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J-K, Haryana polls: BIG winners and losers

Last updated on: October 08, 2024 20:29 IST

Results for assembly polls in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir were declared on Tuesday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party scoring a hat-trick in Haryana while the National Conference-Congress alliance emerged victorious in J-K.

Here's how some big names fared.

Congress candidate and wrestler Vinesh Phogat wins from the Julana assembly seat in Haryana's Jind district by defeating BJP's Yogesh Kumar by 6,015 votes. 

Haryana Chief Minister and BJP candidate Nayab Singh Saini wins the Ladwa assembly seat by 16,054 votes.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah wins from both seats -- in Budgam by 18,485 votes and in Ganderbal by 10,574 votes.

Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda wins Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat in Haryana by 71,465 votes.

BJP leader Anil Vij won the Ambala Cantt seat by 7,277 votes.

Former Haryana deputy CM and Jannayak Janata Party leader Dushyant Chautala lost his Uchana Kalan seat. He came at fifth place, behind the BJP and Congress candidates and two independents.

Afzal Guru's brother Aijaz Ahmad Guroo loses from Sopore. He got only 129 votes, less than NOTA.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti loses from Srigufwara-Bijbehara by 9,770 votes.

Independent candidate and BJP's Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal's mother, Savitri Jindal, wins Hisar assembly seat in Haryana by 18,941 votes.

Haryana Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda loses Sirsa assembly seat to Congress's Gokul Setia by 7,234 votes. Kanda was backed by the BJP.

Congress candidate Aditya Surjewala, son of party general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, wins Kaithal assembly seat by 8,124 votes.

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