Election Results 2024 Live: Counting of votes begins in Haryana, J&K
The counting of votes began at 8 am on Tuesday for 5 assembly elections in Haryana and 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the final leg of an electoral journey that will give the union territory its first elected government since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
Here are the live and important updates on Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir election results:
4:30 PM: INLD's Abhay Chautala loses Ellenabad seat to Congress candidate Bharat Singh Beniwal by margin of 15000 votes
4:10 PM: Seats where BJP won in Jammu and Kashmir: Election Result LIVE: BJP candidates have won in Akhnoor, Bahu, Bashohli, Bhadarwah, Billawar, Bishnah, Chenani, Chhamb, Doda West, Hiranagar, Jammu East, Jammu North, Jammu West, Josrota, Kalakote-Sunderbani, Kathua, Kishtwar, Marh, Nagrota, Padder-Nagseni, RS Pura - Jammu South, Ramgarh, Ramnagar, Samba, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Suchetgarh, Udhampur East, Udhampur West, and Vijaypur.
4:00 PM: Haryana: Congress' Bhupinder Singh Hooda wins Garhi Sampla-Kiloi
4:50 PM: J&K: BJP’s Shagun Parihar, whose father, uncle were killed by terrorists, wins Kishtwar seat
3:39 PM: Bhupinder Singh Hooda wins from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Haryana with 1.08 lakh votes, beats BJP candidate Manju by 71,465 votes
1:54 PM: Jammu and Kashmir Election Result 2024: “Omar Abdullah to be next chief minister,” announces Farooq Abdullah
"Omar Abdullah will become the next chief minister," National Conference's Farooq Abdullah announced today after strong showing in the J&K polls.
1:54 PM: NC leader Omar Abdullah wins Budgam with 36,010 votes, beats PDP candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi by 18485 margin.
1:49 PM: Two Independent candidates win in J&K: Payare Lal Sharma wins Inderwal, beats Independent Ghulam Mohammad Saroori by 643 votes. Choudhary Mohammed Akram wins Surankote with 34,201 votes, beats Mohd Shahnawaz of Congress
1:40 PM: Congress's Vinesh Phogat wins Julana constituency by margin of 6015 votes against BJP's Yogesh Kumar.
1:38 PM PDP gets first seat in J&K as Waheed ur Rehman Para declared winner from Pulwama
1:23 PM: BJP’s Krishan Lal Middha declared winner from Haryana’s Jind with a margin of 15,860 votes.
1:20 PM: Congress's Mohammad Ilyas wins Punahana seat in Haryana by a margin of over 31,916 votes.
1:18 PM: Results declared for 8 seats in J&K: BJP leads with 5 seats, National Conference in second place, with 3 winners
1:13 PM: BJP leads on 49 seats in Haryana but Congress has marginally higher vote share (40.14%) than the BJP (39.67%), according to the EC data till 1.04pm
1:06 PM: Congress’s Aftab Ahmed declared winner from Nuh constituency in Haryana with a margin of 46,963 votes.
12:48 PM: India's richest woman, Savitri Jindal, who is contesting as an Independent from Haryana's Hisar constituency after the BJP denied her ticket, is currently leading.
12:44 PM: Vinesh Phogat extends lead, Punia congratulates on 'win'
12:20 PM: NC’s Nazir Ahmad Khan declared winner in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gurez
12:19 PM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address BJP workers at the party's headquarters in Delhi.
12:17 PM: ECI site shows Darshan Kumar as first winner from Basohli constituency in J&K – won with a margin of 16,034 votes
12:17 PM: PDP Youth president Waheed Parra has taken an unassailable lead. Parra, who is up against National Conference’s Khalil Bandh from Pulwama Assembly seat, is leading by over 7,000 votes with less than 2,000 votes remaining to be counted.
12:14 PM: Supriya Shrinate confident Haryana Poll trends will shift by afternoon
12:06 PM: Bhupinder Singh Hooda confident Congress will form government in Haryana
11:53 AM: Haryana election results: Congress alleges misleading trends on ECI website, says data is not updated quick enough
11:52 AM: J&K People Conference president Sajad Gani Lone leads in Handwara by 1,175 votes
11:41 AM: AAP yet to get off the mark in Haryana
11:37 AM: Vinesh Phogat gains narrow lead in Julana
11:37 AM: J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra leads in Central Shalteng
11:34 AM: Iltija Mufti concedes defeat in Srigufwara-Bijbehara, accepts people's verdict
11:26 AM: NC+ leads in 52, BJP leads in 26 seats in J&K
11:26 AM: BPJ leads in 48 seats, Congress in 36 seats in haryana.
11:24 AM: BJP’s Bhavya Bishnoi leading by 825 votes in Adampur.
11:20 AM: 'Our vote share is way ahead, will convert into seats,' says Congress leader Supriya Shrinate.
11:17 AM: Seats in Haryana where Congress is leading: Adampur, Ambala City, Badli, Baroda, Bawani Khera, Beri, Dabwali, Ellenabad, Faridabad NIT, Ferozepur Jhirka, Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Guhla, Hodal, Jagadhri, Jhajjar, Kaithal, Kalanwali, Kalayat, Mahendragarh, Meham, Mulana, Naraingarh, Narnaund, Nuh, Pehowa, Prithla, Punahana, Ratia, Rohtak, Sadhaura, Shahbad, Sirsa, Thanesar, Tohana, Uchana Kalan, Uklana, and Yamunanagar.
11:15 AM: JKNC vice president Omar Abdullah continues to lead in both Budgam and Ganderbal seats.
11:10 AM: BJP's Yogesh Kumar is leading against Congress's Vinesh Phogat from Julana
10:51 AM: BJP's Anil Vij trails in Ambala Cantt of Haryana, Independent rival Chitra Sarwara leads
10:50 AM: Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan leads from Hodal
10:47 AM: Vinesh Phogat trails from Julana as BJP’s Yogesh Kumar gains lead
10:43 AM: JP Nadda calls meeting of BJP general secretaries
10:43 AM: JJP's Dushyant Chautala trailing by 8,000 votes in Uchana Kalan
10:42 AM: BJP leads in 48 seats in Haryana, Congress in 35 seats in J&K
10:40 AM: Omar Abdullah is leading by 2281 votes
10:27 AM: Vinesh Phogat is leading in 345 votes
10:23 AM: Congress will secure majority, will form government in Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda
10:19 AM: Kumari Selja says Still in CM race in Haryana
10:18 AM: Omar Abdullah leads from both seats
10:15 AM: Haryana Congress Chief Udai Bhan Leading From Hodal
9:55 AM: Congress's candidate Bhupinder Singh Hooda trailing
9:53 AM: Vinesh Phogat gains leads in Julana
9:49 AM: Anil Vij, six-time BJP MLA from Ambala Cantt, trailing behind Congress candidate Parvinder Pal Pari
9:46 AM: BJP ahead in Haryana
9:45 AM: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti trailing from Bijbehara- Srigufwara
9:43 AM: Vinesh Phogat trailing from Julana
9:37 AM: Jammu and Kashmir Election Results: PDP's Waheed Para takes lead in Pulwama
9:36 AM: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami leading from J&K's Kulgam
9:34 AM: Congress's Peerzada Mohammad Syed leading in J&K's Anantnag
9:33 AM: J&K Election Results: BJP state unit president Ravinder Raina is trailing
9:32 AM: BJP’s Mohd Saleem Bhat leading from Jammu and Kashmir's Banihal
9:24 AM: Congress’s Aftab Ahmed leads in Nuh
9:16 AM: Abhay Singh Chautala leads from Ellenabad constituency.
9:18 AM: BJP’s Shruti Choudhry leading in Tosham
9:15 AM: Gulam Ahmad Mir leading in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dooru
9:12 AM: Congress’s Aditya Surjewala gains lead in Kaithal
9:10 AM: NC crosses half-way mark in J&K, leads on 46 seats.
9:00 AM: CM Nayab Singh Saini leads from Ladwa seat
8:54 AM: Congress crosses 50-mark on leads chart. BJP leading on 15 seats in Haryana
8:51 AM: JKPC's Sajjad Lone trails in Handwara
8:49 AM: BJP's Jammu and Kashmir chief Ravinder Raina leading from Noushera
8:49 AM: Former Haryana DCM Dushyant Singh Chautala trails in Uchana Kalan
8:44 AM: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti leading in Bijbehara- Srigufwara
8:44 AM: BJP’s Anil Vij and Nayab Singh leading on Amabala Cantt and Ladwa respectively.
8:43 AM: Randeep Singh Surjewala's son Aditya Surjewala trailing in Kaithal in early trends.
8:43 AM: Congress's potential CM candidate Bhupinder Singh Hooda leading
8:42 AM: Congress's Vinesh Phogat leading from Julana.
8:42 AM: NC’s Omar Abdullah leading in Ganderbal.
8:39 AM: Early trends show Congress leading at 45 seats, with BJP at 27 in Haryana
8:35 AM: Early trends show Congress leading in Haryana on over 35 seats, close fight in J&K.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
