The results of 54 days of electoral battle in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir were declared on Tuesday. There are 90 assembly seats in both the states and the majority figure is 46.
In Haryana, BJP is going to form the government for a record third time by winning 48 seats. Till now no political party has formed the government for three consecutive times in the state.
The crown of victory went to Nayab Singh Saini who was made the Chief Minister 200 days before the elections. It was decided before the elections that if the party wins, Nayab will be the next CM. It is being said that his swearing-in will take place on Vijay Dashmi on October 12. Congress fighting under the leadership of Bhupendra Hooda in Haryana managed to win 37 seats.
In the elections held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Congress are going to form a coalition government. 54-year-old Omar Abdullah will be the CM. The date of his swearing-in has not been decided yet.
The Congress-NC alliance won 48 seats. The BJP won 29 seats. 15 years ago in 2009 too, a Congress and NC alliance government was formed. Then Omar was 38 years old and became the youngest Chief Minister of the state.
First two faces of Haryana elections
1. Nayab Singh Saini
He took over as Haryana CM 200 days before the elections. He remained the face of the Chief Minister during the elections. Nayab defeated the Congress candidate from Ladwa seat by more than 16 thousand votes. He said- the public rejected the lies of Congress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President JP Nadda congratulated Nayab over the phone.
2. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Under the leadership of former CM Bhupendra Singh Hooda, Congress increased its seats by 5 as compared to 2019, but it could not reach the majority figure and was reduced to 37 seats. However, Bhupendra Hooda won the election from his seat. In Garhi Sampla, he defeated the opposition candidate by more than 71 thousand votes. After the result, he said – I accept the decision of the public.
Exit polls predict Congress government, all polls fail Exit polls came on 5th October after the last phase of voting. Apart from Bhaskar Reporters Survey, 12 survey agencies conducted polls for Haryana. Congress government was predicted in all the polls. In one poll Congress was expected to get 59 seats, but in the results all the polls failed. In the 90-seat Haryana Vidhan Sabha, BJP came to power by winning 48 seats.
BJP’s record win in Haryana, 3 master strokes
BJP won 48 out of 90 assembly seats in the state elections. There were many factors behind this hat-trick of BJP. To deal with the anger of the people, the party had cut the tickets of one third of its MLAs including 4 ministers. The 23 faces who could not win in 2019 were given a chance by new people this time and 12 of them were victorious.
BJP’s focus in Haryana is on 2 issues
1. Agniveer gets government job with pension
Haryana is a state from where a large number of youth join the army. Here the Congress had made the retirement of Agniveers in 4 years an issue. BJP turned this issue to its advantage. BJP promised in its manifesto that every Agniveer will be given a government job with pension.
2. Government job without any prescription or expense
BJP kept saying that in the last 10 years they have ended the system of bribery and bribery in government jobs. On the contrary, Congress candidates even fixed the quota. Many leaders including Neeraj Sharma and Kuldeep Sharma who made such promises lost the elections. There are more than 94 lakh voters in the age group of 18 to 39 years in the state, among whom the wrong message went against the Congress.
Now elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years
Congress-NC alliance gets 48 seats Out of 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference-Congress alliance got 48 seats. National Conference got 42 seats and Congress got 6 seats. BJP won 29 seats. PDP got 3 seats. Aam Aadmi Party has also won one seat. This is AAP’s first victory in the state.
3 faces of Kashmir elections 1. Omar Abdullah will be the next CM After the Congress-NC alliance was ahead in the election trends, NC Chief Farooq Abdullah came in front of the media. He said- The people of Jammu and Kashmir have told that the decision taken on 5 August 2019 was not accepted. Omar Abdullah will be the next Chief Minister.
2. Iltija accepted PDP’s defeat Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, lost from Srigufwara-Bijbehara seat. She said- I accept the decision of the people. Bijbehara seat of Anantnag district is considered the stronghold of the Mufti family. Since 1967, the Mufti family or PDP candidate has won 6 times in 9 assembly elections.
3. Ravindra Raina resigned from the post of state president
After the results were announced, Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina has resigned from his post. He was a candidate from Nowshera seat and lost his seat. He had performed a havan before the counting began. He had said – I am confident that BJP and its supporting parties will win the elections with a majority.
BJP has a lead in Jammu but lost all the seats in Kashmir 1. Out of 90 seats, 43 are in Jammu and 47 in Kashmir. BJP won 29 seats in Jammu region. BJP had fielded 20 candidates in Kashmir region. BJP could not open its account here. 2. The alliance of National Conference and Congress was already strong in Kashmir. Out of 42 seats of National Conference, more than 35 seats were from Kashmir region. Congress won 6 seats here. In this election, National Conference contested on 51 seats and Congress on 32 seats.
Voting was low, 50% exit polls predicted hung assembly. 63.88% voting took place in 3 phases from 18 September to 1 October in Jammu and Kashmir. 65% voting took place in the elections held 10 years ago in 2014. This time there was 1.12% less voting. In the exit polls released on 5 October, 5 surveys predicted NC-Congress government, while 5 claimed hung assembly.
