Good morning! Hello and welcome to Moneycontrol’s LIVE coverage of the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections.
This LIVE blog will bring you the latest updates as votes are counted throughout the state and the results are declared.
When are the results expected?
Counting of votes will begin at 8.00 am across Haryana. Just like the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the final results are expected to be slightly delayed as match of VVPAT slips would take time.
However, with known leads by around 11.00 am, the result is likely to be clear by early afternoon.
Voter turnout
Voter turnout for the Legislative Assembly election on October 21 (Monday) was recorded 65.7 percent, according to the Election Commission of India (EC).
This was lower than the 76.5 percent turnout recorded in 2014.
Here’s a low-down on the political situation in Haryana
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP is hoping to retain power.
It is being challenged by a fractured Opposition. Congress is being led by former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. This is the first Assembly election for Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Party. He had formed JJP after splitting from his grandfather’s Indian National Lok Dal in 2018. BJP’s partner in Punjab — the Shiromani Akali Dal — has allied with INLD.
Some of the other parties in fray are Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bahujan Samaj Party and Yogendra Yadav’s Swaraj India.
During the campaign Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President Amit Shah, among other BJP leaders had held rallies extensively in the state.
Re-polling held in 5 booths
Re-polling was held in five polling booths of Haryana yesterday.
Some "shortcomings" were noticed after which re-polling was ordered in these booths, Haryana’s joint Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dr Inder Jeet had said on October 22.
The re-polling was held in booth number 71 of Uchana Kalan Assembly constituency in Jind district, 161 of Beri constituency in Jhajjar district, 28 of Narnaul Assembly constituency in Narnaul district, 18 of Kosli in district Rewari and booth number 113 of Prithla in Faridabad district.
2 Independent candidates from Sirsa taken to Delhi by BJP MP
Two of the eight Independent candidates, who registered a victory in the Haryana Assembly polls on Thursday, were taken to Delhi by a BJP MP, sources said.
Independents Gopal Kanda and Ranjeet Singh were taken to Delhi by a chartered plane by Sirsa MP Sunita Duggal.
Kanda and Singh told the media before boarding the plane that they will support the party which will work for the development of Sirsa.
Duggal refused to comment on rushing the two Independent candidates to the national capital. All she said was, "It is an internal matter of the BJP."
While Kanda won from Sirsa, Singh, the brother of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, won the Rania seat. (PTI)
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BJP sources told News18 that there will be no change in the CM faces in both Haryana and Maharashtra.
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BJP's Parliamentary board meeting has concluded, and the board has authorised BJP national president Amit Shah to take all future decisions regarding Haryana and Maharashtra, News18 has reported.
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Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that he will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi tomorrow to discuss the next steps.
Dushyant Chautala on alliance:
It will be discussed only in the national executive meeting tomorrow at 10 am and after deliberations with elected MLAs.
Gobind Kanda, brother of Independent MLA Gopal Kanda:
2009 has repeated itself in 2019. Instead of Congress it is BJP today, with victory on 40 seats. Gopal Kanda has left for Delhi with 6 MLAs. They will form BJP's govt. (ANI)
Manohar Lal Khattar is unlikely to meet the Haryana Governor today, News18 has reported.
PM Modi has concluded his address to party workers at the BJP headquarters.
PM Modi: Once again, I would like to congratulate Devendra ji and Manohar ji’s teams. I would like to wish the people a very happy Diwali.
PM Modi: Now that you have given us the opportunity to serve you again, I would like to assure people of both states that we will work harder than before.
PM Modi: In 2014, BJP and Shiv Sena came together after the election. It was the people’s decision. This time too, people of Maharashtra have elected us with a clear majority.
PM Modi: Before 2014, BJP was always a junior party of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. For 50 years, no CM was able to serve the people for a full five-year term. Devendra Fadnavis got the opportunity to serve for full five years. Maharashtra and especially Mumbai contribute immensely to the country’s economy. Political stability is important there.
PM Modi is talking about BJP’s expansion and rise in Haryana. He has praised Haryana BJP for being able to retain power in the state.
PM Modi: These victories are rare as they (BJP governments in Maharashtra and Haryana) have managed to retain power and emerge as single-largest parties.
I am convinced that under their (Fadnavis and Khattar), Maharashtra and Haryana will scale new heights of developments in the time to come: PM Modi
PM Modi: BJP workers in Maharashtra and Haryana worked tirelessly. I would like to congratulate them.
PM Modi: People of Haryana and Maharashtra have blessed us. I thank them for their blessings.
PM Modi is now addressing BJP workers.
Amit Shah: Under Modi ji’s leadership, BJP’s expansion and India’s development is guaranteed. I would like to congratulate Modi ji for this victory. I would also like to congratulated Devendra Fadnavis and Manohar Lal Khattar.
Amit Shah: The two leaders of the BJP have worked towards giving a zero corruption government to the people of Maharashtra and Haryana.
Amit Shah: In Modi 2.0, BJP has started by winning two Assembly election wins.
Amit Shah: I want to congratulate and thank crores of BJP workers. BJP-Shiv Sena has retained power with full majority. In Haryana, we have improved the vote share by 3 percent and have emerged as the single largest party. I thank people of Haryana for that.
BJP National President Amit Shah, BJP Working President JP Nadda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari are with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi has arrived at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. He is expected to address party workers soon.
BJP sources have told News18 that there will be no talks with Dushyant Chautala’s JJP and that the party will only seek support of Independent MLAs.
Congress’ reaction to the Haryana and Maharashtra election results
"Maharashtra and Haryana election results are almost final. We accept people’s mandate with honour and humility. This is a moral defeat for the BJP. PM Modi and Amit Shah’s leadership was far from ground reality," Congress leader Anand Sharma has said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter:
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 @BJP4Haryana Karyakartas who toiled extensively and went among the people to elaborate on our development agenda.
BJP National President Amit Shah has reached the BJP headquarters. PM Modi is expected to reach there shortly. BJP’s senior leadership is expected to discuss the Haryana and Maharashtra poll results.
JJP chief Dushyant Chautala is on his way to Delhi, according to News18. JJP is expected to hold a meeting of party leaders in the national capital tomorrow.
Read the full opinion piece here: Face-saver for Congress, embarrassment for BJP
“The BJP is set to form the government in Maharashtra and with the help of other parties could even come back to power in Haryana, but the results are not what it expected. It's a wake-up call for the ruling party,” Moneycontrol’s Viju Cherian writes.
Haryana Election Result | Leads + wins according to EC
BJP: 40
Congress: 31
JJP: 10
Independents: 7
INLD: 1
Haryana Lokhit Party: 1
BJP leader Anil Vij:
Internal report says that we have the majority. We are forming the government in Haryana.
Haryana Election Result | Update:
Latest Election Commission (EC) trends said the saffron party had won or was leading in 40 seats. It had won 47 seats in the 2014 Haryana Assembly polls.
According to the latest data available on the EC website, the BJP got 36.3 per cent votes. The vote share of the Congress, which has emerged stronger than the last polls but is behind the BJP, is almost the same as it was in the Lok Sabha polls. The party got 28.42 per cent of the total votes polled in the Lok Sabha election, while in the Assembly polls, it has secured 28.2 per cent votes and 31 seats.
The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), which was leading in only one Assembly segment after the Lok Sabha election, has won five seats and is leading in five more.
Haryana Election Result |
The vote share of the ruling BJP fell by a massive 22 per cent in the Haryana Assembly polls after the party secured over 58 per cent votes in the state in the Lok Sabha polls held in April-May and won all the 10 seats. A number of ministers in the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government lost, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had coined the slogan "Abki Baar 75 paar" (this time we will cross 75 seats), appeared to be falling well short of the majority mark of 46 in the 90-member House.
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Haryana CM and BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar has staked claimed to form the government as BJP is the single largest party. Khattar will travel to Delhi to meet the Governor of Haryana.
Haryana Election Result | BREAKING:
BJP Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to stake claim to form the government in the state, say sources. Dushyant Chautala's JJP to support BJP, added the sources.
Haryana Election Result | JUST IN:
Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda received his certificate after winning from Garhi Sampla Kiloi Assembly Constituency. "Mandate is against the current govt of Haryana andall parties should come together to form a strong government whether it's JJP, BSP, INLD or independent candidates," Hooda said.
Haryana Election Result | JUST IN:
Congress wins three seats in Kalka, Kharkahuda (SC) and Ladwa seats while in Kalayat BJPs Kamlesh Dhanda registers a victory.
Haryana Election Result | Update:
PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will meet and address party workers at the Delhi headquarters this evening. BJP Parliamentary Board will also meet at the party headquarters today.
INLD rejects Congress' offer to form alliance against BJP
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."
Haryana Election Result |
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya to media: Although we have done good work in Haryana in the last five years, it seems there has been some communication gap between voters and the party. It seems that we couldn't take our message to the voters.
Next Haryana CM will be JJP's Dushyant Chautala: Ex-Congress unit chief Ashok Tanwar
Congress leader and former Haryana chief Ashok Tanwar says Congress has extended its support to the JJP and Dushyant Chautala should be the next CM. "Haryana's CM will be JJP's Dushyant Chautala. We have given unconditional support to the JJP. Haryana needs a young CM," Tanwar said.
I believe Haryana wants change and JJP will bring it: Dushyant Chautala
The JJP chief said, "Counting of slips from a VVPAT is underway. As soon as I get certificate, I will discuss with everyone, hold meetings with MLAs tomorrow and decide future course of action. It is too early to say anything. I believe the state wants change and JJP will bring it," reports news agency ANI.
Haryana Election Result | Prominent BJP ministers trailing
Om Prakash Dhakhar (Badli)
Kanwar Pal, Speaker Vidhan Sabha, (Jagadhri)
Krishan Bedi (Shahbad)
Krishan Panwar (Israna)
Kavita Jain (Sonepat)
Capt Abhimanyu (Narnaund)
Manish Grover (Rohtak)
Subhash Barala, BJP president (Tohana)
Haryana Election Result | In Haryana, tables turn for INLD
The INLD, that had won 19 seats during the 2014 election, has currently won only one seat, while the JJP formed by members who broke away from INLD, is currently leading in 10 seats and might actually turn out to be the kingmaker, given the leads of Congress and BJP at the moment.
Haryana Election Result | JUST IN:
Gopal Kanda of the Haryana Lokhit Party, who was accused of rape and unnatural sex with a flight attendant, has won from the seat of Sirsa by 602 votes.
Haryana Election Result | JUST IN: BJP retains Ambala Cantt, Ballabgarh; JJP notches up another win
BJP retains seats in Ambala Cantt and Ballabhgarh with a victory for cabinet minister Anil Vij and Mool Chand Sharma respectively. JJP's Naina Singh Chautala wins from Badhra.
BJP candidate and former hockey star Sandeep Singh wins from Pehowa
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.
Haryana Election Result | BREAKING:
Wrestler-turned-BJP candidateBabita Phogat, who became a household name after the movie 'Dangal', has lost from Dadri.
Haryana Election Result | JUST IN:
INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala has won from their bastion Ellenabad constituency.
