Haryana elections: BJP surges in Haryana, set to form government on its own

The BJP on Sunday said it will form the government in Haryana with early trends indicating it was winning in 48 of the 90 seats. This is the first time that the BJP is likely to come to power in the state on its own. The party started on a winning note with the first result being declared in Haryana going to its kitty. Veteran BJP leader Anil Vij won from the Ambala Cantt seat by a convincing margin of 15,462 votes. ‘We will form the next government in Haryana. We will get two-thirds majority,’ BJP leader Abhimanyu said in Hisar. The ruling Congress, staring at a rout, drew solace with the result of the Jhajjar (reserved) seat going in its favour. Education minister and Congress candidate Geeta Bhukkal won the seat with a margin of 26,854 votes. If the BJP wins a clear majority in the assembly, this will be an achievement given the fact that the BJP had won only 4 assembly seats in the 2009 assembly polls. A party needs to win 46 seats to get a simple majority in the house. The INLD was leading in 21 seats and the Congress in 14. The Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) and others led in three and five seats respectively, according to indiatimes.com