The BJP is set to form government in Haryana for record third time. PM Modi's party won 48 of total 90 assembly seats, while the Congress won 37 seats.

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.

EC began counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday at 8 AM. This is the first significant electoral outcome following the recent Lok Sabha elections where BJP returned to power with the support of its allies.

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.

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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.