Political parties and leaders are anxiously awaiting the results of the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections today. Officials have confirmed that al

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared on course for a surprise win on Tuesday in polls in the northern state of Haryana, but was trailing the opposition in the first elections in a decade in troubled Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

The BJP is in the lead in the state of Haryana which borders the capital Delhi, but trails in the federal territories of Jammu and Kashmir, which are seeing their first election results in a decade.

Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana went to polls between September 18 and October 5. Both have 90 Assembly seats each.

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The counting of votes for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections are underway. In Jammu and Kashmir, Congress, NC alliance has taken a lead. However, Haryana has witnessed a sea-saw battle.

A surprise election win in Haryana state has given Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a much-needed boost, in spite of a loss in the election in Jammu and Kashmir.

In Jammu and Kashmir, which voted in three phases (September 18, September 25, and October 1) and also has 90 assembly constituencies, the main fight is among the BJP, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the alliance of Congress and National Conference (NC).

October 8, marks the counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. The elections in Jammu and Kashmir were conducted between September 18 and October 1, while Haryana's 90 Assembly seats cast their votes on October 5.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a surprise election victory in Haryana state on Tuesday, reinforcing its popularity in the northern heartland a few months after stumbling in national elections.