Assembly election results: Counting of votes starts in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir

The counting of votes in the recently concluded assembly elections in two states, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, got underway on Tuesday morning. Postal votes will be counted first in both states, followed by EVMs.??

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Haryana assembly election

In Haryana, where the BJP is seeking a third consecutive term in office, 93 counting centres have been set up across 90 assembly constituencies in 22 districts of the state.??

The elections in?Haryana?are the first major direct contest between the BJP and the Congress following the Lok Sabha polls.??

The key parties in the fray are the BJP, the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, INLD-BSP, and JJP-Azad Samaj Party. However, most seats are likely to see a direct fight between the BJP and the Congress.??

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Exit polls in Haryana

A total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents and 101 women, are in the fray in?Haryana's 90 constituencies.??

All exit polls have suggested that Haryana, which went to the polling booth in a single-phase election on 5 October, has voted for change.??

BJP confidant of third term

Rejecting the exit poll results,?Haryana?Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has expressed confidence in winning and claimed that the BJP will form the government for a third time with a full majority.??

Jammu and Kashmir assembly election

In Jammu and Kashmir, the assembly election for 90 constituencies was held over three phases on 18 September, 25 September, and 1 October, respectively.??

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Exit polls have predicted that the National Conference-Congress alliance has an edge in Jammu and Kashmir, in the first assembly elections there in ten years, and the first since the region lost its semi-autonomous status and statehood.

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