In a surprising turn of events, BJP has retained its hold in Faridabad and Palwal, winning 7 out of 9 seats in the southernmost districts of Haryana. Despite reports of anti-incumbency, BJP’s main rival, the Congress, managed to win only 2 seats, improving its tally from the last assembly election.

BJP’s victory was evident from the start of the vote counting. Vipul Goel won the Faridabad seat with a significant margin of 48,388 votes over Congress’ Lakhan Kumar Singla. Similarly, Rajesh Nagar of BJP comfortably won the Tigaon segment.

Notable winners include Satish Kumar Fagna, who defeated experienced Congress MLA Neeraj Sharma by a margin of 33,217 votes in the NIT segment. Mool Chand Sharma, a sitting MLA and Cabinet Minister, secured a hat-trick from the Ballabgarh seat.

The Congress party’s only consolation in Faridabad district was retaining the Prithla seat, with Raghubir Singh Tewatia prevailing over BJP’s Tek Chand Sharma. In Palwal, BJP’s Gaurav Gautam won with a margin of 33,605 votes, while Harinder Singh defeated Udai Bhan, president of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, by a slender margin of 2,595 votes. Mohammed Israil of Congress managed to win from the Hathin segment. BJP’s victory is a significant achievement, considering the party had expelled 8 leaders from Haryana for contesting as Independents.

In Gurugram, the ruling BJP-led by Nayab Singh Saini in Haryana on Tuesday won all four seats in Gurgaon, Pataudi, Badshahpur and Sohna constituencies of the Gurugram district. The winning candidates from all four constituencies in the Gurugram district are Mukesh Sharma from the Gurugram constituency, former minister Rao Narbir Singh from the Badshahpur constituency, Tejpal Tanwar from the Sohna constituency and Bimla Chaudhary from the Pataudi (SC) constituency.

BJP candidate Mukesh Sharma, who won from Gurugram constituency, received 1,22,615 votes. Independent candidate Naveen Goyal who finished second, received 54,570 votes.

Congress candidate Mohit Grover, who was at number three, received 46,947 votes. Sharma maintained a lead in all the rounds and defeated his nearest rival Goyal by a 68,045 margin vote.

Similarly, BJP's Rao Narbir Singh from Badshahpur constituency also maintained a lead in all the rounds and received 1,45,503 votes. Congress candidate Vardhan Yadav, who came in second place, got 84,798 votes and in second place, Independent candidate Kumudani Jhangu got 30,885 votes. Narbir defeated his nearest rival Vardhan by 60,705 votes.

Likewise, BJP candidate Tejpal Tanwar, who won from the Sohna constituency, received 60,994 votes. Second-ranked Congress candidate Rohtash Khatana received 49,177 and Independent Javed Ahmed received 49,171 votes securing third position. BJP candidate Tejpal defeats Khatana by 11,817 margin votes.

Similarly, BJP candidate Bimla Chaudhary, who won from Pataudi assembly constituency, got 98,519 votes. Congress candidate Pearl Chaudhary, who finished second, received 51,989 votes and third candidate INLD candidate Pawan Kumar Bhora received 3,214 votes. Bimla defeats Pearl by 46,530 margin votes.