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.
The state government has beefed up security at the counting venues with three-tier arrangements. This will be the first major election after the Lok Sabha polls where the BJP and the Congress are facing each other directly.
Besides the ruling BJP and the Congress, other parties in the fray include Aam Aadmi Party, INLD-BSP and JJP-Azad Samaj Party.
The elections saw around 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents, battling it out. However, the women representation in the elections was only one against 10 men as only 101 female candidates were in the fray.
The exit polls predicted a Congress victory. If this happens, Bhupinder Singh Hooda is likely to become the next chief minister of Haryana. But the BJP government led by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has claimed it will form the government with full majority.
THE WEEK brings to you the live updates of Haryana vote counting and election results here:
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7 mins ago
Former Haryana CM and Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh Hooda says Congress will form government in the state.
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8 mins ago
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12 mins ago
Tie in Haryana as BJP ahead in 42 seats, Congress in 40
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35 mins ago
All three AICC observers in Haryana, Ajay Maken, Ashok Gehlot and Partap Singh Bajwa, to travel to Chandigarh as Congress crosses halfway mark in early trends.
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1 hour ago
As counting progresses in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Pawan Khera says the party is confident. "We will get to eat laddus and jalebis all day today, we are going to send jalebis to Prime Minister Modi as well... We are confident that we are going to form the government with a majority in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir."
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1 hour ago
Congress ahead in 60 seats; BJP leads in 17
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1 hour ago
Congress celebrates in Delhi after initial trends in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir
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1 hour ago
AAP's Satbir Singh Goyal ahead in Kaithal; Ani Ranga leads in Narwana
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1 hour ago
Congress leads in 41 seats in Haryana while ruling BJP ahead in 23 constituencies.
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1 hour ago
Vinesh Phogat ahead in Julana; Congress races ahead in early trends
