Clear majority to Congress in Haryana, exit polls predict
If the projections hold true, the Congress would return to power in Haryana after 10 years.
The Congress party is set to win Haryana with absolute majority, exit polls released on Saturday evening after the conclusion of single-phase polling showed.
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If the projections hold true, the Congress would return to power in Haryana after 10 years. The BJP has been in power there since October 2014.
In the 90-seat Haryana legislative assembly, the majority mark is 46.
What exit polls show?
| Agency/Pollster | Congress | BJP | JJP+ | INLD+ | Others |
| Dainik Bhaskar | 44-54 | 19-29 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 4-9 |
| Dhruv Research | 57-64 | 27-32 | - | - | 5-8 |
| People's Pulse | 55 | 26 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 3-5 |
| Matrize | 55-62 | 18-24 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 2-5 |
(Figures from other agencies will be added as they come)
The Congress' likely victory in Haryana will see the grand old party continue its resurgence that began with the Lok Sabha polls earlier in the year. The Mallikarjun Kharge-led outfit won 99 seats, nearly doubling its tally from the 2019 general elections, when it won 52 seats. It had won 44 seats in 2019.
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Also, of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, the BJP and Congress won five each, with the former's tally falling by five and the latter's rising by the same number.
Meanwhile, the assembly polls in Haryana were held in the backdrop of wrestlers' protest, the farmers' agitation, and anger against the Agniveer scheme. The Congress fielded wrestler Vinesh Phogat, the face of wrestlers' protest, from the Julana assembly constituency.
It must also be noted that exit polls can go off the mark. For example, in the Lok Sabha elections, nearly every pollster gave over 350 seats to the BJP-led ruling NDA. In reality, the NDA secured 293 seats, including 240 from the BJP.
