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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Netanyahu recommends his Cabinet approve Hezbollah cease-fire proposal
Beirut, Nov 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he would recommend his cabinet adopt a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah, as Israeli warplanes struck across Lebanon, killing at least 23 people.
The Israeli military also issued a flurry of evacuation warnings — a sign it was aiming to inflict punishment on Hezbollah down to the final moments before any ceasefire takes hold. For the first time in the conflict, Israeli ground troops reached parts of Lebanon's Litani River, a focal point of the emerging deal.
In a televised statement, Netanyahu said he would present the ceasefire to Cabinet ministers later on Tuesday, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting.
Netanyahu said the vote was expected later Tuesday. It was not immediately clear when the ceasefire would go into effect, and the exact terms of the deal were not released. The deal does not affect Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, which shows no signs of ending.
The evacuation warnings covered many areas, including parts of Beirut that previously have not been targeted. The warnings, coupled with fear that Israel was ratcheting up attacks before a ceasefire, sent residents fleeing. Traffic was gridlocked, and some cars had mattresses tied to them. Dozens of people, some wearing their pajamas, gathered in a central square, huddling under blankets or standing around fires as Israeli drones buzzed loudly overhead.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, kept up its rocket fire, triggering air raid sirens across northern Israel.
Lebanese officials have said Hezbollah also supports the deal. If approved by all sides, the deal would be a major step toward ending the Israel-Hezbollah war that has inflamed tensions across the region and raised fears of an even wider conflict between Israel and Hezbollah's patron, Iran.
The deal calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting and would require Hezbollah to end its armed presence in a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops would return to their side of the border. Thousands of Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers would deploy in the south, and an international panel headed by the United States would monitor all sides' compliance.
But implementation remains a major question mark. Israel has demanded the right to act should Hezbollah violate its obligations. Lebanese officials have rejected writing that into the proposal. Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz insisted on Tuesday that the military would strike Hezbollah if the U.N. peacekeeping force, known as UNIFIL, doesn't provide “effective enforcement” of the deal.
“If you don't act, we will act, and with great force,” Katz said, speaking with UN special envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said Tuesday that Israel's security concerns had been addressed in the deal also brokered by France.
“There is not an excuse for not implementing a ceasefire. Otherwise, Lebanon will fall apart,” Borrell told reporters in Italy on the sidelines of a Group of Seven meeting. He said France would participate on the ceasefire implementation committee at Lebanon's request.
Bombardment of Beirut's southern suburbs continues
Even as Israeli, US, Lebanese and international officials have expressed growing optimism over a ceasefire, Israel has continued its campaign in Lebanon, which it says aims to cripple Hezbollah's military capabilities.
An Israeli strike on Tuesday levelled a residential building in the central Beirut district of Basta — the second time in recent days warplanes have hit the crowded area near the city's downtown. At least seven people were killed and 37 wounded, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
Three people were killed in a separate strike in Beirut and three in a strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. Lebanese state media said another 10 people were killed in the eastern Baalbek province. Israel says it targets Hezbollah fighters and their infrastructure.
Earlier, Israeli jets struck at least six buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs. One strike slammed near the country's only airport, sending plumes of smoke into the sky. The airport has continued to function despite its location on the Mediterranean coast next to the densely populated suburbs where many of Hezbollah's operations are based.
Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued evacuation warnings for 20 buildings in the suburbs, as well as a warning for the southern town of Naqoura where UNIFIL is headquartered.
UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti told The Associated Press that peacekeepers will not evacuate.
Other strikes hit in the southern city of Tyre, where the Israeli military said it killed a local Hezbollah commander.
The Israeli military also said its ground troops clashed with Hezbollah forces and destroyed rocket launchers in the Slouqi area on the eastern end of the Litani River, a few kilometres from the Israeli border.
Previous ceasefire hopes were dashed
Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah would be required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the border.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the strongest Iranian-backed force in the region, would likely significantly calm regional tensions that have led to fears of a direct, all-out war between Israel and Iran. It's not clear how the ceasefire will affect the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Hezbollah had long insisted that it would not agree to a ceasefire until the war in Gaza ends, but it dropped that condition.
Hezbollah began firing into northern Israel, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after Hamas carried out its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, triggering the Gaza war. Israel returned fire on Hezbollah, and the two sides have been exchanging barrages ever since.
Israel escalated its campaign of bombardment in mid-September and later sent troops into Lebanon, vowing to put an end to Hezbollah fire so tens of thousands of evacuated Israelis could return to their homes.
More than 3,760 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon the past 13 months, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The bombardment has driven 1.2 million people from their homes. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000 Hezbollah members.
Hezbollah fire has forced some 50,000 Israelis to evacuate in the country's north, and its rockets have reached as far south in Israel as Tel Aviv. At least 75 people have been killed, more than half of them civilians. More than 50 Israeli soldiers have died in the ground offensive in Lebanon.
After previous hopes for a ceasefire were dashed, U.S. officials cautioned that negotiations were not yet complete and noted there could be last-minute hitches that delay or destroy an agreement.
“Nothing is done until everything is done,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said.
While the ceasefire proposal is expected to be approved if Netanyahu brings it to a vote in his security Cabinet, one hard-line member, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, said he would oppose it. He said on X that a deal with Lebanon would be a “big mistake” and a “missed historic opportunity to eradicate Hezbollah.”
