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Congress’ unexpected loss in Haryana and its gains with ally National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, explained.

India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to register a surprise win in the northern state of Haryana, although an opposition alliance was ahead in the first assembly elections in Indian-administered Kashmir in a decade.

Exit polls had projected a win in Haryana for the opposition Congress party, but the BJP managed to come back to power in the state for a third term, months after suffering electoral losses in the parliamentary elections.

In a consolation for the Congress party, its regional ally – the Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) party – was ahead in the Kashmir assembly elections.

The vote counting is still under way and final results will be announced later on Tuesday. Voting was done by postal ballots and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Haryana went to polls on October 5 while voting was spread across three phases (September 18, 25 and October 1) in Kashmir.

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