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Madhya Pradesh election result 2018 will be declared today. Exit polls show neck-and-neck fight between BJP and Congress. Track LIVE updates on Assembly election counting

Madhya Pradesh state assembly election


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	The Congress party ended Bharatiya Janata Party&#39;s (BJP) 15-year reign in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Congress won 114 seats in the state&#39;s 230-member Assembly. Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath met Governor Anandiben Patel on Wednesday to stake claim to form the next government in the state.</div>
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	The meeting, in which he was accompanied by party leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia and Digvijaya Singh, came after the Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party pledged their support to the Congress.</div>
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	MP Congress media in-charge Shobha Ojha declared on Wednesday evening that the newly elected members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) had unanimously chosen their leader. Though she did not reveal the name, sources said the state party chief Kamal Nath--who has earlier served as a Union minister--would be the next chief minister of the state.<br />
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	Congress president Rahul Gandhi&#39;s promise of a farm loan waiver, if his party is voted to power in Madhya Pradesh, seems to have helped it reap a rich harvest of votes and end 15-year-long wait for power.</div>
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	The Congress chief had promised loan waiver for farmers within 10 days of forming government in the state.</div>
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	Acting chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who resigned earlier in the day, asked the Congress to make good on party chief Rahul Gandhi&#39;s campaign promise of farm loan waiver.</div>
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State assembly election result 2018 will be declared today.Stay tuned to Business standard for LIVE coverage of Madhya Pradesh Assembly election result and Chhattisgarh election results 2018

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

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	<strong>Chhattisgarh ECI trends:</strong></div>
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		Bharatiya Janata Party wins 3 seats, leading in 13</li>
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		Congress wins 17 seats, leading in 51&nbsp;</li>
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	<strong>Congress headed for comfortable victory in the state&nbsp;</strong></div>

Loan waiver is a measure, not a solution to farmers&#39; distress: Rahul Gandhi

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	The process of loan waiver for farmers will start as soon as our governments are formed, says Rahul Gandhi</div>

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					<strong>Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Result: 230/230</strong></td>
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					82</td>
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					27</td>
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					84</td>
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Rahul Gandhi said,&quot;I feel sad for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He got a massive mandate in 2014 but was unsuccessful in changing the fate of India.&quot;

Congress President Rahul Gandhi: The ideology of SP, BSP and Congress is the same - different from that of BJP. There will not be a big issue of Chief Minister face. It will be done smoothly.

When PM Modi was elected, he was elected on three planks -- jobs, farmers and corruption. Now, the people think that Modi is himself corrupt. Before, people did not question his probity. Now, they do: Rahul Gandhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no delivered on his promises, said Rahul Gandhi.

We are going to provide these states a vision. We are going to provide these states a govt that they can be proud of: Rahul Gandhi

With a resurgent Congress party in these states, and in states where the BJP is in power, and with a united Opposition, it will become very difficult for PM Modi to win the 2019 general elections: Rahul Gandhi

I think there are serious question being asked about the future of our youngsters. The central question is how does our government intentd to give jobs to the millions of our youth. There is a feeling among the youth that the promise of jobs has not been met: Rahul Gandhi on whether poll results are a referendum on PM Modi&#39;s popularity.

Party	Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Result: 230/230
	Won	Leading
BJP	29	82
Congress	27	84
Others	1	7

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

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