Voting for 90 assemblies of Haryana will be held today and the fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, former Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda, Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat and JJP's Dushyant Chautala and 1027 other candidates will be decided. Earlier, Congress MP Deependra Singh Hooda has accused the administration of bias in the elections.

Deepender Singh Hooda asked the Election Commission to immediately transfer the Bhiwani Superintendent of Police out of the district for violating the Model Code of Conduct and being biased against the Congress party in support of BJP candidate JP Dalal and influencing the election results.

Election Commission of India is urged upon to immediately transfer Superintendent of Police, Bhiwani out of the District for being biased against congress party in open support of BJP Candidate JP Dalal violating MCC so as to influence the outcome of elections. @ECISVEEP

— Deepender S Hooda (@DeependerSHooda) October 4, 2024

In fact, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to regain power in the state for the third consecutive time, while the Congress is hoping to return to the government after a decade. Counting of votes will take place on October 8.

Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Aggarwal said that 2,03,54,350 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise, out of which 8,821 voters are above 100 years of age. A total of 1,031 candidates are contesting on 90 seats, of which 101 are women. Among these candidates, 464 independents are contesting.

Pankaj Aggarwal said on Friday that a total of 20,632 polling stations have been set up for voting. The major parties trying their luck in the elections are BJP, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) alliance and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP)-Azad Samaj Party (ASP) alliance.