It was advantage Bharatiya Janata Party as it retained control of Haryana in assembly elections while also boosting its vote share in Jammu and Kashmir.
On the other hand, while Congress may find some solace in its alliance coming to power in the J&K assembly, it witnessed its vote share decline to the lowest level in three decades.
On the other hand, despite nearly matching BJP’s vote share in Haryana, the party could not leverage anti-incumbency to wrest power.
The elections will also reaffirm the saffron party’s stronghold in the Hindi heartland.
Moneycontrol analysis shows that the extent of the party’s victory was much higher than in the previous elections, as the number of seats won by a margin of over 10,000 votes increased.
Moreover, the BJP retained more seats than the Congress.
In J&K, the saffron party may not have been able to secure a win; it emerged as the second-largest party retaining its control in the Jammu region. It now accounts for a quarter of votes in the region.
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