Jind (Haryana) [India], August 16 (ANI): Jannayak Janata Party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, Dushyant Chautala, on Friday welcomed the announcement of assembly elections in Haryana and said that JJP is fully prepared to contest in all 90 assembly seats.
The elections to the 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana will be held in a single phase on October 1 and the counting of votes will take place on October 4.
“We welcome this. Our party is ready for all the 90 seats. All the workers of the party will fight strongly for the development of Haryana. The new CM (Nayab Singh Saini) only made announcements in the last 74 days which has taken the state backwards. The public will take accountability, they have seen it all. People have made up their minds,” Chautala said.
The Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar said that “Assembly Elections will be held in one phase; voting on October 1. Counting of votes will take place on October 4.”
Meanwhile, in Haryana, there are a total of 2.01 crore voters in Haryana, of which 1.06 crore are males, 0.95 crores are females, 4.52 lakhs are first-time voters and 40.95 lakhs are young voters.
“There are a total of 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana, of which 73 are general, SC-17 and ST-0. There will be a total of 2.01 crore voters in Haryana, of which 1.06 crore are males, 0.95 crore are females, 4.52 lakhs are first-time voters and 40.95 lakhs are young voters. The electoral roll of Haryana will be published on August 27, 2024,” the Chief Election Commissioner said.
The last day to file the nominations of Haryana will be September 12. The date of scrutiny of the nominations is September 13. The last date for the withdrawal of candidatures will be September 16.
The term of the current government in Haryana will end on November 3, 2024, and elections will take in 90 legislative assembly constituencies in the state.
After the 2019 elections, the BJP, with 40 seats in the 90-member assembly, formed a coalition government with the JJP. The JJP had won 10 seats, while the Congress had won 31 seats. The BJP-JJP alliance broke earlier this year.
In 2024, Haryana is likely to see a four-way contest between the BJP, the Congress, the JJP, and the AAP.
