From Nayab Saini to Omar Abdullah: Big winners of Haryana, and Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections 2024

Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat, running on a Congress ticket, won Haryana's Julana constituency by a margin of 6,000 votes, defeating BJP candidate Yogesh Kumar. Congress last won the Julana constituency in 2005, making Phogat's victory a significant moment for the party as it reclaimed the seat after 19 years. (Photo: PTI)

Haryana chief minister and BJP candidate Nayab Singh Saini secured victory in Ladwa constituency with a margin of 16,054 votes. Saini received 70,177 votes, while Congress's Mewa Singh got 54,123 votes. Saini had replaced former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar shortly before the assembly elections. (Photo: ANI)

Aditya Surjewala, son of Congress veteran Randeep Surjewala, won the Kaithal seat in the Haryana assembly elections, defeating BJP’s Leela Ram by a margin of 8,124 votes. He secured 83,744 votes compared to Leela Ram's 75,620. At 25, he is set to become the youngest MLA in the state in the last 25 years. (Photo: Aditya Surjewala's X handle)

Congress veteran and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda won by a margin of 71,465 votes in the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi assembly constituency of Haryana. He defeated BJP’s Manju Hooda and INLD’s Krishan to secure the win. (Photo: PTI)

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah won Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal seat with 32,727 votes and also secured victory in Budgam. On the day of counting, Abdullah went for a 7K run in Srinagar and shared selfies on X. He and his party emerged as one of the biggest winners in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. (Photo: AP)

BJP leader and Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij defeated independent candidate Chitra Sarwara by 7,277 votes in the Ambala Cantt assembly seat in Haryana. (Photo: PTI)

India’s richest woman and former minister, Savitri Jindal, defeated Congress candidate Ram Niwas Rara by a margin of 18,941 votes to win the Hisar assembly constituency in Haryana, according to Election Commission data. Jindal is the chairperson emeritus of the OP Jindal Group. (Photo: Savitri Jindal's X handle)

Former Lok Sabha MP and Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra won the Central Shalteng assembly seat in Central Kashmir, defeating independent candidate Muhammad Irfan Shah by a margin of 14,395 votes. Karra had previously won this seat in 2002 as a member of the PDP. (Photo: X)

BJP candidate Shagun Parihar won the Kishtwar seat in Jammu and Kashmir by a margin of 521 votes, defeating NC candidate Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo. Parihar's father, Ajeet Parihar, and her uncle Anil Parihar, a senior BJP leader, were killed by terrorists in November 2018 before the panchayat elections. (Photo: Shagun Parihar's X handle)

INLD leader and grandson of former Haryana CM Devi Lal, Aditya Devi Lal (left), won the Dabwali constituency by defeating Congress candidate Amit Sihag by 610 votes. He also contested against distant relative Digvijay Singh Chautala. (Photo: Aditya Devi Lal's X handle)