Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP National President JP Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during celebrations after party's victory in elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi, on Sunday, December 3. Photo: PTI
LIVE | Assembly poll results 2023: BJP now guaranteed of hat-trick in 2024, says PM Modi
"The results in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan indicate that the people of India are firmly with politics of good governance and development, which the BJP stands for," said Modi.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Assembly election results of four states – Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana. The counting of votes has begun at 8 am.
The Federal brings you all the results of these four State Assemblies, live. Mizoram Assembly poll results too were to be declared today but have been deferred by a day. The Election Commission (EC) received several representations from various quarters requesting for change in the date of counting with Sunday being of special significance for the people of Mizoram. Total seats in each state – Chhattisgarh (90), Madhya Pradesh (230), Rajasthan (199), Telangana (119).
Telangana voters, you can track the results in Telugu on The Federal Telangana website. Click here.
The Federal has extensively covered the Assembly election campaign with numerous ground reports and analyses. Read them here.
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Live Updates
- 3 Dec 2023 7:11 AM GMT
MP: Union ministers faring well, except for Kulaste
Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste was trailing behind his nearest Congress rival Chansingh Barkade by 11,560 votes from Niwas constituency in Madhya Pradesh, as per the EC.
The other Union Ministers fielded in MP Assembly elections to fight anti-incumbency sentiment against the BJP are faring well in their constituencies.
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who landed in controversy over his son featuring in video leaks talking about cash transactions is leading by 3,700 votes in Dimani. Union Minister Prahlad Patel has a lead of 6,521 votes in Narsinghpur, in the Mahakoshal region.
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya is also leading by 19,940 votes in the Indore-1 Assembly constituency.
- 3 Dec 2023 7:09 AM GMT
Chhattisgarh: Former CM Raman Singh, state BJP chief Arun Sao leading
Senior BJP leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh was leading over Congress' Girish Dewangan in Rajnandgaon seat by 13,279 votes after fourth round of counting of votes for the state Assembly elections, as per the Election Commission.
Chhattisgarh BJP chief Arun Sao was also leading in Lormi seat against Congress' Thaneshwar Sahu by 9,106 votes after fifth round of counting, while former Union minister Vishnu Deo Sai was ahead in Kunkuri seat against Congress candidate UD Minj by 7,813 votes after eighth round of counting.
BJP MP Gomti Sai was leading in Pathalgaon seat against Congress' Rampukar Singh by 6,078 votes after fifth round of counting, as per the EC.
BJP leader and former minister Ramvichar Netam was ahead in Ramanujganj seat against Congress' Ajay Tirkey by 4,874 votes.
Former IAS officer OP Choudhary was leading in Raigarh seat against Congress' Prakash Nayak by 7,435 votes, while former minister Amar Agrawal was ahead in Bilaspur seat against Congress' Shailesh Pandey by 6,364 votes.
In Raipur City North seat, former minister Rajest Munat Agrawal was leading by 4,643 votes against Congress' Vikas Upadhyay Pandey.
In Narayanpur seat, former minister Kedar Kashyap was leading by 3,515 votes against Congress' Chandan Kashyap, as per the EC.
- 3 Dec 2023 7:07 AM GMT
Latest trends
Chhattisgarh leads
BJP - 54
Congress - 34
Telangana leads
Congress - 67
BRS - 38
MP leads
BJP - 160
Congress - 67
Rajasthan leads
BJP - 113
Congress - 71
- 3 Dec 2023 6:40 AM GMT
Scindia's jibe at Congress for distributing 'laddoos'
"They should have waited for results." - Union minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia's jibe at Congress over MP leads.
