As political parties and leaders wait with bated breath, counting of votes for Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elections is set to begin at 8 am. Get LIVE updates on the Assembly poll results, including seat-by-seat counting,

Votes for Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections are being counted. While exit polls have given a clear win to Congress in Haryana, JKNC has the lead in J&K as the BJP stares at a setback in both states.

In the 2019 Assembly polls in Haryana, the BJP became the single-largest party with 40 seats and Congress won 31 seats in the 90-seated Assembly. With the support of Dhushyant Chautala's JJP, the saffron party formed the government for thesecond time in a row.

The vote counting for the recently concluded Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections is scheduled to commence on October 8. As per official sources, the process will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday,

Early trends show that an alliance of opposition parties is leading as votes are being counted after the first assembly election in Indian-administered Kashmir in a decade. This was also the first assembly election to be held since the federal government revoked the region's autonomy and changed the former state into a federally governed territory of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.

The BJP has staged a stunning comeback in Haryana by crossing the halfway mark while Congress-NC is leading in Jammu and Kashmir.

The latest leads show that the alliance of the Congress-NC crossing 49 seats as on 10.15 am The 90 seats of Jammu and Kashmir voted in three phases – September 18, 25 and October 1.

The key parties in the fray in Haryana are the BJP, the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, INLD-BSP, and JJP-Azad Samaj Party. However, most seats are likely to see a direct fight between the BJP and the Congress.

Speaking to ANI, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Tuesday said, "The results of the elections would form a pro-development state in Jammu and Kashmir. The win of BJP in Jammu and Kashmir would be a historic win.