BJP dominates Faridabad and Palwal, wins 7 out of 9 seats

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.