LIVE | Assembly poll results 2023: BJP now guaranteed of hat-trick in 2024, says PM Modi
Modi arrives at BJP HQ
PM Narendra Modi at the BJP headquarters in Delhi. BJP national president JP Nadda is with Modi. Union Ministers Amit Shah, and Rajnath Singh are on stage as the BJP leaders will address party workers now after winning 3 States.
Telangana - Latest numbers
Congress - Won: 47; Leading: 17 (Total 64)
BRS - Won: 23; Leading: 16 (Total 39)
BJP - Won: 7; Leading: 1 (Total 8)
AIMIM - Won: 2; Leading: 5 (Total 7)
Chhattisgarh - Latest numbers
BJP - Won: 19; Leading: 35 (Total 54)
Congress - Won: 14; Leading: 22 (Total 36)
MP - Won/Leading (Latest)
BJP - 86 won /77 leading. Total 163
Congress - 23/43. Total 66
Bharat Adivasi Party - 1
Rajasthan: BJP gets absolute majority in 119-seat Assembly
BJP has won 104 seats and is leading in 11. Congress has bagged 60 seats and leads in 9, as per the latest results/leads available on the Election Commission (EC) website.
Latest trends
MP leads
BJP - 163
Congress - 66
Rajasthan leads
BJP - 115
Congress - 69
Chhattisgarh leads
BJP - 55
Congress - 35
Telangana leads
Congress - 65
BRS - 39
Amit Shah at BJP HQ
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at BJP headquarters in Delhi. PM Narendra Modi too will be there shortly.
Several Rajasthan ministers lose
Several ministers, including Disaster Management Minister Govind Ram Meghwal, in the Ashok Gehlot government lost Assembly elections in Rajasthan.
Govind Meghwal, who was also the Congress' campaign committee chief, was defeated by BJP's Vishwanath Meghwal on Khajuwala seat.
The other Congress ministers who lost the elections included Bhanwar Singh Bhati from Kolayat seat, Shakuntala Rawat (Bansur), Vishvendra Singh (Deeg Kumher), Ramesh Chand Meena (Sapotara), Shale Mohammad (Pokaran), and Udailal Anjana (Nimbahera).
Also, some ministers, including BD Kalla (Bikaner West), Zahida Khan (Kaman), Bhajan Lal Jatav (Weir), Mamta Bhupesh (Sikrai), Parsadi Lal Meena (Lalsot), Sukhram Vishnoi (Sanchore), Ramlal Jat (Mandal), and Pramod Jain Bhaya (Anta) are trailing in the elections.
Five of the six advisors to CM Gehlot – Sanyam Lodha (Sirohi), Rajkumar Sharma (Nawalgarh), Babu Lal Nagar (Dudu), Danish Abrar and former chief secretary Niranjan Arya – are also trailing.
Gehlot and his 25 ministers, among other Congress leaders, had contested the assembly elections.
Gehlot (Sardarpura), Ashok Chandna (Hindoli), Shanti Dhariwal (Kota North), Brajendra Ola (Jhunjhunu), Subhash Garg (RLD/ Bharatpur), Murari Lal Meena (Dausa), Arjun Singh Bamaniya (Banswara) and Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya (Bagidora), are leading on their seats and set to win the polls.
Several Rajasthan ministers lose
Several ministers, including Disaster Management Minister Govind Ram Meghwal, in the Ashok Gehlot government lost Assembly elections in Rajasthan.
Govind Meghwal, who was also the Congress' campaign committee chief, was defeated by BJP's Vishwanath Meghwal on Khajuwala seat.
The other Congress ministers who lost the elections included Bhanwar Singh Bhati from Kolayat seat, Shakuntala Rawat (Bansur), Vishvendra Singh (Deeg Kumher), Ramesh Chand Meena (Sapotara), Shale Mohammad (Pokaran), and Udailal Anjana (Nimbahera).
Also, some ministers, including BD Kalla (Bikaner West), Zahida Khan (Kaman), Bhajan Lal Jatav (Weir), Mamta Bhupesh (Sikrai), Parsadi Lal Meena (Lalsot), Sukhram Vishnoi (Sanchore), Ramlal Jat (Mandal), and Pramod Jain Bhaya (Anta) are trailing in the elections.
Five of the six advisors to CM Gehlot – Sanyam Lodha (Sirohi), Rajkumar Sharma (Nawalgarh), Babu Lal Nagar (Dudu), Danish Abrar and former chief secretary Niranjan Arya – are also trailing.
Gehlot and his 25 ministers, among other Congress leaders, had contested the assembly elections.
Gehlot (Sardarpura), Ashok Chandna (Hindoli), Shanti Dhariwal (Kota North), Brajendra Ola (Jhunjhunu), Subhash Garg (RLD/ Bharatpur), Murari Lal Meena (Dausa), Arjun Singh Bamaniya (Banswara) and Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya (Bagidora), are leading on their seats and set to win the polls.
MP: Union minister Kulaste loses from Niwas
Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste lost from Niwas (ST) seat in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district to the Congress' Chainsingh Warkade by a margin of 9,723 votes.
Kulaste was among the three Union ministers the Bharatiya Janata Party had fielded in the Assembly polls held on November 17.
Incidentally, he has contested from Niwas three times, having won only in 1990.
He was among the three BJP MPs associated with the alleged "cash-for-vote" scandal after they waved currency notes in the Lok Sabha in July 2008 during a debate on a no-confidence motion against then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.