31 Jan, 15:13 (IST)

BJP's Krishna Middha has won Jind bypoll election with over 12,000 votes. JJP's Digvijay came second.

31 Jan, 14:50 (IST)

After 12 rounds of counting, BJP's Krishna Middha is leading with over 13,000 votes. Meanwhile, JJP's Digvijay Chautala is in second place.

31 Jan, 14:17 (IST)

After nine rounds of voting, BJP candidate Krishna Middha is leading with over 12,000 votes.

31 Jan, 13:54 (IST)

Krishna Middha is leading with over 10,000 votes after the eighth round of counting, while, JJP's Digvijay Chautala is at second place.

31 Jan, 13:26 (IST)

Police resorted to lathicharge outside the counting centre after workers of various political parties created a ruckus

31 Jan, 13:22 (IST)

Counting of votes resumed after ruckus created by workers of various political parties due to a technical glitch in the EVM.

31 Jan, 12:52 (IST)

Counting has been disrupted due to ruckus created by workers of various political parties inside the counting centre as a technical glitch developed in EVMs.

31 Jan, 12:29 (IST)

After seven rounds of counting, BJP Candidate Krishna Middha is leading with 9,330 votes.

31 Jan, 12:06 (IST)

After six rounds of counting, BJP candidate Krishna Middha is leading with over 10,000 votes.

31 Jan, 11:27 (IST)

BJP candidate Krishna Middha is leading Jind bypoll with 5,737 votes.  Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is confident of winning the Jind constituency with over 10,000 votes.

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Jind, January 31: The bypoll for Haryana's Jind constituency was held on January 28. The counting of votes will begin today at 8 am. The constituency is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with prestige at stake for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Congress and the emerging Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), formed by Lok Sabha MP Dushyant Chautala after the split in the INLD. The bypoll was necessitated following the death of INLD legislator Hari Chand Middha last August last year.

There are 21 candidates, including two women in the fray. Prominent among the candidates include senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, who is also the party's sitting MLA from Kaithal, late Hari Chand Middha's son and BJP candidate Krishan Middha and INLD's Umed Singh Redhu. Around 75 percent voting was recorded in the bypoll.

There are nearly 1.70-lakh people voters, including 80,556 women in the constituency. A total of 71 polling booths set up in rural areas of the constituency and 103 polling booths set up in urban areas. Nearly 3,000 police personnel were deployed in the region to avoid any untoward incident. VVPAT machines were used for polling to ensure transparency.

The assembly elections in Haryana will take place this year in October. In the last elections, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the majority in 90-member assembly and Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn-in as the chief minister.