BJP Sweeps Haryana, NC & Cong alliance wins J&K Assembly election
Election
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was swept back to power for the historic third consecutive time in Haryana. In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference-led alliance secured the majority to form a government.
The election was held in Haryana on 5 October 2024, and voting was held in a single phase. In Jammu and Kashmir, voting took place in three phases:18 September,25 September, and 1 October 2024. The votes were counted on 8 October 2024.
For the first time, an election was held to constitute a new legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir after its status was changed from a state to a Union Territory in 2019.
The term of the present 14th Haryana assembly ends on 3 November 2024.
Third consecutive term for BJP in Haryana
Since the formation of the Haryana state on 1 November 1966, no party has been able to win three consecutive legislative elections in the state.
BJP became the first political party in the history of the state to be voted back to power for the third consecutive time. It won the 2014, 2019 and 2024 legislative assembly elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party first came to power in Haryana in 2014 when it secured 47 seats in the 90-member assembly. In the 2019 legislative assembly election, Bharatiya Janata Party failed to secure a majority on its own with 40 seats. It formed a coalition government in the state in alliance with Dushyant Chautala’s Jananayaka Janata party (JJP).
The election to constitute the 15th Haryana Legislative Assembly was held on 5 October 2024 in a single phase. Haryana legislative assembly has 90 seats, and according to the Election Commission of India, the voter turnout in the recently held assembly election was 65.65 per cent.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 seats, while the main opposition party, Congress, won 37 seats. The Indian Lok Dal won 2 seats, while independents won 3 seats.
National Conference Alliance voted to Power in J&K
An election to constitute a new legislative assembly was held in Jammu Kashmir for the first time after it was made a Union Territory and was split into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh on 31 October 2019. The Union territory of Ladakh has no legislative assembly.
The election in Jammu and Kashmir was held after 10 years as the last assembly election in the unified state of Jammu and Kashmir was held in 2014.
In December 2023, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to conclude the election process in Jammu and Kashmir by 30th September 2024.
According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout in the 2024 assembly election was 63.9 per cent.
Out of the 90 seats that went to poll in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference-led alliance won 49 seats. The National Conference won 42 seats, Congress 6, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 seat.
Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the second-largest party, with 29 seats, while former chief minister Mehboba Mufti’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won three seats.
The term of the present legislative assembly is five years. The term of the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir when it was a state was six years.
