The BJP is set to form government in Haryana for the historic third time, defying exit poll predictions which gave Congress a comfortable majority. BJP’s hat-trick in Haryana is significant after it lost five Lok Sabha seats to Congress in the General Elections that were held just six months ago. It has won 40 seats, while the Congress has won 31 seats.
The alliance of the National Conference (NC) and Congress has won the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, which were the first assembly elections since 2014, first as a Union Territory and first after the removal of Article 370 which gave the erstwhile state special status.
Addressing a press conference, senior Jairam Ramesh said that the priority of the alliance government will the restoration of statehood in J&K. He also said that the results in Haryana were “totally unexpected”.
In J&K’s 90 seats, the NC and Congress have won in 48, the BJP in 29 and the PDP in three
AAP’s Mehraj Malik has handed the Arvind Kejriwal-led party its first-ever electoral win in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP failed to make an impact. Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija conceded defeat early in the day from the Mufti family bastion of Bijbehera.
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