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Haryana Election Result Highlights: BJP gets third term with 48 seats; Cong 37
Haryana Election Result Live: The BJP defied anti-incumbency and exit poll projections to win the state for a third consecutive time.
Haryana Election Result Live: The BJP won Haryana for a third consecutive time, as counting of votes for the October 5 assembly election was held on Tuesday. In doing so, the saffron party defied an anti-incumbency of 10 years, as well as exit polls, that had projected a massive win for the opposition Congress....Read More
The BJP won 48 seats in the 90-member House; on the other hand, shocked Congress bagged 37 seats and was also leading on one. Three independents and two candidates of the INLD also registered wins.
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-To ensure security, 30 companies from the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) have been deployed at counting centres, in addition to 12,000 police personnel.
-The exit polls for Haryana predicted a clear majority for the Congress. A party or an alliance needs 46 seats to form the government. The Congress and the BJP remained cautious of exit poll predictions and expressed hope for victory.
-Key parties in the fray are the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) alliance and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)- Azad Samaj Party (ASP) alliance. The election is largely believed to be a bipolar contest between the BJP and the opposition Congress.
-Incumbent Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini remains the BJP's CM face. The Congress said any decision on chief ministerial face will be decided by the party's high command after considering feedback from all elected legislators.
-Farmer distress, the Agniveer military recruitment scheme, which sparked protests over reduced tenure and fewer post-service benefits, and the protests of wrestlers against BJP leader and ex-Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations were among the key assembly poll issues.