The National Conference-Congress alliance has taken the lead on over 45 plus seats in Jammu and Kashmir, while the BJP is leading on 24 seats, according to initial trends.
Prominent among those leading are National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah, Pradesh Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra, AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir and CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami and BJP’s former minister Sham Lal Sharma.
It’s neck-and-neck in Haryana as the numbers keep flipping to the Congress or the BJP’s favour every hour. As things stand currently, the BJP leads in 46 seats, closely followed by the Congress, that leads in 40.
In Haryana, both the Congress and BJP have big names trailing. For the BJP, its chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and six-time MLA Anil Vij who trail their Congress counterparts. Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat is also trailing from the Julana constituency.
After an intense first 2 hours of counting, where Haryana saw both the Congress and BJP leading at points, the saffron party looks to extend its lead. The BJP, as numbers stand, leads in 46 seats, while the Congress leads in 37.
The vote counting in the assembly elections in Haryana began at 8 am on Tuesday and the much-awaited election results for the 90 seats will be out in a few hours. The state recorded 67.9 per cent voter turnout in the polls.
Jammu and Kashmir, which voted for the first time in a decade recently, will get its first elected government as a Union Territory once the votes are counted on Tuesday.
Ahead of the counting, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said his party is open to taking support of rival Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP if required. His statement came after the exit polls hinted at a hung assembly.
Mufti, on the other hand, said PDP leadership will take a call on supporting a secular front only after the results are declared.
This comes as the Lieutenant Governor nominated BJP members or associates to the five reserved seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Abdullah said his party would approach the Supreme Court if the BJP-led Centre went ahead with the nominations.
