Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing in two recent state elections, exit polls showed, providing a boost to the opposition after a weaker mandate for the ruling alliance in national elections.

India's ruling party is projected to have lost two key provincial elections to the main opposition Congress party and its allies, exit polls showed, suggesting another setback after the party fared poorly in national elections.

After poor performance in the national elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party likely lost major state elections to the Congress party and its partners.As per local media reports,

Exit polls for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 have begun, with early predictions rolling in after voting concluded today.

Most of the exit polls have predicted that Congress will form the government in Haryana after ten years of BJP-rule in the state. Republic has predicted that Congress will get 55-62 seats in the state. AAP will not be able to open its account in the state. BJP to get around 21 seats in the state, predicted Republic.

MOFSL said that the stock markets appear to be experiencing a genuine tug-of-war between the headwinds and tailwinds. The election results may keep the markets on edge, it said.

The two elections were held in phases that ended on Saturday. Votes will be counted on Tuesday and results will be announced the same day. The exit poll results were released late on Saturday.

In Haryana, which voted on Saturday, almost every major exit poll predicted that the Congress could come back to power after a decade and gain a comfortable majority on its own, d

While the Congress is looking all set to get a clear majority in the Haryana Assembly polls and return to power, its alliance with the National Conference is likely to stay ahead of the pack in Jammu and Kashmir,