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.

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.

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The BJP has achieved a hat-trick in Haryana, crushing Congress's hopes, while the National Conference and Congress alliance has emerged victorious in Jammu and Kashmir.

Most exit polls had predicted a hung assembly in Kashmir but an alliance of the main opposition Congress and the National Conference Party (NCP) are on course for a landslide in t

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 was at 38.7% while the Congress was slightly higher at 40.5%, three hours after the counting started at eight in the morning.

In the world of politics, much like in cricket, the match isn't over until the last ball is bowled. The Haryana election results on Tuesday served as a vivid reminder of this reality. The BJP , which appeared to be trailing in early trends,