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| | A split verdict in Haryana |
 | | These articles on the electoral verdicts in Haryana, Orissa and Manipur, among the four States where Assembly elections were held recently, follow from the first two instalments of the feature, which were published in the March 17 and March 31 issues of Frontline. |
 | | Given that the National Democratic Alliance won all 10 parliamentary seats in the State in the general elections of September-October 1999 (and established leads in all but five Ass embly segments), it was a foregone conclusion that the Indian National Lok Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine would secure an overwhelming majority in the Assembly elections. |
 | | This election belonged to Om Prakash Chautala, whose party won 47 seats and 29.2 per cent of the popular vote; in effect, the INLD secured, on an average, 43.8 per cent of the votes in the 61 constituencies that it contested. |
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