Haryana Election Results 2024 highlights: BJP, Congress set to win 5 seats each

The Congress made significant gains in Haryana wresting five Lok Sabha seats and giving a setback to ruling BJP, whose tally was down from 10 to five in the state, where the assembly polls are also due later this year.

As the Congress made a comeback, its Rohtak candidate Deepender Singh Hooda won with the highest margin while party veteran Kumari Selja also registered a big win in Sirsa.

For the BJP, former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar (Karnal), and Union ministers and sitting MPs Rao Inderjit Singh (Gurgaon) and Krishan Pal Gurjar (Faridabad) were among notable winners.

In the 2019 elections, the BJP had won all 10 seats in the state.

Candidates of the JJP, which contested all 10 seats and INLD and BSP, which fought seven and nine seats, respectively, received a severe drubbing in this election.

In a post on X in Hindi, JJP leader Dushyant Chautala said, “On one hand, I am proud of the voters of India that they have always voted to strengthen the country, the Constitution and democracy.

“On the other hand, I apologize that we did not live up to your expectations while being in the government and the assembly (when JJP was ally of BJP).” In the Karnal assembly constituency, where a bypoll was held, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini won with a convincing margin of 41,540 votes over Congress nominee Tarlochan Singh.

Congress’ Selja Kumari has won the Sirsa constituency, defeating the BJP’s Ashok Tanwar by more than 2.6 lakh votes. Selja has been leading in trends since counting began earlier today. She is the first victor to be announced from Hartana ===

The fight for the Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency goes down to the wire with Congress’ Satpal Brahamchari leading against his nearest rival and BJP candidate Mohan Lal Badoli by just 2,968 votes.

In a close contest Congress’ Raj Babbar and BJP’s Naveen Jindal lead with a margin of less than 5,000 votes over their nearest rivals.

There is no clear victor yet in Haryana. At present Naveen Jindal has pulled ahead by a thin margin over AAP’s Sushil Kumar Gupta in Kurukshetra. 

In Sonipat, BJP’s Mohan Lal Badoli has a margin of more than one lakh votes over his closest competitor Satpal Brahmachari. 

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and former Congress Haryana president Kumari Selja lead by over one lakh votes in Rohtak and Sirsa Lok Sabha seats respectively. Former BJP Chief Minister Manohar Lal leads with over one lakh votes in Karnal.

As per data from the ECI website, the Congress is leading in Ambala, Sirsa, Hisar, Rohtak and Gurgaon, while the BJP is leading in Karnal, Sonipat, Bhiwani- Mahendragarh and Faridabad.. Kurukshetra continues to see Dr. Sushil Kumar Gupta of the Aam Aadmi Party in the lead.

This puts the INDIA bloc in the lead as of now. 

Aam Aadmi Party candidate D.r Sushil Gupta is leading in Kurukshetra. He is up against Naveen Jindal of the BJP, and INLD’s Abhay Singh Chautala. 

Raj Babbar, who is contesting on a Congress ticket, is leading in Gurgaon. Congress’ Deepender Singh Hooda leads in Rohtak, and Selja Kumari has maintained her lead in Sirsa. Meanwhile, BJP’s Ranjit Singh leads in Hisar. 

As of 9:40, Congress is leading in five seats and BJP in four. 

The Congress candidate in Sirsa, Selja, has taken an early lead as counting progresses in the State. She is facing off against BJP’s Ashok Tanwar, Indian National Lok Dal’s Sandeep Lot Valmiki, Mistri Daulat Ram Rolan (Peoples Party of India (Democratic)) and a host of independent candidates. 

Congress has also taken a lead in Ambala. Meanwhile, BJP has taken a lead in Karnal and Bhiwani- Mahendragarh. 

Counting is underway for Haryana’s 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.