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BJP single largest party, Congress improves 2014 tally; JJP key to forming govt in Haryana hung assembly
Counting underway for Haryana Assembly Election 2019.
DNA Web Team | Oct 24, 2019, 12:55 AM IST
1.65% voter turnout in Haryana elections
Haryana registered a total voter turnout of 65 percent in assembly elections 2019.
The exit poll conducted by Cicero and telecast by TV9 has predicted that the BJP will get 69 seats in the assembly election. The Congress, on the other hand, will be restricted to 11 seats. Other smaller parties and independents will be able to secure victory on 10 seats, the exit poll said.
The exit poll conducted by Jan Ki Baat has estimated 57 seats for the saffron party and 17 seats in the 90-member assembly for the Congress. It has given 16 seats to other parties or independents. The exit poll conducted by Jan Ki Baat was broadcast by Republic TV.
In another poll conducted by Times Now, the BJP is estimated to win 71 seats while Congress will cross the two-digit mark and is likely to stop at 11. Other parties will get 8 seats in the assembly election, the TV channel said.
A poll conducted by News 18-Ipsos has estimated 75 seats for the ruling party while it predicts that the Congress will get 10 seats. The pollster estimated 5 seats for other parties.
The poll conducted by CVoter has given 72 seats to the BJP. The pollster has estimated that the Congress will not cross two digits and will only win 8 seats. The polls, which was released by ABP News said other parties and independents will win 10 seats in the elections.
The poll of polls of these five exit polls shows that BJP will win 69 seats. The Congress, on the other hand, will barely cross the 2-digit mark and is likely to get 11 seats. The average of all the 6 exit polls gives other opposition parties 10 seats.
2.Election took place on October 21
Polling in 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 took place on Monday to decide the fate of 1,169 candidates.
The voting began at 7 am on Monday and ended at 6 pm on the same day. Till 6 pm the overall voter turnout is recorded at 61.72%. Final voting figures are likely to change.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, JJP's Dushyant Chautala and INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala were among the top leaders who campaigned in Haryana where abrogation of Article 370 and the slowing economy dominated the poll campaign along with some local issues.
While the BJP campaign-led by Prime Minister Modi himself focused on the abrogation of Article 370, the opposition Congress and other parties attacked the ruling party over unemployment, slowing economy and Khattar government's failure of keeping the promises.
