Congress leads in 31 constituencies in Haryana

The ruling Congress was leading in 31 of the 67 constituencies the trends of which were available till 10 am following the counting of votes for the 90-member Haryana Assembly where elections were held last week.

Om Parkash Chautala led INLD was leading in 18 constituencies while nominees of HJC-BL, BJP and BSP were leading in two seats each and SAD in one constituency. In the remaining 11 constituencies Independents had got the lead.

Chautala had a narrow lead of around 1200 votes ffrom Uchana Kalan over Finance Minister Birendra Singh. The INLD Chief, however, was trailing at Ellenabad behind Bharat Singh Beniwal (Congress).

Chautala's son Ajay was trailing behind his cousin K V Singh from Dabwali constituency while his younger brother Ranjit Singh contesting as a Congress nominee was trailing behind Krishan Lal (INLD) from Rania.

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was leading over Satish Kumar (INLD) from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak district.

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj (INLD) was trailing behind D K Bansal (Congress) from Panchkula while HJC-BL President Kuldeep Bishnoi was ahead over Krishan Gopal Tyagi (INLD) from Adampur.

Power Minister Randeep Surjewala was leading over Kailash Bhagat (INLD) from Kaithal.