Published 20:57 IST, October 24th 2019
Manohar Lal expresses 'heartfelt gratitude' to people of Haryana
Manohar Lal Khattar stated that the people of Haryana once again showed confidence in the BJP and have given blessings to BJP as the single largest party
Taking to microblogging social media site Twitter, Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday reacted on the results of Haryana State Elections. He wrote, “The people of the State once again showed confidence in the BJP @BJP4Haryana I have given my blessings to the largest party, for which I express my heartfelt gratitude to the respected people of Haryana.”
'Express heartfelt gratitude'
Khattar preparing to meet top leaders in Delhi
BJP is on the course to form a government in Haryana on Thursday while the road to a second term was rocky for CM Manohar Lal Khattar. Sources report that when Khattar was preparing to meet top leaders in Delhi to discuss and when the BJP's trends was neck-to-neck with the Congress, Central leadership had allegedly asked him to stay put in Chandigarh and focus on government formation. This development occurred as soon as Khattar's opponent former CM Bhupinder Hooda rushed to Delhi to huddle with leadership.
Latest trends
Latest trends have shown that BJP is leading in 40 seats, Congress in 31 seats, JJP in 10 seats, INLD+ in one seat and others in eight seats. Meanwhile, Official EC trends show that BJP has won 39 seats. Meanwhile, Congress has won 31 seats and the 'kingmaker' JJP has won 10 seats. However, results are yet to be declared in other seats.
Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 68.47%
As per the Election Commission of India figures, Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 68.47%. The total strength of the Haryana Assembly is 90, out of which 17 seats have been reserved for the SC category. In total, Haryana has 1.82 crore registered voters, out of which 1.7 lakh are service voters. 0.38 lakh ballot units, 0.25 lakh control units, and 0.27 lakh VVPATs were used in the State.
Updated 21:38 IST, October 24th 2019