Live Updates | Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: Voter Turnout Reaches 36.69% By 1 PM Across 90 Seats

Haryana Election 2024: Assembly polls is set for October 5 in Haryana, with over 2 crore voters choosing from 1,031 candidates across 90 constituencies. Results will be announced on October 8.

Assembly Elections 2024 Live: The stage is all set in Haryana for a closely contested assembly election on Saturday, where more than 2 crore voters will cast their votes for 90 members of the state assembly in a single-phase poll. This election is crucial as the BJP seeks a third consecutive term in the state. The Congress party is trying to regain power by focusing on anti-incumbency, along with the issues of farmer and wrestler protests.

The main parties contesting in Haryana are going for the polls today BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). There’s also a pre-poll alliance between the Indian National Lok Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party (INLD-BSP) and the Jannayak Janta Party-Azad Samaj Party (JJP-ASP).

According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), voting in Haryana is set for October 5, from 7 am to 6 pm. A total of 1,031 candidates are competing across 90 assembly constituencies, with 20,632 polling booths established for the election. Results for the Haryana Assembly elections will be announced alongside those for Jammu and Kashmir on October 8.

05 October 2024

15:00 IST

Haryana Assembly Election Live: "They Don't Respect...," Says Saini

On an alleged molestation attempt with a Congress worker on stage at a Congress rally, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said," They don't respect anyone including women, the poor and Dalits. This is in their culture & DNA. If we get an application in this regard then we will take action. Our government will take strict action and not spare anyone. Women are an integral part of the society..."

14:01 IST

Haryana Assembly Election 2024: Voter Turnout Reaches 36.69 % By 1 PM Across 90 Seats

Total 36.69% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in Haryana Assembly elections. Mewat recorded the highest voter turnout of 42.64%, followed by Yamunanagar at 42.08% and Jind at 41.93%. Panchkula recorded the lowest voter turnout at 25.89% till 1 PM

13:30 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: Bajrang Punia Appeals To Haryana Voters

On the day of polling, Congress leader and wrestler Bajrang Punia appealed to the people of Haryana to vote and said that when the Congress govt was in power every section of the society was developed.

He added, "In the last 10 years, be it sportspersons, farmers, soldiers, whoever raised their voice, they were lathi-charged. So keeping this in mind, you should vote as much as possible. Congress government should be brought to power in Haryana..."

13:00 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024| 'Everyone Wants New Government': Sangeeta Phogat

After casting her vote, Wrestler Sangeeta Phogat said, "I am happy that I have cast my first vote for change. Everyone is tired of BJP, everyone wants that this time the government should change and are voting for the Congress government..."

12:07 IST

Haryana Assembly Election Live: Voter Turnout Reaches 22.70% By 11 AM

Total 22.70% voter turnout recorded till 11 am in Haryana Assembly elections. As per ECI, Palwal recorded the highest voter turnout of 27.94%, followed by Jind at 27.20% and Mewat at 25.65%. Panchkula recorded the lowest voter turnout at 13.46%.

11:24 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live 2024: BJP MP Reaches Polling Station On Horse| Watch

BJP MP Naveen Jindal reached a polling station in Kurukshetra on a horse.

#WATCH | Haryana: BJP MP Naveen Jindal reached a polling station in Kurukshetra on a horse. #HaryanaAssemblyElection2024 pic.twitter.com/rEaT5gz2KI

— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2024

10:38 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: 'High Voting Will Favor Us': Congress MP Kumari Selja

Congress MP Kumari Selja said, " High voting will take place and Congress will win with a big margin... Ever since Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the atmosphere in the state has been in our favour. 10 years of misrule by BJP has got people wanting to get rid of BJP... People and especially women aspire to have a female Chief Minister of Haryana... I believe in hard work and work on the ground. I am a player of the party and I am confident about my work... The final decision will be taken by the party high command."

10:03 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live: Voter Turnout Reaches 9.53% By 9 AM Across 90 Seats

Voter turnout reached 9.53 per cent by 9 AM across all 90 constituencies.

09:28 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections LIVE: Manohar Lal Khattar Accuses Congress Of Failing On Promises

Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar criticized the Congress party, accusing it of failing to deliver on its promises after winning votes through "offers and freebies." Speaking to ANI, Khattar pointed to the situation in Himachal Pradesh, stating, "They have started charging electricity fares which they had earlier exempted." He further accused Congress of misleading voters by making promises on pension schemes like the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and the National Pension Scheme (NPS) without implementation. "We have now moved on from NPS and introduced the UPS," he added, stressing that the BJP fulfills promises after carefully considering the budget. Khattar also accused Congress of working to "create a divide between castes."

08:34 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 Live: 'Vote For Congress, Development, And Justice': Aditya Surjewala

After casting his vote for Haryana Election, Congress candidate from Kaithal assembly seat, Aditya Surjewala said, "I want to make an appeal to the people of the state to come out and cast their votes. Elections are held once in 5 years but this is the most important thing for democracy. I urge you to vote for the Congress party, for development and justice...There was a problem in the control unit of the EVM which has now been rectified..."

08:11 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live: Nayab Singh Saini Blames Congress For Reservation Politics

Haryana CM and BJP's candidate from Ladwa assembly seat, Nayab Singh Saini said that from Jawaharlal Nehru to Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, all have spoken to end reservations in the country. 

On the day of polling in Haryana, he said, "We are winning and forming our government for the third time with a huge margin. Congress does the politics of lies, they lied during Lok Sabha elections that the Constitution and reservation will be finished. Rahul Gandhi has the biggest role in ending reservations."

07:54 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live 2024: 'Good Atmosphere In Favour Of BJP': Kuldeep Bishnoi 

On polling day, BJP leader Kuldeep Bishnoi expressed confidence in the party's victory in Haryana and said, "There is a good atmosphere in favour of the BJP...The (Congress) candidate fielded here is an outsider...Bhavya Bishnoi (his son and BJP candidate from Adampur seat) has done good work here, people see a glimpse of (former Haryana chief minister) Bhajan Lal in him..."

07:40 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live 2024: Manu Bhaker Encourages Youth to Vote

On casting her first vote, Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker said, "Being the youth of this country, it is our responsibility to cast our vote for the most favourable candidate. Small steps lead to big goals... I voted for the first time..."

07:25 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live: Manu Bhaker Arrives At A Polling Station

Olympic medalist & Indian shooter Manu Bhaker arrived at a polling station in Jhajjar to cast her vote.

#WATCH | Olympic medalist & Indian shooter Manu Bhaker arrives at a polling station in Jhajjar to cast her vote for the #HaryanaElelction pic.twitter.com/LPEigw00mn

— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2024

07:02 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live 2024: Voting Begins For 90 Assembly Seats

Voting for the Haryana Assembly elections began for all 90 seats.

06:59 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live 2024: Manohar Lal Khattar Reaches Polling Station To Cast His Vote

Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar reached a polling station in Karnal to cast his vote and said, "People should cast their vote today. The administration has made all the arrangements and elections will be held peacefully. BJP is confident of winning and we will form the government in the state for the 3rd time..."

06:47 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live: Key Candidates And Constituency

As polls are going to begin today for 90 constituencies, there are many key candidates including Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Ladwa, Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leader Vinesh Phogat and others.

06:37 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live 2024: Mock Polling Begins

Mock polling has begun at the polling centres in the Tiagaon assembly constituency. Contesting candidates include AAP's Abhash Chandela, JJP's Tika Ram, BJP's Rajesh Nagar, and Congress' Rohit Nagar.

06:30 IST

Haryana Assembly Elections Live 2024: 2.03 crore Voters To Vote

More than 2 crore voters are ready to cast their votes today for 90 Assembly constituency seats.