The BJP candidate Yogesh Kumar has pulled ahead with 26,670 votes in Haryana, leaving behind Vinesh Phogat, who has garnered 25,433 votes. Phogat trails by 1,237 votes after six rounds of counting, as of 11:25 AM.
Congress heavyweight Bhupendra Singh Hooda has taken a commanding lead from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency with 29,920 votes, extending his lead by 22,182 votes. Aditya Surjewala, another Congress candidate, has also surged ahead, securing 17,910 votes and maintaining a comfortable 2,623-vote lead.
Aditya Surjewala on the latest trend, after BJP takes lead in Haryana, expressed hope & confidence of Congress win in state.
“Only two rounds (of counting) have taken place so far. In the third round of counting, I am ahead by 2600 votes. I can’t tell you the trend only after two rounds but after at least 10 rounds. Congress will come in Haryana,” he said.
As per the election commission data between 3-5 rounds of counting has been completed in most of the 90 constituencies in the region. Meanwhile the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 28 seats as of 10:15 AM.
With the counting currently underway, the trends by the Election Commission of India have indicated that in Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu Kashmir National Conference and Congress alliance has crossed the halfway mark with leads in 47 seats as per trends released by the Elections commission at 10:15 AM.
The voting results decide the electoral fate of several former ministers including Tara Chand, Muzaffar Baig, Raman Bhalla, Basharat Bukha along with Omar Abdullah, Ravinder Raina, Yousuf Tarigami and several others.
(ANI)
