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

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

7:50 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said, "This is a victory of Congress workers, small traders, farmers. This is a big responsibility for Congress party and we will work on this."

7:50 PM

Rahul addresses media. He claimed victory in Madhya Pradesh and also thanked BJP chief ministers for their work in the various states.

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7:20 PM

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan leads by over 43,000 votes in Budhni

 

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of BJP has established a decisive lead of 43,690 votes over his nearest rival Arun Yadav of Congress in Budhni Assembly seat, as per the latest vote count. Chouhan is seeking a fifth term as an MLA from the seat in Sehore district. Simultaneously, the battle between the Congress and the ruling BJP to claim the Madhya Pradesh crown has gone down to the wire....READ

6:59 PM

Chhattisgarh Election Result

 

Former Union minister Charan Das Mahant of Congress elected from Sakti constituency

6:59 PM

Chhattisgarh Election Result

 

BJP's Ajay Chandrakar elected from Kurud constituency with 10,470 votes.

6:56 PM

Chhattisgarh Election Result

 

Health minister Ajay Chandrakar (BJP) elected from Kurud constituency by a margin of 10,470 votes.

6:52 PM

 

Party	Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Result: 230/230
	Won	Leading
BJP	10	98
Congress	7	107
Others		8

6:27 PM

Congress continues its dominance in Chhattisgarh

 

Congress continues to maintain its lead in Chhattisgarh. The BJP, on the other hand, is leading in just 13 seats. In the 2013 assembly polls, the saffron party had registered a landslide victory winning a total of 49 seats. The Congress had won 39 seats in the 90-member assembly.

6:26 PM

Congress's Amitesh Shukla wins from Rajim constituency by over 57,000 votes.

In Rajim assembly constituency, Congress candidate Amitesh Shukla has won by over 57,000 votes. Shukla won 90,850 votes. He defeated BJP's Santosh Upadhyay who bagged 36,535 votes.

6:26 PM

 

Party	Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result: 90/90
	Won	Leading
BJP	3	13
Congress	14	52
Others		6

5:53 PM

PL Punia, Congress in Chhattisgarh: We humbly accept the mandate by the people. They have not given us the right, they have given us a responsibility. They believed the promises we made in our manifesto. People trusted the words of Rahul Gandhi ji and gave us an agenda, we accept it.

5:51 PM

Raman Singh, outgoing CM of Chhattisgarh: We respect the mandate that the public has given. I congratulate Congress on this success. I consider it my luck to serve the public of Chhattisgarh for the last 15 years.

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5:44 PM

CM Raman Singh accepts defeat, however, he added that the current elections were not a reflection of BJP's position in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls.