Election Results 2024 Live: Counting of votes begin in Haryana, J&K

Fully confident of forming government's with a majority in both Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana, says Pawan Khera

Sharing reactions on the Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections, Congress leader Pawan Khera said, "We are fully confident that we will be celebrating with sweets like laddoos and jalebis all day today. We even plan to send some jalebis to Prime Minister Modi. We are certain that we will form the government with a majority in both Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana."

Haryana: Congress leading in 57 seats, while BJP is ahead on 22 seats

INLD is leading on three seats, and independent candidates are ahead on eight seats as votes are being counted for the the 90 assembly seats in Haryana

Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda ahead

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was leading from his Ladwa seta in Kurukshetra district, while Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was ahead of his rivals in Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak district.

Aditya Surjewala, the Congress candidate from Kaithal, Haryana aserted that the Congress party will win around 60 seats and BJP will come down to 15 seats, as no other party will win any other seats.

"We have kept 7 promises and it has touched the hearts of people. Because of BJP, inflation has risen so much that it has become so difficult to run a household," Surjewala told media outside the counting center.

The first significant electoral event following the recent Lok Sabha polls will be the 2024 assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir, the vote tallying for which has commenced, starting with postal ballots and progressing to electronic voting machine (EVM) results. Three-tier security

Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal said three-tier security arrangements were in place at counting venues. Postal ballots will be counted first, followed by the counting of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) after 30 minutes, he said.

Congress ahead in Haryana, close fight in J&K, show early leads

Both states have 90 seats each, making 46 the majority mark. But in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lieutenant Governor's power to nominate five more members to the assembly has raised concern