Election Results 2024: It’s a hat-trick of wins for BJP in Haryana; Congress-NC bags Jammu Kashmir

In Haryana, the BJP unexpectedly secured a majority, while in Jammu and Kashmir, the NC-Congress alliance is set to govern. The results will influence future political dynamics. The BJP faces challenges in Maharashtra, where the opposition MVA coalition outperformed them in Lok Sabha elections. 

Written By Gulam Jeelani
Updated8 Oct 2024, 10:29 AM IST
Election Results 2024: It's a hat-trick of wins for BJP in Haryana; Congress-NC bags Jammu Kashmir
Election Results 2024: It’s a hat-trick of wins for BJP in Haryana; Congress-NC bags Jammu Kashmir(PTI)

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defied exit poll predictions and won Haryana Assembly Elections by bagging 48 seats in the 90-member house as the counting of votes ended on Tuesday evening. The Congress party won 31 seats in the results that the grand old party ‘refused’ to accept. 

In Jammu and Kashmir, however, the National Conference- Congress alliance is all set to form the government after having won 48 seats in the 90-mnsember House. 

The BJP improved its performance by winning 29 seats in the Union Territory. In the last Jammu and Kashmir assembly election held in 2014, the BJP won 25 seats. All the BJP seats, in 2014 and 2024 assembly elections, came from Jammu division. The BJP is yet to open account in Kashmir division during assembly polls.

Also Read | Election Results 2024 Live: BJP ahead of Congress in Haryana in early trends

NC vice president, Omar Abdullah is all set to be sworn in as next chief minister if Jammu and Kashmir. Omar be the first elected CM of Jammu and Kashmir in post-Article 370 era. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the centre abrogated Article 370 in August 2019.

The 90 seats of Haryana voted in single phase on October 5. Jammu and Kashmir voted in three phases – September 18, 25 and October 1 – for its 90 seats.  The majority mark for both the houses is 46.

Modi addressed party workers following a landslide victory in the Haryana elections. He accused the Congress of defaming India’s institutions by questioning poll verdict in Haryana.

 

Earlier the Congress party refused to accept Haryana verdict calling it a 'victory of the system and the defeat of democracy.’ Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the result is unexpected.

Mood after Lok Sabha Polls

The two elections were held four months after the Lok Sabha Election 2024 results, in which the BJP failed to score a simple majority on its own. The saffron party stopped at 240 seats, losing 63 seats from the 303 it had won in 2019.

The Congress-led INDIA bloc bagged 235 seats in Lok Sabha, with the Congress winning 99 seats.

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Today's results will set the tone for the upcoming elections in the key states of Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi. Maharashtra is a key state for the BJP, which is in power there. Analysts have predicted not-so-good results for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the state elections scheduled for next month. 

The Maharashtra election is expected to witness a two-way fight between the MVA coalition of the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP - Sharad Pawar and the Congress, and the Mahayuti Alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena-Eknath Shinde and NCP-Ajit Pawar.

The ruling alliance didn’t perform well in Maharashtra's Lok Sabha elections. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) won 30 of the state's 48 parliamentary seats. The ruling Mahayuti bagged just 17 seats, of which the BJP won nine seats.

If the trends in Haryana hold true, the results will be defying exit poll predictions.

BJP formed previous govts in Haryana, J&K

The BJP had won Haryana assembly polls in 2014 and 2019. In the 2019 assembly elections, the BJP won 40 seats, six short of a simple majority of 46 in the 90-member House. 

The saffron party formed the government in a post-poll alliance with the JJP and seven Independent MLAs. Manohar Lal Khattar became the chief minister for the second time, with JJP's Dushyant Chautala as the deputy chief minister. Khattar was replaced by Nayab Singh Saini when the BJP-JJP alliance broke in March 2024 ahead of Lok Sabha Elections. 

In 2014 Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the PDP and BJP had formed a rare government with late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as the chief minister. The government couldn't last long and pulled out in 2018. Jammu and Kashmir has been under central rule since then.

 

Key Takeaways
  • Early election trends suggest a surprising comeback for the BJP in Haryana.
  • The National Conference-Congress alliance is positioned to secure a majority in Jammu Kashmir.
  • These results could significantly influence the upcoming elections in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Delhi.

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