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

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

12:08 PM

Anand Rai says Congress is not in safe zone

 

Anand Rai, the whistleblower who uncovered the Vyapam scam, stated that the Madhya Pradesh Congress' decision of not forming any alliance in the state backfired for the Grand Old Party. Bahujan Samaj Party, which is leading on 7 seats and Gondwana Gantantra Party, which is ahead on 3 seats will decide the fate of the Congress in Madhya Pradesh.

12:03 PM

BJP now ahead in very tight contest in Madhya Pradesh

11:57 AM

MP result: 230/230

 

Trends
 

BJP: 113
 

Congress: 106
 

Other: 25

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11:42 AM

Official ECI trends: Congress leading on 53 seats, BJP leading on 16 seats, Janata Congress on 4 seats, and others on 2 seats in Chhattisgarh.

11:40 AM

Madhya Pradesh Election Commission: Congress leading on 116 seats, BJP on 94 seats, others on 10 seats in Madhya Pradesh.

11:39 AM

Saroj Pandey, BJP national general secretary & MP from Durg (Chhattisgarh): We can't say anything after only 1st round of counting. We hope to form the government in Chhattisgarh. It's a very close fight.

11:35 AM

MP election results: Congress’s Kamal Nath confident of securing majority

 

“These are trends, but I am fully confident that we will get full majority,” says Congress leader Kamal Nath on Madhya Pradesh elections.

11:35 AM

MP election results: Tourism minister Surendra Patwa leads

11:33 AM

MP result: 230/230

 

Trends
 

BJP: 109
 

Congress: 110
 

Other: 11

11:26 AM

Big day for Congress President. On this day, Rahul Gandhi was made Congress president last year.

11:21 AM

Madhya Pradesh Election Commission: Congress leading on 112 seats, BJP on 102 seats, others on 14 seats in Madhya Pradesh.