Counting of votes is underway for the assembly elections in Haryana – where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a straight third term – and Jammu and Kashmir, which voted in an assembly election after 10 years. In Haryana, the BJP has so far won 27 seats and is ahead on 22 seats in the 90-member assembly. The Congress has won 25 and is leading in 11.
The alliance of the National Conference and Congress has so far won 47 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, and the BJP has secured 27 seats of the total 90 seats. The PDP has won three, while Mehraj Malik has handed the AAP a first-ever electoral win in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir voted in its first assembly elections since 2014, first as a Union Territory and first after the removal of Article 370, which gave the erstwhile state special status.
