Haryana Assembly election result: BJP wins 48 seats to secure majority

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 seats of 8 pm on Tuesday, as the counting of votes for the Haryana Assembly elections was underway.

The Assembly has 90 members and 46 seats are required to form the majority.

Most exit polls had projected a victory for the Congress in the state.

The Congress won 36 seats and was leading in one other as of 8 pm, while the Indian National Lok Dal clinched two seats.

Independent candidates won three seats, Election Commission data showed.

The Assembly polls in the state took place in a single phase on Saturday, recording a 67.9% voter turnout.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday that his party had filed a complaint with the Election Commission alleging a delay in updating the leads and results of the polls, ANI reported.

In a letter to the poll panel, the party claimed that uploading of the results on the Election Commission’s website had slowed down between 9 am and 11 am.

“As you can imagine this allows bad faith actors to spin narratives that undermine the process,” said the Congress. “Our fear is also that such narratives can then be used by these mala fide actors to influence processes where counting is still underway, i.e., in most of the counting centres.”

In response, the Election Commission rejected the Congress’ “attempt to surreptitiously give credence to irresponsible,...

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