09102024-TTC-01.qxd 10/9/2024 In the land of Gita, truth and development have won. — Narendra Modi, PRIME MINISTER /thetribunechd 12:51 AM Page 1 13 Haryana result unexpected, will assess people’s mandate. CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 144 NO. 280 | 16 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 — Mallikarjun Kharge, CONG PRESIDENT wednesday | 9 october 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com SAINISATIONAL HAT-TRICK, HOODA LEFT STUNNED BJP’s CM pick steals the show as Bucking anti-incumbency, it gets Faction-hit Cong ends up with party pulls off 3rd term in Haryana clear majority with 48 of 90 seats 37 seats; JJP, AAP draw blank Geetanjali Gayatri Tribune News Service government’ ❝ People have put a stamp onof PM Modi...s policies under the leadership Workers’ hard work paid off and we got this victory — Nayab Singh Saini, BJP’S CM PICK Chandigarh, October 8 Defeating anti-incumbency, the BJP created history by winning a third consecutive election and riding to power in Haryana on the OBC and Dalit votes. The BJP won the Haryana mandate under caretaker Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s leadership with a clear majority, getting 48 of 90 seats against the majority-mark of 46 seats. Seen as “favourites” in all the exit polls, the factionridden Congress failed to make the cut and ended up with 37 seats in its kitty. This is more than 31 seats it won in the last election, but the party fell way short of the majority mark in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Though the Jats did come together to consolidate behind the former Leader of Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the narrative was so overwhelming that it polarised the non-Jats, including the Scheduled Castes and the OBCs, in favour of the BJP Also, the . saffron party managed to breach Hooda’s stronghold Sonepat (district), where the BJP won four of the six seats. The election stood polarised along the usual Jat and nonJat lines, limiting the prospects of the Congress. The BJP netted its highestever vote share of 39.94 per cent in Assembly elections while the Congress got a vote share of 39.09 per cent. A number of factors were at play behind the BJP’s spectacular win such as parole for dera chief and rape and murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim just days ahead of polling, former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s strategising from behind the scenes and Home Minister Amit Shah taking the reins of the campaign in his own hands to turn around the party’s fortunes. The faction-ridden Congress paid for “upsetting” Sirsa MP Kumari Selja, the party’s Dalit face in this election, considered Hooda’s show after he got a lion’s share during ticket distribution. Selja chose to stay away continued on page 12 edit: Against all odds BJP CONG INLD OTH 48 37 2 3 MAGIC MARK 46 TOTAL SEATS 90 WINNERS GARHI SAMPLA Bhupinder Hooda CONG JULANA Vinesh Phogat CONG LOSERS UCHANA KALAN UCHANA KALAN Brijendra Singh Dushyant Chautala CONG JJP c m y b Omar drives NC-Cong alliance to power in J-K Saffron party continues to dominate Jammu region Adil Akhzer and Arjun Sharma Srinagar/Jammu, October 8 The National Conference-Congress alliance secured a majority in the historic Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, held for the first time after the revocation of Article 370, by bagging 49 of the 90 seats in the UT. The results were declared on Tuesday. The NC, which won 42 seats in the UT, swept the Kashmir region, while the BJP performed well in the Jammu region, its stronghold, claiming 29 seats. The Assembly elections were held in J&K after 10 years and were spread over three phases. The Congress did not perform well and won just six seats in the UT, including only one in the Jammu region. In the Kashmir valley, it was a significant victory for the NC, which emerged as the single largest party in the Assembly elections, winning 35 seats in Kashmir division and seven in Jammu. In South Kashmir, considered to be a bastion of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the NC bagged 10 of the 16 seats. The BJP which was hoping , to form the government with the support of smaller parties in the Valley and Independents, ended up holding its fort in the Jammu region and won 29 seats. It had won NC vice-president Omar Abdullah in Budgam. ANII NC CONG BJP PDP OTH* 42 6 29 3 10 WINNERS NAGROTA HANDWARA Devender Rana BJP Sajad Lone JKPC MAGIC MARK 46 TOTAL SEATS 90 *CPM, part of the NC-Cong alliance, bagged 1 seat DETAILED COVERAGE INSIDE GT ROAD BELT TURNS SAFFRON AGAIN, BJP BAGS 18 OF 29 END OF AN ERA: BISHNOI FAMILY LOSES ADAMPUR AFTER 56 YRS KHATTAR MAGIC CONTINUES IN KARNAL, BJP WINS ALL SEATS SHIFT IN ELLENABAD: CONG’S BENIWAL DEFEATS ABHAY APNI PARTY, AZAD’S DPAP DECIMATED IN FIRST OUTING 25 seats in the 2014 poll. Six seats were added to the Jammu region after delimitation in 2022, taking the total number of seats to 43. Since early morning, the NC-Congress alliance was leading in the trends. By continued on page 12 edit: J&K’s clear verdict