Counting for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana Assembly elections 2024 is underway, with early trends showing a tight fight in the latter and the Congress-National Conference (NC) comfortably leading in J&K, where polls have taken place for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indi💧an Constitution.
The counting of votes began at 8 am at 28 counting centres for the 90 seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly which went to polls in three phases - September 18, September 25, and October 1. In Haryana, where voting took pl🌼ace on October 5, counting was taking place across 93 in 22 districts.
Assembly Elections Counting Early Trends
NC-Congress Ahead In J&K: At around 10 am, the National Conference-Congress alliance had crossed the majority mark and took lead on 50 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, while the BJP was leading over 20 seats as per initial trends.
PDP In Single Digits In J&K: Trends across sources showed that the PDP was ahead in two seats in the Union territory while the Independents were leading on four seats𝓀.
J&K Key Candidates: 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 Lalꦯ Sharma.
Haryana Early Trends | Tight Fight On: In Haryana, some reports initially showed the Congress past the majority mark of 45 in the 90-member assembly, but tables turned as BJP later crossed the majority mark in early trends. While the tight fight between BJP and Congress was underway at the time of last update in this report at 10 am𒆙, the actual situation would become clear as more votes are counted.
