!"#$ $ .'5 Q* R E ( & ( '@@ 9 4 : ( :, " 3 Chandigarh: The mance would have been even '&' Even as the BJP has failed time from 33.20 in 2014, the && ;6%*.6<; Congress may be far away better," he said. ;6%*.6<; to emerge as a single largest BJP failed to repeat its 2014 from the halfway mark in Notably, Hooda retained party, the saffron party is set to performance when it had won aryana’s regional outfit, Indian National ;6%*.6<; Haryana, but the party's per- his stronghold Garhi Sampla- he “overconfident” and form the government for the 47 seats on its own and went HLok Dal (INLD), which won 19 seats in formance in the state polls has Kiloi in Rohtak with a com- T“overenthusiastic” second consecutive term in onto to form its maiden gov- the 2014 assembly elections, has been vir- he vote share of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party made former Chief Minister fortable margin. With this win, Bharatiya Janata Party, which Haryana, the political observers ernment in Haryana. tually wiped out in this election. However, T(BJP) fell by a massive 22 per cent in the Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda Hooda now has nine victories had set a target of winning “75 say. BJP’s main challenger- less than 12-month-old Jannayak Janata Assembly polls, the results of which were declared emerge stronger. under his belt, including one plus” seats in 90-member They say that the JJP with Congress which has made Party (JJP) emerged as a key player by win- on Thursday. After his party lost power against former deputy prime Haryana Assembly, failed to 10 seats in its kitty and seven handsome gains in its tally, ning 10 seats in a 90-member assembly. JJP’s The party secured over 58 per cent votes in the in Haryana in the 2014 polls, minister Devi Lal in the Lok even secure a clear majority as independents will now play a managed to get a vote share of party symbol incidentally is the ‘Key’. state in the Lok Sabha polls held five months ago the 72-year-old satrap had Sabha polls.Hooda has been the poll results on Thursday key role in the formation of 28.12 per cent, an increase Interestingly, the original party INLD in May and won all the 10 seats. In this assembly nothing going in his favour. chief minister twice and an MP yielded a hung House. next government in from 20.58 percent in 2014. almost diminished, but the third and fourth polls, it got 36 per cent. The ruling BJP at the Centre four times.This time, the BJP While most of the exit Haryana. INLD’s vote share has declined generations of its founder and Devi Lal sur- Several ministers in the Manohar Lal Khattar- had made alleged irregularities fielded against him Satish polls had predicted a comfort- The BJP and Congress to dismal 2.45 percent from vived by winning their respective seats. led government lost in the elections. While the BJP in the land deals during his Nandal, a former Rohtak dis- able victory for the saffron have already reached out to the 24.75 percent in 2014. "I believe the keys are in the hands of the managed to get 40 seats this time, it had won 47 in tenure a major issue and the trict unit president of the party, the actual poll results independents and the JJP, The vote share of NOTA JJP," Dushyant Chautala said earlier on the 2014 Haryana Assembly polls. Congress veteran was grappling INLD, who switched sides ear- stood in stark contrast, and is which came into existence after was 0.52 percent, SAD 0.38 Thursday as counting trends clearly showed The vote share of the Congress, which has with the cases against him. lier this year. seen possibly one of the most the split in Indian National Lok percent, BSP 4.11 percent and the BJP was set to win less than half the 90 emerged stronger than the last polls but is behind He remained at logger- Hooda had defeated telling political Dal last year. others 27.33 percent. seats and the Congress making rapid gains.” the BJP, is almost the same as it was in the Lok Sabha heads with the party's state unit Nandal twice, in 2009 and embarrassments suffered by The ballot battle in JJP, AAP, LSP, Swaraj Party Dushyant Chautala, the great grandson polls. The party got 28.42 per cent of the total votes chief Ashok Tanwar, who quit 2014 from the constituency, the BJP in the recent past. Haryana was multi-cornered had contested the State of the former deputy Prime Minister late polled in the Lok Sabha election. days after he was replaced by and now he inflicted a third As the electors in Jatland- this time with the BJP, the Assembly polls for the first time Devi Lal and grandson of jailed INLD leader Haryana BJP President Subhash Barala and state Kumari Selja, weeks ahead of shot. Haryana voted for a hung Congress, the Indian National in Haryana. While the region- OP Chautala, who led the newly formed JJP ministers, except two, lost the polls. the polls. Garhi Sampla-Kiloi came assembly, the BJP failed to Lok Dal-Shiromani Akali Dal al players -- BSP, AAP, LSP and in 2018 won from Uchana Kalan in Jind dis- Khattar retained his Karnal seat with a com- Hooda, who had virtually into being 10 years ago after a maintain its winning momen- alliance, Jannayak Janta Party, Swaraj Party-- had thrown the trict by defeating sitting legislator Prem Lata, fortable margin, winning by 45,188 votes over his threatened to snap ties with the delimitation exercise. Before tum in the state while its arch- Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan hats into the ring, none of them 59, wife of former Union Minister nearest rival Tarlochan Singh of the Congress. BJP’s Congress, too was accommo- that the constituency was rival-Congress, apparently pro- Samaj Party, Loktantra won a single seat in the polls. Birender Singh. JJP contested all 90 assem- outgoing ministers Capt Abhimanyu, OP Dhankar, dated and made state legislature known as Kiloi. duced a resilient comeback Suraksha Party and Swaraj None of these parties had con- bly seats. Ram Bilas Sharma, Kavita Jain, Krishan Lal Panwar, party leader, weeks before the Hooda had won from Kiloi even after struggling due to fac- India in the fray. tested on all 90 seats in the Dushyant, who was MP in 2014, is the Manish Grover, and Krishan Kumar Bedi, all elections, which some state twice, including the 2005 bypoll tionalism and infighting in the From 47 seats in 2014 State state. rising force in Haryana among the politically ended up with humiliating defeats. leaders admit to be a delayed when he was the Rohtak MP party. Assembly, the BJP was restrict- This time, Haryana had diminished Chautala clan of Devi Lal’s state But BJP candidate and Public Health and move. and was handpicked by the While both national parties ed to 40 seats this time. The recorded a low voter turnout of party INLD. The INLD which suffered set- Engineering Minister Banwari Lal won the Bawal "However, both Hooda and high command to be the chief ended short of securing a Congress recorded increase in 68.31 per cent, a sharp decline back in the recent past ahead of Assembly seat. Also Health Minister Anil Vij retained his seat Selja aggressively picked up on minister of the state. majority in the 90-member its previous election tally of 15 from 76.54 in the 2014 assem- election as its leaders shifted to BJP and JJP from Ambala Cantonment. Two sitting the issues like unemployment, In its sweeping Lok Sabha Haryana Assembly, the fledg- to 31 in the poll results declared bly polls. Of the total voters won the lone Ellenabad seat in Sirsa. ministers, Rao Narbir Singh and Vipul Goel, law and order, agrarian crisis, victory earlier this year, the BJP ling party-Jannayak Janta Party on Thursday. exercising their right to Interestingly, the original party diminished, were denied tickets and fresh faces were those relating to economy, had breached even the tradi- led by former Member The INLD which had man- franchise, 69.36 percent were but the third and fourth generations of its brought in. employees issues which res- tional bastions of its opponents. Parliament Dushyant Chautala aged to win 19 seats in 2014 men and 67.12 per cent were founder and Devi Lal survived by winning Outgoing Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu, onated with the people. Then Both Hooda, who fought from emerged as a key player in the could register victory on only women on the polling day i.e. their respective seats. The Chautala clan who who lost to JJP candidate and BJP rebel Ram Kumar the party came out with a Sonipat, and his son Deepender, poll results. one seat. SAD, which had con- October 21. won the elections is Dushyant and his moth- Gautam in the Narnaud constituency in Hisar dis- manifesto, which promised a three-time MP who contested The BJP secured 40 seats, tested on two seats failed to Altogether, 1,169 candi- er Naina Chautala and his uncle and Devi trict by a margin of 12,029 votes, admitted his defeat loan waiver to farmers and had from Rohtak, lost. Congress won on 31, JJP open its account. Former dates, including 105 women, Lal''s grandson Abhay Singh Chautala. during counting. something for other sections as However, in the Assembly managed to grab 10 seats, Minister Gopal Kanda’s Lokhit had entered the fray this time.