Counting is underway for the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections and the numbers are flying in rapidly. But how are the big names faring? Here’s a look

In the 2019 elections, Gopal Kanda won the Sirsa seat with a slim margin of 602 votes over Gokul Setia, who had then contested as an Independent. It was a triangular contest then where the BJP polled more than 30,000 while the Congress could gather only 10,000 votes out of 1.42 lakh votes polled.

In the closely contested Haryana assembly elections, early trends show BJP and Congress neck and neck, with BJP slightly leading. The Congress is poised for a comeback, focusing on unemployment and agrarian distress.