a 3rd term for the BJP, Haryana CM and BJP candidate from Ladwa assembly constituency Nayab Singh Saini said the party has worked a lot for the development of Haryana in the past ten years.
"BJP has worked with honesty for all sections of the society...Our government will continue to work for the development of Haryana and BJP will be forming the government in Haryana for the third time...BJP worked with honesty whereas Congress did a lot of corruption."
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: After the BJP declared Nayab Singh Saini as its choice for Haryana Chief Minister if the party is voted to power in the state, former Haryana cabinet minister and senior BJP leader Anil Vij said he will stake claim for the post.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Haryana CM and BJP candidate from Ladwa assembly constituency Nayab Singh Saini arrives at Saini Samaj Dharamshala in Kurukshetra
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: In the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, Mewa Singh of Congress won this seat, defeating BJP's Dr Pawan Saini by a margin of 12,637. Congress had a vote share of 41.86% in 2019 in this seat.
In 2014, BJP's Dr Pawan Saini won the seat, defeating Lok Dal's Bachan Kaur Barshami by a margin of 2,992.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: According to a CVoter exit poll, Bhupinder Singh Hooda is the leading candidate for Haryana Chief Minister with 30.8 percent support, followed by BJP's Nayab Singh Saini at 22.1 percent.
Congress leaders Deepender Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja rank third and fourth with 9.5 percent and 4.9 percent, respectively. Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has the backing of only 4.5 percent of respondents.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: 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.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Ladwa, the seat from which Nayab Singh Saini is contesting the state elections, is one of Haryana's 90 Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituencies. This rural seat is in the Kurukshetra district and is open for general category.
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: After incumbent CM Nayab Singh Saini exuded confidence that the BJP would form the government in Haryana for the third time, even after the exit polls projected a clean sweep by the INDIA bloc, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Hannan Mollah said farmers, who are in majority in Haryana, are upset with the ruling party and that the BJP is dreaming.
Mollah said, "Sapne dekhne ka haq sabko hai. In the same way, the BJP is also dreaming that it will form the government in Haryana. Not giving farmers a fair price for their crops, not accepting their demands--these issues have caused distress among the farmers of Haryana, as we saw during the farmers' protest. An anti-BJP sentiment has developed among the farmers in Haryana."
Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) General Secretary Digvijay Chautala said Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was given a "dead snake" by the BJP. He claimed Saini could not control the damage done to the state, which might also be the reason the saffron party may be voted out of power.
"The situation is clear that BJP is going out of Haryana. The situation is bad for BJP in Haryana, I have been saying this from day one, that BJP will not even understand what happened to them," he said.