BJP set to form govt in Jharkhand, J&K heading for a hung assembly

New Delhi: BJP and alliance are set to form a government in Jharkhand.

The party, on the other hand, might support PDP in J&K.

In an early morning development, PDP got in touch with the BJP for the formation of the new government in J&K.

READ MORE: Senior PDP leader says easy to ally with Congress than BJP

PDP spokesperson Naeem Akhtar confirmed the talks between the two parties.

BJP is all set to emerge as a single largest part in Jharkhand. However, the party's mission 44+ did not work in J&K and it is trailing behind PDP.

READ MORE: J&K Polls: Congress says it is ready to align with PDP

Out of a total of 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand, BJP alliance is leading in 42 seats. BJP Parliamentary Part will meet tomorrow to decide the name of the new Chief Minister of the state. The party is reportedly mulling over selecting a tribal Chief Minister.

READ MORE: Jharkhand polls: CM Hemant Soren wins from Barhet, three ex-CMs lose elections

Jammu and Kashmir, on the other hand, looks to be heading for a hung assembly with no party getting a clear majority.

According to the latest trends available, PDP is leading in 28 seats while the BJP is leading in 25 seats. Congress is ahead in 12 seats while the ruling National Conference is leading in just 15 seats.

The trends suggest that PDP is doing very well in Kashmir valley, while the BJP is way ahead of others in Jammu region.

In J&K, Outgoing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah won from Beerwah but lost in Sonawar while his National Conference, which was the single largest party in 2008 assembly polls with 28 seats, bagged 15 seats this time.

Congress, which was part of the ruling coalition led by Omar, won 11 seats and was ahead in one. It had won 17 seats in the last election.

Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather was among the prominent losers. Omar defeated Congress' Nazir Ahmed in Beerwah but lost to PDP candidate Mohammad Ashraf Mir from Sonawar seat while Rather was defeated by opposition party's Ghulam Nabi Lone from Charar-e-Sharief. This was Rather's first defeat in assembly elections since 1977.

Among the prominent winners were People's Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed from Anantnag and former JK Bank chairman Haseeb Drabu from Pulawama as the party swept all four Assembly seats in Pulwama district.

Separatist turned mainstream politician Sajjad Gani Lone defeated National Conference minister Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan from Handwara.

Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand of Congress lost to BJP's Krishan Lal from Chamb constituency by a margin of 14,790 votes.

Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami (CPIM) was trailing by 200 votes against PDP candidate Nazir Ahmad Laway from Kulgam constituency.

The lone woman minister in Omar Abdullah government, Sakina Itoo of National Conference, was trailing by over 4000 votes against PDP candidate Abdul Majid Padder.  BJP, which bagged 11 seats last time, has won 24 seats and was ahead in one.

In Jharkhand, the BJP-AJSU alliance is headed for the magic figure of 42 in the 81-member house.

If the BJP manages to reach the tally, it will be the first time that Jharkhand will see a majority government after witnessing governments falling like nine pins.

Prominent JMM winners are Chief Minister Hemant Soren who won from Barhait constituency, but lost from Dumka of which he is the sitting MLA.

Though the BJP is marching ahead, its heavyweight leader and three-time Chief Minister Arjun Munda lost from Kharsawan.

However, the party's national vice-president Raghuvar Das won the Jamshedpur East seat.

BJP's alliance partner AJSU suffered a jolt as its chief and former deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto lost from his home turf Silli, which he had represented for 15 years.

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) has won five seats and is leading in two others, but its chief and Jharkhand's first Chief Minister Babulal Marandi lost from Giridih.

He, however, is leading from Dhanwar constituency. Former CM and Jai Bharat Samanta Party chief Madhu Koda, who was recently chargeesheeted by the CBI in the coal block allocation scam, lost the Majhgaon seat, but his wife Geeta Koda retained the Jaganthpur seat.

The BJP has contested 72 seats while its alliance partner AJSU contested 8 seats. Another alliance partner LJP contested one seat. In the 2009 Assembly election the BJP had won 18 seats.

Here we are giving you live updates of the counting of votes in both the states:

11:00pm: J&K: Omar says slogans like 'Mission 44' punctured BJP's happiness

10:52pm: Jharkhand: Hemant Soren resigns, says JMM fought gallantly

10:03pm: J&K: Next CM will be from BJP, says party's state chief

09:43pm : Jharkhand: Hemant Soren wins, 9 Cabinet colleagues and Speaker bite dust

09:06 pm: J&K: Omar Abdullah to tender resignation tomorrow

08:14 pm: J&K: All options open in the state, says Jitendra Singh

07:54 pm: J&K: Omar Abdullah hints at possibility of NC backing PDP

06:54 pm: Jharkhand gets BJP government, Modi says its for stability

06:35 pm: PM hails BJP workers in J&K, Jharkhand on poll outcome

06:32pm: J&K: Dilemma for PDP as J-K election results point towards hung assembly

05:34 pm: J&K: PDP emerges as the largest party in a hung house, BJP second

05:16 pm: J&K : Open to alliance with PDP, National Conference, says BJP

05:05 pm: J&K: PDP looking for a govt with agenda of 'good governance', says Mehbooba Mufti

04:57 pm: Jharkhand: BJP headed for forming government in the state

04:24 pm: Jharkhand: JMM candidate Deepak Birua won the Chaibasa seat

03:31pm: Jharkhand: Shivshankar Oraon of BJP won the Gumla seat by defeating nearest JMM rival Bhushan Tirkey by 4,032 votes

03:30pm: Jharkhand: Former Speaker C P Singh won from the Ranchi seat

03:30pm: Jharkhand: JVM(P) candidate Naveen Jaiswal won the Hatia seat

03:30pm: Jharkhand: BJP candidate Ramkumar Pahan won from Khijri (ST) seat

03:28pm: Jharkhand: Hemant Sore wins from Barhet

03:06 pm - Jharkhand: JMM's Sita Soren wins from Jama

03:00 pm - Jharkhand: Arup Chatterjee wins from Nirsa

02:59 pm - J&K: BJP'S Jeevan Lal wins from Bani

02:50 pm - J&K: BJP's Lal Singh wins from Basohli

02:40 pm - Jharkhand: JVM president and former CM Babulal Marandi had contested from Dhanwar and Giridih. He has lost from both the constituencies.

02:19 pm - J&K: CM Omar Abdullah wins Beerwah Assembly seat by a margin of over 1000 seats

02:00 pm - J&K: Congress wins Surankote, Banihal seats

01:50 pm - Jharkhand: Ashok Kumar wins from Mahagama

01:42 pm - J&K: Congress' Vikar Rasool Wani wins from Banihal seat

01:35 pm - J&K: Nazir Ahmad Khan wins from Beerwah assembly constituency

01:20 pm - J&K: BJP's Ravinder Raina wins from Nowshera constituency

01:10 pm - Jharkhand: Former CM Arjun Munda loses from Kharasawan

01:04 pm - J&K: I want to thank the people: Sajjad Lone on his victory from Handwara

12:55 pm - J&K: PDP's Raja Manzoor Ahmed wins from Karna constituency

12:53 pm - Jharkhand: BJP's Raj Kumar Pahan wins from Khijri

12:52 pm - J&K: BJP's Kuldeep Raj wins from Hiranagar

12:50 pm - J&K: NC's Devender Singh Rana wins from Nagrota

12:46 pm - Jharkhand: BJP's Raj Sinha wins Dhanbad seat

12:46 pm - Jharkhand: Jharkhand: Sudesh Kumar Mahto of AJSU wins from Silli seat

12:45 pm - Jharkhand: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be the new CM. No issue of untouchability with the BJP: PDP MP Tariq Hamid Karra

12:41 pm - Jharkhand: BJP candidate from Ranchi, CP Singh, wins

12:40 - J&K: Congress candidate Salman Soz loses from Baramulla seat

12:36 - J&K: Ajaz Ahmad of PDP wins from Wachi

12:35 pm - J&K: Mohd Yousuf Bhat of PDP wins from Shopian

12:31 pm - Jharkhand: Hemant Soren wins Barhet seat

12:26 pm - J&K: Heena Bhat of BJP loses to PDP candidate, Altaf Bukhari, in Amira Kadal

12:22 pm - J&K: Sajjad Lone of People's Conference wins from Handwara seat

12:20 pm - J&K: Omar Abdullah loses from against PDP's Mohammad Ashraf Mir

12:10 pm - Jharkhanad: Babu Lal Marandi trailing in Giridih while he is leading in Dhanwar

12:05 pm - Jharkhand: Former CM Madhu Koda losses from Majhgaon seat

11:50 am - Jharkhanad: JMM candidate Kunal Sarangi wins from Baharagoda seat

11:50 am - J&K: Mufti Mohammad Saeed wins from Anantnag seat

11:30 am - It is a historic development that BJP has succeeded to bring Kashmir to the national front: Subramanian Swamy

11:25 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Raghubar Das leading in Jamshedpur East by 4,051 votes over his nearest JVM-P rival Abhay Singh

11:22 am - Jharkhand: Celebration begins at BJP's office in Ranchi

11:21 am - Jharkhand: BJP's RN Mandal leading from Godda with 19388 votes, RJD's Sanjay Yadav trailing with 16426 votes

11:19 am - In Jharkhand clearly can see that we are forming government, hopefully will emerge as the largest party in J&K: Ram Madhav,BJP

11:15 am - Forming government in Jharkhand is imminent, lets wait for the final results in J&K to be out : Manohar Parrikar, Union Minister

11:14 am - In Jharkhand we are forming government, trends in J&K are good, its a vote for good-governance: JP Nadda, BJP

11:11 am - We are forming government in Jharkhand, will fulfill Atalji's dream & take Jharkhand ahead on the road of development : Prakash Javadekar, BJP leader

11:06 am - J&K: PDP's Mufti Mohd Sayeed leading from Anantnag with 11531 votes, Congress's Hilal Shah trailing with 7454 votes

10:58 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Mathura Mahto leading from Tundi

10:56 am - J&K: People's Conference leader Sajjad Gani Lon leads from Handwara by 1615 votes

10:55 am - The way exit polls showed that BJP/PDP is making a clean sweep it isn't so: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress leader

10:54 am - Trends in Jharkhand is a setback for Congress, JMM is doing well as it has given good-governance, we were a part of the government: BK Hariprasad, Congress leader

10:52 am - BJP's Parliamentary Board & MLAs will decide who will be the Chief Minister of Jharkhand: Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister

10:50 am - Jharkhand: Irfan Ansari of Congress leading from Jamtara

10:45 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Satyendra Nath Tiwari leads from Garhwa

10:42 am - Jharkhand: Nawjawan Sangarh Morcha (NSM) candidate from Bhawanathpur, Bhanu Pratap Shahi, leads

10:40 am - J&K: Daleep Singh Parihar of BJP is leading over his nearest rival Mehboob Iqbal of PDP by a margin of 1401 votes in Bhaderwah constituency

10:37 am - J&K: Ashwani Kumar of BJP is leading over Kamal Verma of NC by a margin of 2148 votes in Bishnah constituency

10:36 am - J&K: Kuldeep Raj Dubey of BJP leading over Minister and Congress candidate Aijaz Khan by a margin of 255 votes in Gool-Arnas

10:34 am - J&K: Rajesh Gupta of BJP is leading over Vikram Malhotra of Congress by a margin of 1631 votes in Jammu East

10:31 am - J&K: BJP's Abdul Ghani Kohli leads from Kalakote

10:30 am - J&K: Gh Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat (Muntazir) of PDP leads from Badgam

10:28 am - J&K: Khalid Najib Suharwardy of NC leading from Doda

10:25 am - J&K: Pardeep Sharma of BJP leads from Poonch Haveli

10:22 am - Talks on with BJP to form government. Alliance with BJP may be inevitable. People have voted against Congress & NC & new forces have emerged, we have to take that into consideration: Naeem Akhtar, PDP spokesperson

10:19 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Radha Krishna Kishore leads from Chhatarpur

10:17 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Amit Kumar Tiwari leading from Panki

10:15 am - Jharkhand: Ramchandra Chandravanshi of BJP leads from Bishrampur

10:11 am - Jharkhand: Kameshwar Prasad Kushwaha of BJP leading from Hussainabad

10:09 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Manoj Kumar Singh leads from Daltonganj

10:05 am - J&K: Congress candidate from Rafiabad, Abdul Gani Vakil, leads

10:03 am - J&K: Abdul Rashid Dar of Congress leads from Sopore

10:03 am - J&K: PDP candidate Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari leads from Sangrama

10:00 am - J&K: PDP candidate Javid Hassan Baig leads from Baramulla

09:59 am - Jharkhand: CM Hemant Soren leading in Barhait constituency, BJP's Hemlal Murmu trailing

09:55 am - In a democracy, governments keep changing, this in no way should mean that Congress has lost its ground: Shobha Oza, Congress leader

09:52 am - Jharkhand: JMM's Dashrath Gagrai leading in Kharasawan constituency, BJP's Arjun Munda trailing by 1287 votes

09:52 am - Jharkhand: Congress's Dhanbad candidate Mannan Mallick trailing

09:50 am - Whatever the results going to be will take it gracefully. We are praying & wishing that Kashmir gets the best: Hina Bhat, BJP leader

09:50 am: Jharkhand: BJP's Biranchi Narayan leading from Bokaro

09:47 am - J&K: BJP's Devinder Kumar Manyal leading from Samba

09:46 am -  J&K: BJP candidate from Ramban, Neelam Kumar Langeh, leads

09:46 am - J&K: NC candidate Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh leads from Ganderbal

09:44 am - J&K: BJP's Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh is leading in Billawar against Congress's Dr Manohar Lal Sharma

09:43 am - Trends show PDP is leading. It may not get clear majority, will ally with a party & form government: PDP leader Trilochan Singh Bajwa

09:41 am - Trends are in favour of the BJP, let us wait will definitely get some more good news: Arjun Munda, BJP

09:40 am - Jharkhand: BJP candidate from Jama seat, Suresh Murmu, leads

09:39 am - Jharkhand: RJD's Annapurna Devi leads from Koderma

09:36 am - Jharkhand: Anant Pratap Deo of BJP leads from Bhawnathpur

09:35 am - Jharkhand: Hemant Soren trials from Dumka

09:33 am - Jharkhand: Raj Sinha of BJP leads Dhanbad seat

09:33 am - Jharkhand: AJSU candidate from Tamar, Vikas Kumar, leads

09:30 am - Jharkhand: Congress candidate Alamgir Alam trails in Pakur, BJP's Ranjit Kumar Tiwary leads

09:28 am - J&K: People have faith in Modiji, will form government here: Jugal Kishore, BJP leader

09:26 am - J&K: CM Omar Abdullah trails from Sonawar constituency, PDP's Mohammad Ashraf Mir leads

09:20 am - Jharkhand: Geeta Kora leads from Jaganathpur assembly constituency

09:18 am: People in J&K have to be slauted for coming out in large numbers to vote. It is the victory of India: BJP's Tarun Vijay

09:16 am - J&K: Balwant Singh Mankotia of National Panthers Party from Udhampur constituency leads

09:10 am: Mistakes committed by JMM and Congress in Jharkhand only reason that the BJP is performing well in the state: KC Tyagi, JD (U) leader

09:05 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Kanke candidate Dr Jitu Charan Ram leads

09:02 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Ashok Kumar leads from Mahagama

09:00 am - Lotus will blossom in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir: Shahnawaz Hussain, BJP leader

08:59 am - J&K: Congress candidate from Kokernag, Peerzada Mohammad Syed, leads

08:58 am - There is a mood prevailing in the country, momentum that Modi wave created still continuing: Sanjay Kaul, BJP leader

08:55 am - Jharkhand: Simon Marandi of BJP leads from Littipara

08:54 am - Jharkhanad: BJP's Satyanand Jha leads from Nala seat

08:52 am - J&K: Asgar Ali of Congress leads from Kargil

08:50 am - J&K: CM Omar Abdullah leads from Beerwah constituency

08:45 am - J&K: PDP's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed leads from Anantnag

08:42 am - J&K: BJP's Leh candidate Cheering Dorjee leads

08:40 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi leads from Giridih

08:35 am - J&K: BJP's Satpal Sharma leads from Jammu West constituency

08:34 am - Jharkhand: Sukhdev Bhagat of Congress leads from Lohardaga

08:30 am - Jharkhand: Former CM Madhu Koda trails from Majhgaon

08:25 am - J&K: BJP's Hina Bhat leads from for Srinagar's Amira Kadal constituency

08:24 am -  J&K: Former Deputy CM, Congress's Tara Chand leading from Chamb

08:20 am - We are hoping to win 60 out of the 81 seats in Jharkhand: Pashupati Nath Singh,BJP MP from Dhanbad

08:18 am - J&K: Peoples Conference chairman, Sajjad Gani Lone, leads from Handwara

08:17 am - Jharkhand: BJP's Arjun Munda leads from Kharsava, trails from Giridih

08:15 am - Jharkhand: JVM(P) president Babulal Marandi leads from Dhanwar

08:11 am - J&K: BJP's candidate from Reasi, Ajay Nanda, leads

08:10 am - J&K: BJP's candidate from Ramnagar, Ranbir Singh Pathania, leads

08:05 am - BJP will create history in J&K. The huge turnout during the BJP rallies was historic: Dr Jitendra Singh, MoS in PMO

08:04 am - PDP is confident of victory on its own, does not expect to need any help to form government: PDP leader Sameer Kaul

08 am -  Counting of votes begins in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand

07:30 am - BJP hopeful of getting a majority in Jharkhand: Sambit Patra, BJP spokesperson

07 am - Elaborate security arrangements made for smooth counting in both the states.

The two states witnessed a record turnout in the multi-cornered contests to elect their new Assemblies.

India TV-CVoter exit poll: PDP may fall short of majority in J&K, BJP in sight of power in Jharkhand

The five-phase polling in the two states, stretched for nearly a month, saw 66 per cent turnout.

In Jammu and Kashmir, where polling was held for 87 seats, the turnout was the highest after 1987 despite boycott calls by separatists and militants.

The militancy-hit state is witnessing a four-cornered fight between the ruling National Conference (NC), opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), BJP and Congress.

In the previous assembly elections, National Conference had won 28, Congress 17, PDP 21, BJP 11 and 'Others' 10 seats.

In the previous assembly polls, the JMM and BJP had won 18 seats each, Congress had won 14, JVM had won 11 and 'Others' 20 seats.

This was the third assembly elections in Jharkhand in 14 years of its existence. The state has seen nine governments interspersed with three periods of President rule. The state has so far been ruled by five tribal CMs-- Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda (thrice), Shibu Soren (thrice), Madhu Koda (once) and Hemant Soren (incumbent).

The term of Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir Assemblies ends on January 3 and January 19, respectively.