Chandigarh, March 18 -- The outcome for two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana turned into a cliff hanger in the early hours of Tuesday with the Congress, despite having the numbers on paper, barely managing to win the second seat by just one vote.

The poll results were declared at 1.07 am on Tuesday, more than nine hours after polling ended at 4pm on Monday. Bharatiya Janata Party member Sanjay Bhatia comfortably won one of the two seats. But for the second seat, Congress candidate Karamvir Singh Boudh beat BJP-backed independent Satish Nandal by just one vote.

The ruling BJP has 48 legislators in the 90-member assembly and the opposition Congress has 37. The Indian National Lok Dal, which has two lawmakers, abstained from voting.

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