Haryana Election:- Less than a month is left for the assembly elections in Haryana. Voting is to be held on all 90 seats of Haryana on October 5. The results will be declared on October 8. All the parties have fielded their candidates. Congress is contesting alone on 89 seats while it has given one seat to CPIM. The party has taken special care of social engineering in ticket distribution.
Congress has played the biggest bet on Jats. The party has also taken special care of non-Jats. Congress has given tickets to the maximum number of Jat candidates for Haryana assembly elections. The party has fielded 35 Jat candidates. At the same time, it has given tickets to OBCs at the second place. Congress has fielded OBC candidates on 20 seats. Apart from this, the party has also expressed full confidence in other castes.
Congress has given tickets to Scheduled Caste candidates on 17 seats. Apart from this, the party has also fielded five Muslims. At the same time, the party has also taken special care of Punjabis. Congress has given tickets to Punjabis on six seats. Apart from this, the party has fielded Brahmins on four seats, Baniyas on two seats, Rajput candidates on one seat
How many candidates of which caste were fielded
Jat 35
OBC 20
Brahmin 4
Baniya 2
Muslim 5
Punjabi 6
Rajput 1
Scheduled Caste (SC) 17
10 major parties in the electoral fray
A total of 10 major parties are in the electoral fray in the Haryana assembly elections. BJP, Congress (89), Aam Aadmi Party are contesting alone on all seats. At the same time, there is an alliance of JJP-ASP. In this, JJP is contesting on 70 seats and Azad Samaj Party (Kashi Ram) on 20 seats. There is an alliance of INLD-BSP-HLP. INLD is contesting on 52, BSP on 37 and Haryana Lokhit Party on 1 seat. Apart from this, Communist Party of India (Marxist) is contesting on three and CPI on five seats.
Voting in Haryana on October 5
Voting is to be held in one phase on October 5 for 90 assembly seats of Haryana. September 12 was the last date for filing nominations. September 16 is the date for taking back the form. Its results will be declared on October 8. In the assembly elections held in 2019, BJP emerged as the largest party. After the elections, BJP formed a coalition government here along with Jannayak Janata Party and seven independent MLAs. Later, the BJP-JJP alliance broke.