The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained Haryana for the third consecutive time while the National Conference and Congress alliance has managed to win a clear majority in the first assembly elections in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The results are contrary to what almost all exit polls predicted: that the Congress would comfortably win Haryana while Jammu & Kashmir would not give a clear majority to any alliance. What explains these results? Here are three charts that put things into perspective.
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News/Editors Pick/ Number Theory: 3 charts that explain the Haryana, J&K election results