CHANDIGARH: History was scripted in Haryana on Sunday after BJP, high on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charisma, stormed to power for the first time on its own and clinched 47 of the 90 assembly seats. It is a quantum jump for the party as the number of its MLAs swelled more than 12 times. It had only four legislators in 2009.
Hit by strong anti-incumbency and the Modi wave, the ruling Congress slipped to third spot with just 15 seats while strong regional outfit INLD could manage only 19.
By voting BJP to power, Haryana stuck to the conventional formula of the past 23 years - of going with the party in power at the Centre. The party too showed that its stunning performance in the Lok Sabha elections in May, when it won seven out of eight seats it contested, was no fluke. It had led in 52 assembly segments then.
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