MP election result highlights: Kamal Nath to be new chief minister

Madhya Pradesh election result 2018 declared. Congress wins 114 seats in Madhya Pradesh.

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11:48 AM

Shobha Oza, Congress: At 1 pm Kamal Nath will meet former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan as a courtesy visit. At 4pm we have a meeting of party MLAs and AK Antony is coming as observer and after that we will put in a word with Rahul Gandhi.

11:41 AM

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11:17 AM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan: We did not get majority, will not stake claim to form Government, I am going to tender my resignation to the Governor.  

10:54 AM

10:41 AM

Congress delegation to meet Madhya Pradesh Governor at 12 noon to stake claim to form govt. 

10:40 AM

Results show that people in states like Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were totally against the BJP and its anti ppl policies and as a result chose Congress due to lack of other major alternatives, says Mayawati

10:19 AM

Meeting of BJP leaders underway at Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence in Bhopal. Kailash Vijayvargiya, Rakesh Singh, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Narendra Singh Tomar present.

9:14 AM

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8:21 AM

Madhya Pradesh counting concludes, final ECI results - Congress 114, BJP 109, SP-1, BSP-2 and Independents-4

8:19 AM

7:57 AM

Kamal Nath, Congress in Bhopal: With utmost happiness, I wish to inform you that Congress has won clear majority. We have written a letter to the Governor to invite us so that we can prove our majority before him. 

6:41 AM

Madhya Pradesh Election Result 2018

 

Status at 5.30 am

 

Total seats: 230

 

BSP won 1 and leading in 1

 

BJP won 107 and leading in 1

 

Congress won 112 and leading in 3

 

Samajwadi Party 1

 

Independents 4

 

The results of 225 seats have been declared. Five yet to be declared