Haryana Election Results 2024 Live: 3 Independent MLAs extend support to BJP, party’s seat tally rises to 51

Haryana Election result, BJP winning factor: Everyone was surprised when the Bharatiya Janata Party replaced then-chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini in March this year. While Khattar’s removal was not all too out of the blue, the choice of the Kurukshetra MP as the Haryana chief minister was pretty unexpected.

But any reservations that political observers may have had about Saini disappeared on Tuesday, as he steered the BJP to a historic third term in Haryana with its best-ever seat tally. Here are 5 things that made Nayab Singh Saini a winner.

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Proving exit polls wrong, the BJP is headed for its third straight term in Haryana, winning its highest-ever tally of 48 in the state’s 90 seats.

Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who was one of the party’s election incharges in the state and had been working in Haryana over the past two years, speaks to The Indian Express about the BJP’s historic performance and the strategy behind it, among other issues.

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After a conspicuous silence all through Tuesday as the Congress hopes were snuffed in Haryana and the party sunk to a new low in Jammu and Kashmir, Rahul Gandhi put out a post on social media on the Assembly election results Wednesday.

While he promised to analyse the reasons for the Congress’s shock defeat in Haryana, he made no mention of the party’s performance in J&K, apart from thanking the people of the Union Territory for rewarding “INDIA” and the “Constitution."

Gandhi also seemed to back the decision by the party to approach the Election Commission, mentioning “complaints coming from many Assembly constituencies” in Haryana.

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Pushed on the backfoot by the Congress on the issue of caste, with its demand for a caste census and its campaign that a strong BJP government would tinker with reservations, the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to come roaring back after the Haryana results.

In Modi’s speech to party workers after the BJP’s record-making win in Haryana, and its strong showing in Jammu and Kashmir, this was the main takeaway. Another big one was the PM’s remark that while the BJP has often been re-elected in states, the Congress has not been able to come back to power in any state after Assam 13 years ago.

Take a look at Modi’s message in the course of a 38-minute speech

While the BJP feels emboldened following a historic third term in Haryana, leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress in Jharkhand, which goes to polls next along with Maharashtra, said the “encouraging pro-incumbency” signs had heartened them.

At the same time, the leaders of the ruling alliance in Jharkhand admitted that the “rhetoric of tribal politics” alone would not lead them to a decisive victory like in 2014 when the alliance won 26 of the 28 seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (STs).

“The pro-incumbency result in Haryana also reflects the governance model so we will have to show what we have done for the people,” said a government insider.

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A day after BJP secured its third consecutive win in Haryana, two Independent MLAs -- Devender Kadyan and Rajesh Joon -- on Wednesday decided to back the BJP government once it is sworn in.

While Joon was a Congress rebel, Kadyan fought as an Independent after the BJP denied him a ticket.

While Kadyan fought from the Ganaur constituency in Sonipat and defeated his nearest Congress rival Kuldeep Sharma, Joon won from the Bahadurgarh seat in the Jhajjar district, defeating his nearest BJP rival Dinesh Kaushik.

Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli Wednesday said Kadyan and Joon have decided to extend their support to the BJP government once it is sworn in.

A day after the BJP won a historic third consecutive win in Haryana, state BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli said it's a "victory of PM Modi's policies in Haryana."

He added, "It is a victory of 36 'biradaris' of Haryana and the hard work of lakhs of BJP workers. 48 BJP candidates have won and three Independent candidates have also won. Two Independent MLAs - Devender Kadyan from Ganaur and Rajesh Joon from Bahadurgarh - have decided to support the BJP government which will be formed in Haryana."

As the BJP on Tuesday won a historic third consecutive term in Haryana, data from Lok Sabha and Assembly polls showed that electoral contests in the state have become increasingly bipolar over the last decade. The data also reveal that the gap between the BJP and Congress, the top two parties in the state, has narrowed in the same period, as the regional parties have been increasingly squeezed out.

In 2014, the BJP won seven out of Haryana’s 10 Lok Sabha seats en route to power at the Centre. While the Congress won just one seat, the O P Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won two. The BJP led with a 34.8% vote share, followed by the INLD at 24.4% and the Congress at 23%.

Months later, the BJP won the Haryana Assembly elections, getting a majority with 47 seats and a 33.3% vote share, ending the Congress’s 10-year rule in the state. The Congress won just 15 Assembly seats and a 20.7% vote share, while the INLD won 19 seats and a 24.2% vote share.

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A day after the election results were declared in Haryana, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stated his party was analysing the “unexpected results in Haryana.”

He also mentioned they would be informing the Election Commission (EC) about the complaints received from various assembly constituencies.

On Tuesday, the Congress raised concern over an “unexplained slowdown in updating of results” from the Haryana Assembly election on its website.

A day after the Haryana Assembly poll results came, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati blamed the “casteist mentality” of the Jat community and its consolidated support for the Congress for her party’s defeat in the elections, which it contested in alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal.

The INLD won two seats, Dabwali and Rania, and got a 4.14 per cent vote share while the BSP got only a 1.82 per cent vote share and no seat.

Addressing reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday, Mayawati said the Jat community in Haryana was upset with the BJP for the anti-farmer policies of its government in the state and at the Centre.

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With a historic third win in Haryana, the BJP has got just the boost it needed after finishing short of a majority in the Lok Sabha polls – and ahead of the coming Assembly elections.

Facing huge anti-incumbency in Haryana, farmer and wrestler anger over long-lasting protests and discontent over the Agniveer scheme, the BJP spread out its bets in the state.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched in with big rallies, though he addressed just four against 10 in 2019, there was equal emphasis on local leaders and the consolidation of anti-Jat votes.

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After winning 10 seats in 2019 and becoming a kingmaker, former Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) hit rock bottom this time, with Tuesday’s results showing that it failed to win a single seat in the state.

A pre-poll alliance between the JJP and the Chandersekhar Azad-led Azad Samaj Party (ASP-Kanshi Ram) had announced candidates in all of Haryana’s 90 Assembly seats. However, eventually, the JJP ended up contesting 66 seats and the ASP 12.

All these candidates, except Digvijay Chautala who contested from Dabwali, lost their security deposits.

Read the Political Pulse by Varinder Bhatia here.

“There was a total monopoly of one family on the Congress in Haryana,” said Kumari Selja as the unexpected results in the state took many, including the Congress, by surprise, paving the way for the BJP to form a government for an unprecedented third time.

Selja, the former Union Minister and current Sirsa MP, did not name either Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda or his son Deepender, the Rohtak MP. But it was clear whom she was referring to. “That is why we have reached this stage,” she said.

“The people wanted the Congress this time. But the Congress became symbolised by only one family and this has been going on for the last 25 years and now there was a huge backlash.”

Read Neerja Chowdhury's column here.

The BJP and Congress increased their tally across 17 Assembly constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Haryana, with the Jannayak Janta Party led by Dushyant Chautala failing to open its account.

The BJP won eight of 17 reserved constituencies, up from five in 2019, while Congress increased its tally to nine from 2019’s seven. The JJP that won four of the reserved seats in 2019 and played the role of kingmaker ended with zero this time.

Of the eight reserved seats it won, the BJP saw a decline in its margin in four seats — Narwana, Bawal, Israna, Hodal. It also saw an increase in an equal number of constituencies — Kharkhauda, Pataudi, Bawani Khera and Nilokheri.

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A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained power for the third time in Haryana Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Wednesday, news agency PTI reported.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Saini credited PM Modi's policies for the party's success. He said psephologists might have declared the Congress as the favourite to win the polls but he always insisted that people will put their trust in the BJP due to its government's policies, PTI report stated.

To a question about Congress raising doubts on EVMs, he said the opposition party has been building up a storm of lies.

He said, "The credit of this big win goes to Modi who brought such schemes in last 10 years that benefitted the poor, farmers, youth and women. These helped all sections of the society. People love him, and hence the BJP is coming to power for a third time." (PTI)

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) created history in Haryana registering a resounding victory that would give it a third term in power there.

It also improved its tally in Jammu and Kashmir and, more importantly, its government at the Centre claimed credit for ensuring that elections were held and that an elected UT Assembly was in place – its powers severely limited – for the first time since the state was split and its special status abrogated.

The verdict holds multiple messages.

Read the Political Pulse by Liz Mathew and Manoj C G here.

Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who was one of the party’s election incharges in the state and had been working in Haryana over the past two years, speaks to The Indian Express about the BJP’s historic performance and the strategy behind it, among other issues.

What made it possible for the BJP to win Haryana?

Firstly, we succeeded in convincing people that the Opposition’s misleading campaign which claimed the BJP would do away with reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) was a lie.

The Congress’s SC face and state chief Udai Bhan lost from Hodal while our candidates Bimla Chaudhary and former Rajya Sabha MP Krishan Lal Panwar won from Pataudi and Israna (both SC-reserved seats).

Read the full interview here.

In an unexpected turn of events, Haryana's election results have left many stumped, including political activist Yogendra Yadav.

"I am assuming I am wrong, but this (the results) should be investigated. Tomorrow Congress can win or lose but the electoral process of this country must always win," said Yadav in a conversation with The Indian Express' Parveen Dogra.

Yadav also delves into Congress's internal dissension that may have contributed to the same narrative of the BJP.

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Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, said that silent voters have played a major role towards ensuring a third term for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state, news agency ANI reported.

"The kind of work that the BJP is doing under the leadership of PM Modi, it is all being liked by the people. People are liking the policies and they are responding to it... Silent voters have played a major role. Vocal voters discuss their issues with the media, but silent voters don't," he told ANI.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday left from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in New Delhi, news agency ANI reported.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) newly-elected MLA from Ambala Cantt. Anil Vij, speaking to news agency ANI, applauded party's victory in the state.

"Everyone was talking about anti-incumbency but no one knew about pro-incumbency. Our government worked a lot. We changed the system and removed corruption. We stopped the loot that was being done over the years. Even when all the stats were against us, I said that BJP would form the government," Vij said.

On Congress blaming the EVMs for their defeat in the Haryana Assembly elections, he said: "...When the results do not come in their favour, they blame the EVM. Everyone knows about this character of the Congress party."

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained power for the third time in Haryana Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is set to meet the senior BJP leadership in Delhi on Wednesday.

Saini is likely to consult with his senior leadership on finalising his cabinet, sources told news agency PTI.

Thanking the voters, Saini on Tuesday had said that people have “put a stamp” on the government’s policies under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.