Haryana elections: Independent candidate Savitri Jindal leading from Hisar

Chandigarh: Independent candidate Savitri Jindal is leading from the Hisar assembly seat in Haryana, according to Election Commission trends.

Jindal, who is the mother of BJP's Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal, is leading by a margin of 3,836 votes from Congress candidate Ram Niwas Rara. BJP candidate and outgoing MLA Kamal Gupta was at the third spot.

Counting of votes polled in the October 5 assembly elections in Haryana began at 8 am on Tuesday.