The Congress wanted to contest five seats, but the Samajwadi Party hesitated, citing their performance in the general elections held from April to June.

India Today's Preeti Chaudhary gives us a breakdown of the reasons why the Congress lost the polls in Haryana despite BJP facing anti-incumbency.

In his first comments following the election results in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his party was analysing the “unexpected results in Haryana.”

The Congress party is set to meet with the Election Commission today at 6 PM to discuss allegations of irregularities in the recent Haryana assembly election results.

The fallout of the Congress' poor show in the Haryana election - which has included a stinging attack from allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and Trinamool - rumbles on, with the Samajwadi Party snubbing a seat-share ask for by-polls to 10 UP Assembly seats.

The BJP beat anti-incumbency in Haryana, winning a historic third consecutive term in Haryana, but the same cannot be said for 49 of the 90 Assembly seats in the state that elected a different party this time than the one that won the constituency in 2019.

Claiming there were ’irregularities' during the vote counting, held yesterday, the party ‘refused’ to accept its defeat in an election it was expected to sweep.

Devender Kadyan won from Ganaur as an Independent while Rajesh Joon defeated his BJP rival to secure victory in Bahadurgarh.

In the Haryana Assembly Elections 2024, BJP retained power with 48 seats while Congress secured 37. The INDIA alliance raised questions on Congress' defeat in the state.

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest the upcoming Delhi assembly elections independently, ruling out an alliance with the Congress. AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar stated that the party aims to highlight its achievements over the past decade while contrasting itself against what she termed as the 'overconfident Congress' and 'arrogant BJP.