Exit polls give Rajasthan to Congress; photo finish in MP, Chhattisgarh

The counting of votes to the five Assemblies that went to the polls in November and December is on Tuesday

After polling ended for the Telangana and Rajasthan assemblies on Friday evening, and along with this the elections in five states, most exit polls predicted a Congress resurgence in northern India.

All exit polls said Rajasthan was unlikely to break its 25-year-old habit of throwing out the incumbent government, with the Congress slated to win the state. Several exit polls predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) 15-year-rule in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh could also end.

However, most exit polls indicated the Bahujan Samaj Party-Ajit Jogi alliance in Chhattisgarh might have hurt the Congress, with the BJP slated to win a fourth