While Congress relied heavily on Jat and Dalit voters, it failed to polarise them. In contrast, the BJP focused on a broader voter base, including OBCs, Dalits, and Brahmins.

The data is telling of the way the Congress failed to rein in factionalism within the party, bungled ticket distribution and was unable to quell rebellion within its ranks

BJP achieved a narrow victory in the assembly polls with 39.94% votes versus Congress’s 39.09%. However, the BJP retained power for a third term in the state by securing 48 seats, while the Congress won 37.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a surprise election victory in Haryana state on Tuesday, reinforcing its popularity in the northern heartland a few months after stumbling in national elections.

Despite serious efforts by the leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress, they failed to reach an agreement on pre-poll seat-sharing in Haryana.

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared on course for a surprise win on Tuesday in polls in the northern state of Haryana, but was trailing the opposition in the first elections in a decade in troubled Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

BJP's third consecutive victory in Haryana highlights the unshakeable faith in PM Modi's double-engine government, appreciated by farmers, the poor, backward classes, soldiers, and youth. Amit Shah criticized Congress for divisive politics,

A statistical analysis of the results besides these headline numbers shows a more comprehensive story of a growing and deepening BJP footprint in the state.