Haryana Elections Results 2019 Live Updates:
As many as 1,169 candidates, including 105 women, are in the fray for the 90 assembly constituencies that polled on Monday including Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Congress leader and former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, JJP leader Dushyant Chautala and INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala the results of which will be announced by Thursday.
The BJPs poll campaign spoke about issues like the nullification of Article 370 and welfare schemes undertaken by the Khattar-led government. It also maintained that Khattar had provided a clean and transparent administration.
While the Congress and other opposition parties targeted the ruling government over unemployment, law and order situation in the state and the condition of farmers.
Meanwhile, most exit polls have projected a comfortable victory for the BJP and a second consecutive term for CM Khattar.
Haryana saw an estimated turnout of 65.67 per cent, the lowest polling percentage in 19 years. Repolling was also conducted on Wednesday in five booths of Haryana after some "shortcomings" were noticed.
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September 21, 2019: EC Announces poll dates | October 23, 2019: Exit polls call it for BJP
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Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Minister Amit Shah congratulated party workers Thursday evening and applauded the results in Maharashtra and Haryana. Although the party was below the halfway mark, Modi called the Haryana result an “unprecedented” achievement, cited the 3 per cent increase in the party’s vote share over the last Assembly elections and flagged the fact that BJP, a minor player before 2014, was all set to return for a second term in power. Click here to read more.
Stranded at 40 seats, six short of an absolute majority, the BJP Thursday scrambled to secure a second consecutive innings at the helm in Haryana. It sought the support of six-party rebels and INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala’s estranged brother Ranjit Chautala, all of whom won as Independents — and Haryana Lokhit Party’s Gopal Kanda. Read more here.
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lmost half of ruling BJP's sitting MLAs lost the elections, including eight ministers, as Haryana threw up a fractured mandate on Thursday.
The losers included ministers Ram Bilas Sharma, Capt Abhimanyu and O P Dhankar.
Some of the prominent legislators who lost included Latika Sharma, Prem Lata, Bakshish Singh Virk and Bhagwan Dass Kabirpanthi. As many as 21 sitting MLAs of the BJP lost to their rivals and at the same time more than half of the sitting legislators emerged as winners. The prominent winners are chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Anil Vij, Banwari Lal and Gian Chand Gupta.
In Haryana Assembly election results, both the Congress and JJP left the ruling party bruised, and severely dented BJPs poll call of “Abki baar 75 paar (Over 75 seats this time)”. But managing to win 40 seats out of 90, CM Manohar Lal Khattar is all set to stake claim to form the government in the state. Read more here
The Indian Express talks about the big takeaways for BJP and Congress as the results for Maharashtra and Haryana are declared. Watch full video here
Preliminary analysis shows that core Jat voters from Sonipat, Jhajjar and Rohtak voted overwhelmingly against the BJP, resulting in defeat of five of its six main Jat candidates. Read more here
BJP's vote share in Haryana went up to 36 per cent from 33 per cent; it shows people's endorsement of govt's work. I thank people of Haryana for blessing us. We will continue to work with same zeal and dedication for state's progress: PM Modi in New Delhi
"Both Devendra Fadnvis and Manohar Lal both were first-time chief ministers, they did not even have the experience as ministers. And for five years they kept working for people's welfare and as a result, people have again put their faith in them," Modi addresses BJP party workers in New Delhi.
"I thank the people of Haryana for blessing us. We will continue to work with the same zeal and dedication for the state’s progress. I laud the efforts of hardworking BJP Karyakartas of Haryana who toiled extensively and went among the people to elaborate on our development agenda," Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP's Seema Trikha retains Faridabad's Badkhal constituency, with Congress's Vijay Pratap Singh trailing her by 2,545 votes. She had won with a margin of 36,609 votes in 2014.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala loses in Kaithal to BJPs Leela Ram by a mere 1,246 votes.
Meanwhile, Congress candidate and sitting MLA Raghuvir Singh retains Beri by a margin of 12,952 votes. Congress candidate wins in Badli as well, by 11,245 votes, defeating sitting MLA, BJP's OP Dhankar. BJP's Zakir Hussain, who is the sitting MLA in Nuh constituency, loses his seat to the Congress's Aftab Ahmed, with the latter winning by a margin of 4,038 votes.
INLD's Abhay Chautala rejects former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda's offer of joining hands against BJP and forming the government in Haryana. "My party shall never support Congress", Chautala said adding, "Congress is the party that hatched the conspiracy to frame INLD's chief Om Prakash Chautala and senior leader Ajay Chautala in a corruption case and got them imprisoned. We [INLD] can never forgive the party for such conspiracy against our senior leaders. As such we can never support Congress, whose leader (Bhupinder Singh Hooda) is facing corruption charges. INLD will rather prefer sitting in the opposition and serving people of Haryana".
Congress wins three seats in Kalka, Kharkahuda (SC) and Ladwa seats while in Kalayat BJPs Kamlesh Dhanda registers a victory.
BJP notches up victory in Pehowa, Panipat city and Panipat Rural with former hockey star Sandeep Singh, Parmod Kumat Vij and Mahipal Dhanda winning from the respective seats.
BJP retains seats in Ambala Cantt and Ballabhgarh with a victory for cabinet minister Anil Vij and Mool Chand Sharma respectively. While JJPs Naina Singh Chautala wins from Badhra.
BJP's Haryana chief Subhash Barala quashed rumours of his resignation from his post. It was earlier speculated that he had submitted his resignation following defeat from Tohana constituency.
Congress leader and former CM Bhajan Lal's son Kuldeep Bishnoi beats TV actress and TikTok star Sonali Phogat in Adampur, wins by more than 29,000 votes.
On October 21, Congress' Deepender Hooda, son of former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda had tweeted: “Save this tweet, Haryana is going to break the arrogance of Khattar government.” Hooda today wrote the same post asking people to save it once again. “Save this tweet from last week once again,” he said. Read more here
JJP candidate Ram Niwas has won from Narwana (SC). He was contesting against BJP's Santosh Rai. Independent candidate Nayan Pal Rawat has also won from Prithala
JJP candidate Ram Karan won from Shahbad (SC) by a margin of 37,127 votes against BJP candidate Krishan Kumar. Another JJP candidate Amarjeet Dhanda has won from Julana beating the incumbent Parminder Singh Dhull who switched to BJP from INLD
Haryana BJP chief Subash Barala has resigned on Thursday after election trends showed both the ruling party and the Congress being locked in a tough contest with no one looking set to attain majority on its own in the 90-member assembly. As per the latest trends, Barala is trailing by 25,090 votes over Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) candidate Devinder Singh Babli from the Tohana seat. As the counting was in progress, Barala had left the counting centre in between sensing he is losing from Tohana.
Addressing the media, former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda appealed all the opposition parties in the state to join hands in order to keep BJP at bay. "We invite all the smaller parties and independents to join hands with the Congress and form a stable government. I have got calls that Independents are being stopped from joining us. This should not happen and we will approach EC against it. This is the first time that barring a couple of ministers, entire cabinet is wiped out. People have rejected BJP's governance. This is a vote against the Khattar government, against unemployment in the state. Most ministers have lost the election, there cannot be a bigger signal than this. BJP has failed to fulfill the mandate it was given by the people."
Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu who is trailing from his Narnaund constituency said, "As per the latest trends, I feel that public mandate is in favor of Jannnayak Janta Party (JJP). We respect public mandate."
Buoyed by the trends, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will today hold a meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and top party leaders in New Delhi to strategise on forming the government in the state, news agency PTI reported quoting sources.
Gandhi has already spoken with Hooda and given him the go-ahead to work towards forming the government, they said. "Former Haryana CM Hooda is already in touch with JJP and Independents," a source close to him said.
In Mewat's Nuh constituency, where BJP's Zakir Hussain had been in the lead all morning, Congress's Aftab Ahmed is now leading by 1386 votes. Congress is also leading in the two other constituencies in the district, namely Ferozepur Jhirka and Punahana.
Meanwhile, the results in Haryana would be bad news for former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, because current president Sonia Gandhi's decision to bring back the old leadership appeared to have worked well for the party in Haryana. Rahul's appointee Ashok Tanwar had quit the party on the eve of the elections, and it was former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda who was calling the shots in the party in the state. (Despite the PCC leadership being with Kumari Selja.)
The Congress' performance despite the national leadership's lack of active participation or interest shows that the local leadership, especially Bhupinder Singh Hooda have pulled off a good showing. Read more
Going by the trends, election results in Haryana is giving the ruling BJP a lot to worry, The Indian Express' Liz Mathew says in her analysis. Here, it's the government record as well as the complacency that seems to have affected the saffron party's performance. It also shows that voters definitely differentiate between the Lok Sabha elections and the state elections. The party had a clean sweep in all 10 Lok Sabha seats in May.
As BJP struggles to cross halfway mark in Haryana, scene outside CM Manohar Lal Khattar's residence in Chandigarh (Express Photo/Kamleshwar Singh)
In Gurgaon's Sohna, JJP continues to lead by 2947 votes. Of the other 3 constituencies, BJP leads in Gurgaon & Pataudi, while independent Rakesh Daultabad leads in Badshahpur, with BJP candidate Manish Yadav trailing by 5003 votes.
The man of the moment, JJP chief Dushyant Chautala has denied having any discussions with BJP or Congress. Various media channels have reported that Congress has reached out to Chautala to keep BJP at bay. "I have not had any discussions with anyone. The decision will be taken only after the final numbers are out," Dushyant Chautala said, reported news agency ANI
Seven Haryana ministers, including Ram Bilas Sharma and Capt Abhimanyu, and State BJP chief Subhash Barala are trailing, as per early Election Commission trends. Haryana Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal, a BJP legislator from Jagadhri, was also trailing in his constituency behind Congress' Akram Khan by a margin of 5,889 votes. Sharma, a five-time legislator, was trailing by a slim margin of 329 votes against Congress' Rao Dan Singh.
Among other ministers who were behind include Kavita Jain trailing behind Surender Panwar of the Congress by a margin of 5,761 votes from Sonipat segment while another minister Manish Grover was behind Congress' B B Batra from Rohtak by a margin of 3,061 votes. From Radaur, Minister Karan Dev Kamboj was behind Bishan Lal of Congress by a margin of 1,394 votes while another minister Krishan Lal Panwar was behind Congress' Balbir Singh from Israna reserved seat by a margin of 7020 votes.
Here's how the seat breakup looks at 12 pm in Haryana
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi took a jibe against the BJP, saying, "Looking at the current #HaryanaAssemblyElections trends, BJP may have to resort to resort politics."
As results suggest a Hung Assembly in Haryana, state Congress chief Kumari Selja said the people of the state have given their verdict. "Haryana has given the verdict- it will not tolerate @BJP4Haryana 's misgovernance any more.Choosing to leave behind the maladies inflicted on its people in last 5years,the state is ready to embrace a new dawn of justice &equality under the leadership of @INCHaryana," she tweeted
Amid the number crunch in Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar has been summoned to Delhi. Confirming the development, Faridabad MP Krishanpal said Khattar had reached New Delhi and was holding discussions with the party high command.
“Manohar Lal Khattar has reached New Delhi and is holding discussions with the party high command. As far as result trends are concerned, people have voted for BJP and the government will be formed in Haryana under the leadership of Manohar Lal Khattar. We should wait for some more time,” Faridabad MP Krishanpal said.
After the first three rounds of counting, several BJP ministers are trailing in their respective constituencies. Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala is trailing in Tohana by over 10,000 votes, Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu is trailing in Narnaund by over 8,000 votes and OP Dhankar is trailing in Badli assembly constituency by over 7,000 votes. All three are prominent Jat leaders of BJP and are contesting from Jat dominated areas.
The Congress candidate for Ambala Cantonment assembly seat is pitted not only against a strong BJP nominee, five-time BJP MLA and Haryana minister Anil Vij, but also faces a rebel from his own party.
The party picked Mahila Congress leader Venu Singla, who is said to be close to Haryana unit chief Kumari Selja for the seat. Earlier, former Congress minister Nirmal Singh was the Congress candidate from here. Upset over his daughter Chitra Sarwara not getting the ticket, Nirmal Singh quit party and fielded her as an independent candidate.
While Nirmal Singh filed his nomination from Ambala City as an independent candidate, Chitra Sarwara jumped into the fray in Ambala Cantonment. In both these seats, party infighting seems to have cost Congress as independents are runner up on both seats
Congress leader and spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala leads from Kaithal.
In Mewat, BJP's Zakir Hussain leads in Nuh by only 603 votes, followed by Congress's Aftab Ahmed. Congress candidate Mamman Khan leads in Ferozepur Jhirka by over 28,000 votes, & Mohammad Ilyas, also a Congress candidate, leads in Punahana by over 4,000 votes.
With early trends suggesting BJP falling short of the majority mark in Haryana, JJP chief Dushyant Chautala said, "Haryana ki janta ka pyar mil raha hai. Badlaav ki nishaani hai. 75 paar toh fail hogaya (for BJP), ab Yamuna paar karne ki baari hai. (We are getting the love of the people of Haryana. This is a sign of change. BJP's bid to cross 75 has failed, now they will have to cross the Yamuna.)"
As the counting of votes began this morning, Jannayak Janata Party chief Dushyant Chautala said his party would emerge as the kingmaker and has the "key" to the elections. So how have the party's candidates fared so far? The party leads in eight seats. Chautala leads from Uchana Kalan while Naina Singh leads from Badhra and Ram Kumar Gautam leads from Narnaund. With the results from Haryana pointing to a hung Assembly, according to early trends, Chautala may emerge kingmaker. "Neither BJP, nor Congress will cross 40 seats. I believe that JJP will hold the key to formation of government in Haryana," he said today morning
BJP's Anil Vij leads from Ambala Cantt
BJP's Yogeshwar Dutt leads from Baroda
BJP's Babita Phogat leads from Dadri
JJP's Naina Chautala leads from Badhra
BJP's Sandeep Singh leads from Pehowa
BJP's ML Khattar leads from Karnal
INC's Bhupinder Hooda leads from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi
BJP's Parmod Kumar Vij leads from Panipat City
JJP chief Dushyant Chautala who is leading in Uchana Kalan said, the party will emerge as a "key" to Haryana elections. Key is the party symbol of JJP. "Haryana has already locked its future in EVMs. Trends are coming out. Each and every party worker's hard work will show. Haryana will change today. I can say one thing with confidence that Haryana's Vidhan Sabha's key will be in JJP's hands," he said.
In case BJP falls short of absolute majority and Congress gains substantial numbers, JJP may act as the kingmaker in Haryana.
Haryana Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu is now trailing from his Narnaund constituency in Hisar district to Jannnayak Janta Party candidate, as per early trends. JJP's Ram Kumar Gautam, who is a former BJP MLA, was leading from Narnaund by a margin of 1,828 votes over Abhimanyu, as per early trends made available by the Election Commission.
TV actress and TikTok star Sonali Phogat is trailing in Adampur. BJP fielded her against former CM Bhajan Lal's son Kuldeep Bishnoi
Despite a clean sweep in all 10 Lok Sabha seats in May and a weakened opposition in Haryana, the ruling party could face tough resistance in certain Assembly constituencies. There are at least 39 such Assembly segments out of 90 in Haryana, where BJP has never been able to make sufficient inroads. Besides these, there are 21 Assembly segments where BJP won for the first time in 2014 Vidhan Sabha polls. Read more
Haryana minister Anil Vij, a five-time legislator from Ambala Cantt, was said to be leading from his constituency in early trends. BJP minister Capt. Abhimanyu is also leading from Narnaund. Meanwhile, among the Opposition parties, JJP chief Dushyant Singh Chautala is leading in Uchana Kalan and Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala is leading in Kaithal.
The BJP has taken a wide lead in early trends in Haryana, leading in 53 of the state's 90 Assembly seats. The Congress is up in 22 seats, while other candidates are ahead in eight. The BJP's comfortable lead, as was predicted in most exit polls, will allow the party a second 5-year term.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his predecessor Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress are leading in their respective constituencies, as per the early trends available. Khattar, a first-time MLA, is seeking re-election from Karnal, while Hooda is seeking re-election from his stronghold Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak district.
The first hour of counting is usually reserved for postal votes -- votes of government staffers across the country, usually members of the defence and paramilitary forces. In Haryana, the BJP is leading in 40 of the 53 seats where counting has begun.
Appointed Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president just a month before the state went to polls (October 21), Kumari Selja had her task cut out — from handling the faction-ridden party and senior leaders such as former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who had publicly taken divergent positions on Article 370 and the NRC, to taking on the BJP, that won all the 10 seats in Haryana in the general elections this year. While the Rajya Sabha MP and Congress Legislative Party member admits she was appointed the Haryana chief a “little late”, she says the party is working to expose the state government with “renewed vigour”. She also admits October 21 polls are a challenge, but denies differences within state unit will hurt party
In 2014, BJP had won 47 seats – its best ever performance in Haryana, and formed the government with absolute majority. INLD had got 19, Congress 15 and Haryana Janhit Congress (which later merged into Congress) had got two. With a current strength of 48 in the Vidhan Sabha (including Jind that BJP won in a bypoll in January this year), BJP has set a target of 75 plus seats, this time.
The other political parties including BSP, AAP, INLD-SAD combine, Swaraj India and the Loktantra Suraksha Party (LSP) have also thrown their hat into the ring, though none of them is fighting on all 90 seats. Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stayed away from the campaign even while his party is contesting on 46 seats. The October 21 polls will also decide the fate of over 30 turncoats in the fray with BJP fielding 15, JJP 13 and Congress two such candidates.
Even as counting of votes is underway, Jannayak Janata Party leader Dushyant Chautala exuded confidence about winning the election. "Na BJP, na Congress 40 par karegi, satta ki chabi JJP ke haath mein hogi," he said, reported news agency ANI. Dushyant is locked in one of the most keenly observed poll battles in Haryana. The former MP from Hisar will once again take on BJP’s sitting MLA Prem Lata, who had defeated him from the Jat-dominated Uchana Kalan constituency by a margin of over 7,000 votes in the 2014 Assembly polls. Prem Lata is wife of Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Birender Singh.
Exit polls for the assembly elections in Haryana have predicted a sweep by the ruling BJP. While the polls were unanimous in predicting the NDA’s fortunes, they varied in their projection of seats for rival alliances — some forecast a further dip in the Opposition tally from 2014.
In Haryana, the polls have forecast 10-12 seats for the Congress, which had claimed 15 seats five years ago. The prediction has not come as a surprise though, considering that the Congress was in disarray in both these states. The majority mark in Haryana is 45.
Along with Maharashtra and Haryana, results for bypolls to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies will be declared today. The Election Commission will announce the results of bye-elections held in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Meghalaya and Telangana. Apart from this, Satara and Samastipur Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra and Bihar respectively also went to polls. You can follow live updates on the bypolls here.
The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) on Wednesday wrote to the chief election commissioner of India and the chief electoral officer of Haryana requesting that internet services be suspended in the region or at least within a 5 km radius around counting stations and strong rooms till the end of counting day. The party, in its 16-page letter, also suggested that jammers be installed, “to preserve the sanctity of the election process”.
The request cited media reports, previous court cases and controversial statements passed by senior BJP politicians implying that EVM tampering is possible.
Counting of votes begins for Haryana Assembly election. First ballot votes will be counted and initial trends are likely to trickle in by 10.30 am. Prominent among those whose fate will be known on Thursday include Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, former Congress CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, JJP leader Dushyant Chautala and INLD’s Abhay Singh Chautala.