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

Saying it was “unbelievable how badly we lost”, All India Congress Committee general secretary and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja has told The Indian Express that the party’s Haryana unit is to blame for the assembly poll debacle, and that “the entire team of so-called strategists kept everything in their own hands”.

“The state unit of the party failed to capitalise on the ground created by Rahul Gandhi ji. It is unbelievable how badly we lost,” she said, placing the blame for the poll drubbing on Haryana’s party affairs incharge Deepak Babaria, Pradesh Congress Committee president Udai Bhan, Congress Legislature Party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and his son and Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda.

📌 The BJP is poised for a historic third consecutive win in Haryana, which would affirm its strategy of consolidating non-Jat votes, a tactic that has been successful in previous elections.

📌 Jats, who are influential in 40 of the 90 assembly segments, have historically supported Jat leaders. The Congress has heavily relied on Jat support, fielding 28 Jat candidates, while the BJP has nominated only 16, indicating a strategic gamble by Congress.

📌 The Jat community's discontent, stemming from the farmers' agitation and the wrestlers' protest, poses challenges for the BJP. The perception of inadequate government response to these issues may influence voter sentiment against the party.

📌 Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda played a crucial role in Congress's campaign, aiming to sway Jat voters back to the party. His influence highlights the importance of community leaders in electoral strategies.

📌 The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), which also seeks Jat support, appears to be struggling in this election. The final results will serve as a verdict on Congress's strategy of courting Jat votes amidst the BJP's successful non-Jat consolidation.

Here are five key points regarding Dushyant Chautala’s JJP and its performance:

📌 Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), which had previously won 10 seats in 2019, failed to secure any seats in the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections.

📌 Dushyant Chautala received only 7,950 votes in his Uchana Kalan constituency, a drastic drop from 92,504 votes in 2019, finishing in fifth place behind several independent candidates and the BJP.

📌 The JJP had formed a pre-poll alliance with the Azad Samaj Party, announcing candidates for all 90 Assembly seats. However, they contested only 66 seats, with all except one candidate losing their security deposits.

📌 Dushyant faced backlash from voters due to his post-poll alliance with the BJP in 2019, despite campaigning against them, and his inaction during the farmers' protests, contributing to his party's poor performance.

📌 After the 2019 elections, seven of the 10 JJP MLAs left the party, with many joining the BJP or Congress, leaving only Dushyant, his mother, and one loyalist remaining in the party.

Thirteen woman candidates have been elected to the 90-member Haryana assembly, according to state election results declared on Tuesday.

During the 2019 assembly polls, eight women candidates were elected as MLAs.

A total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents and 101 women, were in the fray in the October 5 polls.

Five women candidates of the BJP and seven candidates of the Congress won.

Thirteen woman candidates have been elected to the 90-member Haryana assembly, according to state election results declared on Tuesday. During the 2019 assembly polls, eight women candidates were elected as MLAs. A total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents and 101 women, were in the fray in the October 5 polls. Five women candidates of the BJP and seven candidates of the Congress won.

BJP chief J P Nadda on Tuesday hailed the party's victory in the Haryana assembly polls and said the people have rejected the Congress' pitch for casteism, nepotism and dynastic politics, and voted for the BJP's development model under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

Bharat Rashtra Samiti says party’s “guarantee card” has become worthless after making “false” promises to people of Karnataka and Telangana Sreenivas Janyala Hyderabad, October 8 Taking a dig at the Congress in the aftermath of the party’s defeat in the Haryana Assembly elections, the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) said the Congress’s “guarantee card” has become worthless after making “false” promises to the people of Karnataka and Telangana. “You can fool some people for some time, but it’s now clear that the Congress cannot fool everyone all the time. Voters have decisively rejected the Congress, which relies on politics built on lies. It has once again been proven that only regional parties have the strength to stand up to the BJP, not Congress,’’ said K T Rama Rao, the working president of BRS and former Telangana minister.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday congratulated BJP's "dedicated" workers and office bearers for the party's historic victory in the Haryana Assembly elections.

The results indicate people's faith in the public welfare policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, implemented under the "efficient leadership" of the Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and "power of double-engine government", Adityanath added.

Jannayak Janta Party, which had emerged as the kingmaker last assembly polls, was decimated this time round, while the Indian National Lok Dal also failed to create much impact, with prominent leaders of both outfits Dushyant Chautala and Abhay Singh Chautala losing their seats.

While the JJP failed to win any seats, down from 10 segments it won in 2019 in the 90-seat assembly, the INLD won two -- one more from what it had managed in the last state elections. PTI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the massive victory of the BJP in Haryana is a victory of the unwavering faith of farmers, poor, backward, soldiers and youth in the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shah also said the people of 'Veerbhoomi' Haryana have completely rejected the "negative and divisive politics" of Congress which "divides" people on the basis of caste and region. The people have chosen the 10 years track record of development and welfare of poor of BJP, he added.

Ruling BJP's Krishan Lal Middha and Congress party's incumbent legislator Mamman Khan from Ferozepur Jhirka won from their respective constituencies in Haryana assembly elections. According to the ECI website, BJP sitting MLA Middha defeated the Congress party's Mahavir Gupta by a margin of 15,860 votes from Jind. Khan defeated his nearest BJP rival Naseem Ahmed by a massive margin of 98,441 votes. From Kaithal, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala's son Aditya Surjewala defeated BJP's sitting MLA Leela Ram by a margin of 8,124 votes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Bharatiya Janata Party's historic third consecutive win in the Haryana Assembly elections the "victory of politics of development and good governance".

Expressing his gratitude to the people of Haryana, he wrote on X, "I assure the people here that we will leave no stone unturned to fulfill their aspirations."

He added: "My heartiest congratulations to all my party workers who have worked tirelessly and with full dedication for this great victory! You have not only served the people of the state to the fullest but have also taken our agenda of development to them. This is the result of which BJP has got this historic victory in Haryana."

When the relatively inexperienced Nayab Singh Saini replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as Chief Minister of Haryana in March this year, the BJP wanted a new face for a party unit that was battling anti-incumbency for 10 years.

While the Lok Sabha elections were a bit of a setback — the BJP saw its tally drop from 10 to five — Wednesday’s results prove that the BJP’s gamble on Saini paid off.

The Saini government made a range of announcements, focusing particularly on the outreach to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) amid a perceived Jat consolidation behind the Congress.

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As the Bharatiya Janata Party gears up for a historic third term in Haryana, the Congress expressed its dissatisfaction over Wednesday’s results that went against the exit poll predictions.

Addressing the media, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh said it is not possible for the party to accept the results of the Haryana Assembly elections. “Results in Haryana [are] totally unexpected, surprising; they go against ground reality,” he said.

Terming the BJP’s win as “a victory of manipulations”, he said serious issues raised by Congress candidates will be reported to the Election Commission.

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Dushyant Chautala Uchana Kalan Election Result 2024: Jannayak Janta Party chief Dushyant Chautala lost to BJP’s Devender Chatar Bhuj Attri by a significant margin of 41,018 votes in Uchana Kalan. 

Devender Attari won against his nearest Congress rival Brijendra Singh by a margin of 32 votes, while former deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, who trailed in fifth place with 7950 votes, lost from Uchana Kalan, a seat he previously won.

The ruling BJP has crossed the majority mark in the Haryana assembly and was leading on 48 seats, while the Congress was ahead on 37, according to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website.

Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan lost from his family seat of Hodal to BJP's Harinder Singh, by a margin of 2,595 votes. 

Eight members from former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal’s clan contested from various constituencies in the Haryana Assembly elections, but only two of them emerged as the winners – Arjun Chautala and Aditya Devi Lal of the INLD.

Arjun Chautala, 32, who is the younger son of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)’s senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala, won from the Rania seat, defeating the Congress’s Sarv Mitter, the BJP’s Shishpal Kamboj and the sitting MLA and BJP rebel Ranjit Chautala.

Contesting on the INLD’s ticket, Aditya Devi Lal, 47, son of Jagdish Chander, fourth son of Devi Lal, won from the Dabwali seat.

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Independent candidate Rajesh Joon has won from the Bahadurgarh constituency, securing 73,191 votes. He defeated BJP’s Dinesh Kaushik by a margin of 41,999 votes.

The recent Haryana election results have surprised the Congress party, leading them to question the integrity of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the counting process.

"Pained at Cong workers' disappointment, I'm sure party high command will assess reasons for defeat," said Kumari Selja on Haryana poll results

The ruling BJP has won 31 seats while the Congress secured victory in 30 assembly segments out of total 90 constituencies in Haryana, according to the results declared by the Election Commission.

Two independents have also won.

The BJP was leading in 18 seats and the Congress in 6. The Indian National Lok Dal was leading in two constituencies and one Independent candidate was also leading, the EC figures at 5 pm showed.

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Singh Chautala lost from the Ellenabad assembly seat in Haryana, according to the Election Commission.

Chautala, the outgoing MLA, was defeated by Congress candidate Bharat Singh Beniwal by a margin of 15,000 votes.

The counting of votes polled in the October 5 assembly elections in Haryana began at 8 am on Tuesday.

Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday retained his Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat in Rohtak district, defeating his nearest BJP rival. 77-year-old Hooda won by a convincing margin of 71,465 votes defeating BJP's Manju Hooda.

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.

Congress candidate and wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday called her maiden electoral win from the Julana assembly seat in Haryana as "victory of struggle" and "victory of truth".

Phogat defeated her nearest rival and BJP nominee Yogesh Kumar by a margin of 6,015 votes, according to the Election Commission. Phogat polled 65,080 votes while BJP's Kumar secured 59,065 votes. Speaking to reporters after the poll outcome, 30-year-old Phogat said, "It is a victory of 'sangharh' (struggle) and victory of truth." I will always keep the trust and love of the people, she further said.

The Congress Party faced a significant setback in the Haryana Assembly elections, as early trends showed the BJP crossing the halfway mark, defying expectations of a Congress victory. Despite initial confidence following a strong performance in the Lok Sabha elections, the party's reliance on Bhupinder Singh Hooda has come under scrutiny. Questions arise about candidate selection, internal conflicts, and whether the party was overconfident. With the BJP leading in 48 seats and Congress struggling to make gains, the narrative of a revival for the party is now in jeopardy, prompting a reevaluation of its electoral strategy.

Independent candidate Savitri Jindal wins the Hisar assembly seat in Haryana.

After the party's victory in Haryana, despite a grim prognosis by pollsters, former CM and Union minister ML Khattar said, " People gave mandate to BJP on Modi government's policies, achievements and work."