BJP and INDIA Alliance Win Power in Haryana and J&K

• BJP retains power in Haryana, increasing its seats and vote share from 36.5% to 39.9%, securing a third consecutive term.
• The Congress’s vote share also rose by 11 points to register 39.1%, but its seat tally increased by six to 37.
• The BJP’s social engineering, gaining support from non-Jat OBCs, and its strengths in urban areas helped it succeed.
• The Congress’s divided party leadership and anti-incumbency efforts did not break the BJP’s social coalition or urban strongholds.
• The Congress needs to rework its strategy of upending the BJP in the Hindi heartland.
• The BJP increased its share by five points to 45% in Hindu-majority Jammu, helping it win in 29 seats and retain its seat shares in the region.
• The INDIA bloc won in four seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes, and in the Kashmir Valley, it won 41 out of 47 seats, reducing the PDP to three seats.
• The BJP’s strategy of isolating the mainstream polity in Kashmir and using delimitation to manufacture a majority was unsuccessful.
• The BJP-led Centre must allow the government to function and fulfil its promises.