The single-phase polling for 90 Assembly Constituencies in Haryana concluded peacefully on Saturday across more than 20,000 polling stations and recorded a final voter turnout of 65.65 percent.
Despite multiple exit polls in Haryana projecting a clean sweep for the Congress after a decade, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday expressed confidence that the BJP will form the government with a full majority.
According to the Election Commission of India, "Voting began at 7.00 am and voters from all sections of society were seen queuing up at polling stations. With a significant population of elderly voters, many above the age of 100 years were seen participating in the electoral festivities with
Following the multiple exit polls projecting a clean sweep for the Congress in the state, party leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said that the main factor was the party's achievements from 2005-2014 and the failure of the BJP government from 2014-2024.
As voting for the 2024 Assembly elections in Haryana concluded on Saturday, Congress is poised to make a clean sweep in the state, with some exit polls predicting the party will win around more than 50 seats.
Thwarting any rumours of infighting with the Congress party, former Haryana Chief Minister and party leader Bhupinder Hooda said that the decision of who will become the Chief Minister if Congress wins the assembly elections will ultimately rest with the high command.
Voting in Haryana started at 7 AM and will go till 6 pm. A total of 1,031 candidates are contesting in all 90 assembly constituencies, and 20,632 polling booths have been set up for voting.
According to the ECI, among all districts, Yamunanagar is leading with the highest voting percentage of 56.79 percent followed by Mewat with 56.59 percent, Palwal with 59.02 percent and Jind with 53.94 percent while the lowest voter turnout is recorded in Gurugram with 38.61 percent.