Haryana Election Result Highlights: BJP gets third term with 48 seats; Cong 37

Haryana Election Result Live: Wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat beat BJP candidate Yogesh Kumar by a margin of 6,015 votes and won the Julana assembly seat.

Haryana Election Result Live: "Elections are approaching. Elections should not be taken lightly. The biggest lesson from today’s election is to never be overconfident. Every election, seat is tough. We need to work hard. There should be no infighting. In this election, your role will be the most important because we are in the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi). The public expects basic things, like cleanliness. We need to ensure that cleanliness is maintained in our respective areas. If this is done, we will surely win the elections...Our main goal should be to win the elections," said AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

Haryana Election Result Live: Arjun Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) was leading the Congress candidate Sarv Mitter by a margin of 6,238 votes in Rania constituency.

Mitter has secured 34,682 votes after 12 rounds of vote counting, with 2 more rounds left.

Barring Arjun Chautala, all members of the Chautala clan who contested the Haryana elections are trailing in their respective seats.

Arjun is the son of INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala, who is trailing behind Bharat Singh Beniwal of the Congress by a margin of 14,917 votes in Ellenabad.

Read more about Arjun Chautala's electoral performance here

Haryana Election Result Live: Ambala Cantonment seat is witnessing a tough contest between BJP candidate Anil Vij and independent candidate Chitra Sawwara.

Vij is currently leading Sarwara by a margin of 1,077 votes with 8 more rounds of counting left, as of 1.25 pm.

Meet Cong rebel Chitra Sarwara, leading against BJP's Anil Vij Read here

Haryana Election Result Live: Congress candidate Aftab Ahmed won the Nuh assembly constituency by a margin of 46,963 votes. Tahir Hussain from the Indian National Lok Dal finished second by securing 44,870 votes.

The BJP candidate Sanjay Singh finished third with 15,902 votes.

Muslim dominated Nuh assembly constituency has become notorious for cow vigilantism over the years. Aftab Ahmed had promised a law against lynching in the name of cow protection and a judicial inquiry into the communal violence that rocked the district last year among other promises.

Haryana Election Result Live: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal slammed Arvind Kejriwal for Aam Aadmi Party's dismal performance in Haryana polls and alleged that the party only managed to cut into the Congress party's vote share.

“He came to Haryana only to take revenge from Congress. He falsely accused me of being a BJP agent, and today he himself is betraying the India Alliance and cutting votes of INC! Leave aside everything, a candidate was fielded to defeat even Vinesh Phogat. Why has the situation reached such a stage that you are not able to save your deposits in your home state? There is still time, give up your ego, remove the veil from your blurry eyes, stop doing drama and work for the people,” the MP said in a post on X.

Haryana Election Result Live: Congress MP Kumari Selja expressed confidence of her party's victory in Haryana and urged for patience from party workers as few more rounds of vote counting are awaited.

"I can't understand why the data is coming so slowly. It wasn't so in Lok Sabha elections. As per the ground reports, it is a close contest," she added.

Haryana Election Result Live: Wrestler Bajrang Punia congratulated Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat for her "victory" in Julana assembly constituency and described her electoral debut as a fight “against the strongest oppressive forces in the country”.

“Many congratulations to the country's daughter Vinesh Phogat for her victory. This fight was not just for one Julana seat, it was not just with 3-4 other candidates, it was not just a fight between parties. This fight was against the strongest oppressive forces in the country. And Vinesh emerged victorious,” said Punia in a post on X.

Phogat was leading her rival BJP candidate by a margin of 4,684 votes after 12 rounds of vote counting in Julana. The ECI has not declared the result as a victory yet.

Haryana Election Result Live: Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was leading from Garhi Sampla- Kiloi seat with 71,753 votes after ten rounds of voting.

His nearest rival, Manju from the ruling BJP, was trailing Hooda by a margin of 52,341 votes.

Seen as a potential chief ministerial face for the Congress party, Hooda said any decision on the post of chief minister will be decided by the party's high command.

Haryana Election Result Live: BJP hit back on Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's allegation saying that the party has conceded defeat in Haryana.

" If Jairam Ramesh has already started saying this and pointing fingers at Election Commission, then we should understand that they have accepted their defeat...as per the trends going on, I feel that we are moving towards an important victory and Congress has started taking precautionary measures for their future defeat," said party spokesperson Sudanshu Trivedi.

Haryana Election Result Live: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party will submit a memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the alleged slow update of results on the poll body's website.

"We are filing a memorandum in the next 5-7 minutes. We are lodging a complaint. We hope that the EC will answer our questions. The results of 10-11 rounds are already out but only 4-5 rounds have been updated on EC website. This is a tactic to pressure the Administration..." said the Congress leader.

Haryana Election Result Live: BJP leader Radhika Khera said the people of Haryana "delivered a blow" to the “false narrative” of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by giving a favourable verdict to the ruling BJP.

“History is being made in Haryana today, something we have never seen before, with the same party forming the government for the third time. If you (Rahul Gandhi) try to defame the country on the global stage, this is what happens,” she said.

Haryana Election Result Live: Wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat was leading Julana by a margin of 2,147 votes after 8 rounds of counting. Visuals coming in from the news agencies show an anxious Phogat waiting in front of the counting centre.

Her rival, Yogesh Kumar from the ruling BJP, has secured 33,703 votes, as per ECI website.

Wrestler and AAP candidate Kavita Rani has secured just 420 votes.

Haryana Election Result Live: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini is leading from Ladwa assembly constituency by securing 27,562 votes.

Congress candidate Mewa Singh is trailing Saini by a margin of 7,839 votes.

Earlier in the day, Saini expressed confidence that the ruling BJP will register a hat-trick victory in the state because of the “tremendous” developmental work undertaken in the last decade.

Haryana Election Result Live: Congress candidate Aditya Surjewala is leading from Kaital assembly constituency by securing 29,550 votes.

The BJP MLA Leela Ram Gujjar is trailing Surjewala by a margin of 4,959 votes.

Son of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala, Aditya lost the seat in 2019 by just 1,246 votes. Speaking to reporters, he predicted a wave of change in favour of the Congress in his constituency.

Haryana Election Result Live: Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala, seeking re-election from Uchana Kalan, is facing a tough challenge from his fellow candidates.

Chautala is trailing at a distant sixth with just 3,069 votes, a difference of more than 15,000 votes with the top contender, former Union minister Birender Singh's son Brijendra Singh.

Singh from the Congress is leading the seat by securing 18,494 votes. BJP's Devender Chatar Bhuj Attri is trailing him by a margin of 4,110 votes.

Haryana Election Result Live: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader expressed confidence that Congress will form the next government in Haryana and said that the wave of sentiment is against the ruling BJP in the state.

"There will be uncertainty until the results will come (in Haryana). Where there is a BJP government, it will be like this (uncertain situation). Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said that he has made all the arrangements for his victory. We will see the arrangements. However, the wave is against the BJP in Haryana...I am sure that Congress will form its government in Haryana and J&K...BJP will even lose in Maharashtra and Jharkhand also," Raut said.

Haryana Election Result Live: Former Haryana Home minister and BJP candidate from Ambala Cantonment seat Anil Vij fell behind independent candidate Chitra Sarwara by a margin of 1,200 votes, said ECI website.

Chitra Sarwara is leading the seat by securing 7,552 votes. Congress candidate Parvinder Pal Pari is at third position, trailing Sarwara by a marign of 3,553 votes.

Haryana Election Result Live: Independent candidate and India's richest woman Savitri Jindal was leading from Hisar constituency by a margin of 3,836 votes, said ECI website.

Congress candidate Ram Niwas Rara is trailing her with 1,689 votes and incumbent BJP minister Kamal Gupta is at third position with 1,352 votes.

Haryana Election Result Live: Congress candidate and wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat was trailing from Julana assembly seat by a margin of 2,128 votes, said ECI website.

The ruling BJP's Yogesh Kumar is now leading after securing 14,330 votes.

Haryana Election Result Live: AAP Haryana president Sushil Gupta said the party contested the BJP in a spirited manner in Haryana despite being allegedly targeted by investigative agencies.

"These are just initial trends...AAP will also get a good vote share here. Every worker of AAP worked hard. We didn't have funds. Our leaders were jailed but despite such tough situations, we contested strongly...BJP's ousting is certain," Gupta said.

Haryana Election Result Live: Former Haryana Home minister and BJP candidate from Ambala Cantonment seat Anil Vij expressed hope of a turnaround for the party as counting progresses.

"We are hopeful, running equal (to Congress). As counting advances, there will be a lot of turnaround. The initial figures were not correct, because postal ballot were scanned back then," said the BJP leader.

Anil Vij is now leading independent candidate Chitra Sarwara by a thin margin of votes.

Haryana Election Result Live: Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is leading by a margin of 11,100 votes from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency.

Haryana Election Result Live: Senior BJP leader and former Haryana minister Anil Vij is trailing behind Congress candidate Parvinder Pal Pari from Ambala Cantt, show early trends.

The BJP leader had expressed his desire to be the chief ministerial face of the party.

Haryana Election Result Live: Early trends showed Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini leading from Ladwa assembly constituency.