Election Results 2024 Reactions Live Updates: Tuesday morning twist turned the tables for Congress in Haryana. The grand old party was leading in the state in the initial vote-counting trends; however, the BJP recovered won 48 seats while the Congress secured 36 seats and was leading on one in 90-member Haryana house, as per the EC trends at 7.29 pm on Tuesday.
The state assembly elections in Haryana are the first face-off between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Lok Sabha elections.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress-National Conference alliance is leading against BJP. Vote counting in Jammu and Kashmir will decide the fate of the mega battle of alliances. After a long gap of six years, the Union Territory will be governed by an elected government after the PDP-BJP coalition collapse in 2018.
Vote counting in Jammu and Kashmir
Vote counting in Jammu and Kashmir conducted amid heavy security deployment in the region. The J&K Assembly election results will be announced after the vote-counting process is completed by 6 p.m.
In Jammu and Kashmir, five members of the J&K Assembly will be nominated by the Lieutenant Governor of the UT, Manoj Sinha. J&K’s fate will rely upon regional players, with the National Conference, being projected by several exit polls, emerging as the single largest party.
Vote counting in Haryana
A total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 independents and 101 women, are contesting the Haryana Assembly Elections. The vote counting today will decide the fate of the 90 constituencies that voted in a single phase on October 5. Key parties contesting the elections are the BJP, the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party, INLD-BSP, and the JJP-Azad Samaj Party. However, most seats will likely see a direct fight between the BJP and the Congress.
Vote counting began at 8 am with postal ballots being counted first. Later, the votes from the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be counted after 30 minutes. The direct information of Haryana and J&K Assembly election results will be updated on the Election Commission of India’s website.
Check all the latest assembly election results updates on Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir. Check Election Results 2024 Highlights and Election Results 2024 Reactions with our live coverage on Mint.
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘I have been a (BJP) star campaigner for Haryana...wherever I went...the truth on the ground is very different...we are not taking this as pride but respect of people...we could see the blueprint of the results earlier itself...now it has become clear that...people are ready to walk with those who do work, are honest…,’ BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Haryana election result trends
Election Results Reaction Live: "I express my heartfelt gratitude to the people of Udhampur West and also thank the party high command for giving me the ticket. The BJP workers worked very hard...I give the credit of the victory to the people of Udhampur West and the BJP,' says Pawan Kumar Gupta, BJP candidate from Udhampur West Assembly Constituency
Election Results Reaction Live: People have given their mandate, they have proven that they don't accept the decision that was taken on August 5...Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah
Election Results Reaction Live: If you pay for exits polls or waste time discussing them you deserve all the jokes/memes/ridicule. There was a reason I called them a waste of time a few days ago.
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘This is the victory of people, I thank the people of Jind for having faith and love in BJP...we have been saying since earlier, it was clear that BJP will form the govt in Haryana…’ Dr Krishan Lal Middha, BJP candidate from Jind, after winning the polls
Election Results Reaction Live:"...BJP will stay in power in Haryana till 2047. Haryana will become a 'Viksit' state...The public of the nation is satisfied with the development works of the BJP. The BJP government is set to be formed in Haryana for the third time with an absolute majority...Nayab Singh Saini will take the oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time..." Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli on election trends
Election Results Reaction Live: 'Wait until the final results come in. The trends we are seeing clearly show that BJP is moving toward victory in Haryana. In Jammu and Kashmir, this will be BJP's best performance ever. The way the elections were conducted smoothly here, all parties should congratulate PM Modi, no matter how many seats each party gets,' said BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘...Different trends are being seen as of now. I think, everyone who knows the ground report is waiting for the final results. I think, only after seeing the final results it will be clear who is getting the mandate to form the government,’ Delhi minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai on Haryana election result trends
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘I congratulate the BJP because even after so much anti-incumbency wave, it seems they are forming the government in Haryana...The Congress party needs to think about its strategy because wherever there is a direct fight with the BJP, the Congress party gets weakened…’, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Haryana election result trends
Election Results Reaction Live: "We had hopes...because of the work done by BJP govt in the last 10 years under the leadership of PM Modi, BJP is going to form govt in Haryana for the 3rd time...this election was not of Congress but Rahul Gandhi's failure...BJP promoted the development agenda...and people like talks regarding development..." Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav on Haryana election trends
Election Results Reaction Live: 'Congress is ahead percentage-wise (in Haryana), Congress has 41 pc and BJP 39 pc, it will be clear by evening. The trend cannot be trusted now. The results are yet to come. Congress is winning J&K. Let the final results come," Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on trends emerging from counting of votes for Haryana and J&K elections
Election Results Reaction Live: 'At 8.30-9.00 am Pawan Khera was distributing Jalebis, around 11.30 their spokespersons started criticizing the Election Commission, by 12 noon Jairam Ramesh started to raise questions on the country's institutions and by 2pm Congress will begin to question the intelligence of the voters. Be it J&K or Haryana, Congress has been given the message that pehalwan, jawan, nau jawan, kisan sab karte hain Modi ka samman aur Rahul Gandhi hai nafrat ki dukaan...,' BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on election trends
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘BJP is not far behind...we had told that we will win 35 seats and we are reaching nearby. towards the last round, we will achieve our target...We can only say something once the result comes...but it has to be accepted that currently they (NC-Congress) are leading and if they win, they will form the govt,’ former J&K Deputy CM and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on J&K Assembly election result trends
Election Results Reaction Live: Under the leadership of PM Modi, BJP is forming the government in Haryana for the third time. The workers are very happy. People have expressed confidence in the development work done by BJP..." BJP MP Arun Singh on election trends
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘I want to thank people who worked hard...I had no money or resources...this defeat is of PM Modi not just of BJP,’ says Nazir Ahmad, NC candidate from Gurez Assembly
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘These are only early trends. We are in the position to form government. I fully hope that the result will be in our favour,’ Delhi Congress president Devendra Yadav on Haryana election trends
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘There is a mismatch in the actual number of rounds counted and the number of rounds being shown on the television through the Election Commission data. The EC data is lagging behind, they are still showing 4th or the 5th found data while 11 rounds have been counted. Our General Secretary Communications has tweeted to the Election Commission asking - are trying to put pressure on the local administration by delaying the display and uploading of data. In J&K you are getting live data with every round counted but in Haryana, it is not so,’ Congress leader Pawan Khera on Haryana, J&K election trends
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘I have been maintaining that our mark will cross 50 (in J&K), I am still hoping that the final results will be accordingly...This (nomination of 5 MLA seats by LG) is pre-meditated, pre-conceived, pre-poll rigging. This is totally unconstitutional and undemocratic - it is an insult to popular mandate…’ J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on J&K election trends
Election Results Reaction Live: 'We are seeing a significant gap between the two parties (Congress and BJP) in Haryana. There was a lot of discussion, but the reality is in front of you. I am fully confident that BJP will win again this time, and it will be a historic victory," BJP leader Shazia Ilmi afte after Haryana election result trends
Election Results Reaction Live: '...We have to wait and see...We shouldn't make a premature conclusion right now...At the moment, they (BJP) seem to be leading in a majority of the seats (in Haryana) which is a genuine surprise. Certainly, the whole exit poll industry must be in a deep disgrace...Honestly, let us wait for the final results...My own feeling is that the signs in Haryana are not what we were expecting and are better than what INDIA block was expecting in Jammu & Kashmir,' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor reacts on Haryana, J&K election result trends
Election Results Reaction Live: 'As I have told earlier as well, BJP will do well in both Haryana and J&K, in Haryana, BJP will form the govt for the 3rd time...people of Haryana stand by BJP...they will form the double engine govt...in J&K also, BJP's performance will be very good' , Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Arun Sao after Assembly elections trends
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘I accept the verdict of the people. The love & affection I received from everyone in Bijbehara will always stay with me. Gratitude to my PDP workers who worked so hard throughout this campaign’ PDP candidate Iltija Mufti
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘I am confident that Congress government will be formed in . The figures haven’t been updated on EC website for quite some time’, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate reacts as Haryana trends suggest decisive lead for BJP.
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘Trends indicate that BJP is going to form a government for the third time. The hat-trick of BJP in Haryana shows people's faith in the party and its development work. It is a big win from the perspective of democracy’, says UP Minister and BJP leader Narendra Kumar Kashyap
Election Results Reaction Live: ‘We have full confidence, the way people showed enthusiasm and excitement for democracy. After a gap of 10 years, people got the opportunity to choose their govt and today is the result day...this is the victory for everyone…’ AIP Er Rashid Candidate Adil Hussain Dar on J&K Assembly election result trends
Election Results Reaction Live: "In the next few hours, we hope for results. It will be an opportunity to reclaim what we lost in August 5, 2019. We are optimistic for a favourable result. The next challenge will lie when the results will be declared. Party leadership will decide about the alliance. All the parties will have to come forward to reclaim what we lost," says JKPDP candidate from Pulwama Waheed Para
Election Results Reaction Live: "NC-Congress alliance will cross magic figure of 50": Congress leader Ghulam Mir on assembly polls result day
Election Results Reaction Live: "The trends are in a positive direction. We are confident that this positive trend will convert into a historic mandate for BJP in Haryana....In J&K, the festival of democracy was celebrated with enthusiasm, the public will give a decisive and historic decision, and BJP's performance will be its best till now," BJP National spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said
Election Results Reaction Live: Reacting to the initial Haryana Assembly Vote counting trends, former state CM and Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “ As per the current trends, Congress is going to form the govt...the party will decide (CM face)...Congress will bring its own majority...credit goes to party, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, all party leaders and people of Haryana…”
Election Results Reaction Live: Despite a stark reversal in vote counting trends in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Tuesday maintained that Congress will win around 65 assembly seats and form government in Haryana.
“I am confident that Congress will win around 65 assembly seats and form the government in Haryana. In J&K, JKNC and Congress alliance will cross the majority mark and I am confident that those who are against BJP will also ally with the Congress-JKNC alliance...We are forming the government in J&K and Haryana,” Congress leader told ANI on Tuesday,
Election Results Reaction Live: The grand old party was leading in the state in the initial vote-counting trends; however, the BJP recovered and is now leading on 48 seats while the Congress leads on 34 seats in the 90-member Haryana house, as per the ECI trends
Election Results Reaction Live: “We can see the people of Haryana teaching a lesson to Congress. In the morning, they (Congress) opened their 'Jhooth ki dukaan'...Within Congress, there are people who want Hooda to lose, and they were the ones who were bursting crackers,” said BJP leader Anil Vij.
Election Results Reaction Live: Vote counting is underway in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla. PTI visuals show polling officers carrying out vote counting at a centre in Baramulla.
Election Results Reaction Live: Congress candidate from Jammu South Raman Bhalla on Tuesday said that the party had sensed the public sentiment in Jammu and Kashmir earlier.
Raman Bhalla said, " In J&K, the alliance is going to form the govt, we had anticipated it earlier itself because we saw the crowd during public rallies, it showed how much people were sad between 2014 and 2024..."
Election Results Reaction Live: BJP leader Rajiv Jaitley on Tuesday maintained that the BJP will emerge victorious in elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana and said, “If we look at the recent elections in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, the early trends were similar, and the exit polls reflected the same (as Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir). However, as the results started coming in, BJP's seat count kept increasing to the point where we formed our governments in all three states. The situation is the same here; I am fully confident that BJP will form a strong government in both states.”
Election Results Reaction Live: As early election trends indicate Congress victory in Haryana, party workers were seen bursting crackers outside AICC headquarters in Delhi as early trends, reported PTI.
Election Results Reaction Live: With the beginning of vote counting in the state, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini has expressed confidence over the return of the BJP in the state.
“We are confident that the service we have done to Haryana over the past 10 years, on basis of that I can say that we are forming the government for a third time. The BJP is ready to serve the state for a third time,” ANI quoted Haryana CM as saying Tuesday morning.
Election Results Reaction Live: The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is leading in Haryana's two election seats, according to early election trends.
Election Results Reaction Live: The vote counting in J&K and Haryana has begun with major political parties including BJP, Congress, AAP, PDP, etc expressing confidence of better performance in the assembly election results.