Assembly Elections 2023 Results LIVE: Counting of votes in Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh begins

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Rajasthan Election 2023 Results LIVE

BJP ahead in early trends in Rajasthan

In the counting of the postal ballots, BJP is leading in the early trends.

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Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results LIVE

BJP ahead in early trends in Madhya Pradesh

As voting begins in Madhya Pradesh, early trends show the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) having an early lead on 10 seats, with the Congress close behind with leads on 7 seats.

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Telangana Election 2023 Results LIVE

Congress ahead in early leads

The early leads show Congress ahead of the BRS. Postal ballots are being counted first.

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Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Narottam Mishra's claim as counting begins in Madhya Pradesh

As voting begins in Madhya Pradesh, BJP leader Narottam Mishra predicts that his party would win 125-150 seats.

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Telangana Election 2023 Results LIVE

Counting begins across 119 seats, postal ballots up first

The counting of votes in Telangana's 119 seats has commenced. Votes cast by postal ballots will be counted first.

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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Strong room in Indore unlocked

The Indore strong room has been unlocked in the presence of counting authorities, paving the way for the crucial vote counting in the state assembly elections.

The atmosphere outside the counting centre is tense as political parties, candidates, and citizens await the results that will determine the makeup of the state parliament.

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Rajasthan Election Results 2023 LIVE

Counting begins for 199 constituencies

Rajasthan begins counting the votes as the clock strikes 8. Postal ballots are the first to be counted, and early trends will be available soon.

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Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Counting of votes begins for 90-seat assembly

The counting of votes for the 90-member Chhattisgarh legislative assembly begins. Seats will rise and fall in the first several hours, with more definitive trends emerging later in the day.

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Assembly Elections 2023 Results LIVE

When will the first trends be available?

Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Rajasthan will begin counting at 8 a.m. Votes cast via postal ballot will be counted first. The initial trends will be released shortly after.

07:59 (IST)

Telangana Election 2023 Results LIVE

Battle of nerves for BRS, BJP and Congress in three-cornered contest

In a few hours counting of votes for the Telangana Assembly elections will decide the fate of candidates from the ruling BRS, BJP and Congress in a three-cornered contest in the country’s youngest state.

Counting of votes for the Telangana Assembly elections will begin on Sunday to decide whether the “founding father” of the state Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s K Chandrasekhar Rao will retain power for a third consecutive term or the reigns of the state will be wrested by the BJP or the Congress.

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07:57 (IST)

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Congress candidate offers earnest prayers at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar Temple with hours left to counting

With barely a few hours left before the counting of votes begins for four states, Congress candidate from Nagda Khachrod constituency, Dilip Gurjar, was at the divine door on Sunday morning, offering earnest prayers to the Almighty at the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in the Ujjain district.

A visual from his temple run showed the Congress candidate praying with his eyes closed and hands folded as he sat facing Mahakal (Lord Shiva). Likewise, leaders from across four states also headed to the nearest shrines as their fates lay locked in strong rooms.

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07:49 (IST)

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Congress party celebrating in Madhya Pradesh

The Congress party is already celebrating in Madhya Pradesh.

Banners congratulating the Congress candidates were placed outside the state party office in Bhopal.

Vote counting for the state assembly elections will begin today at 8 a.m.

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Assembly Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Amit Malviya's prediction for BJP ahead of results

According to Amit Malviya of the BJP, the party will win elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh.

"All exit polls are predicting a sweep for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Dead heat in Chhattisgarh, with a narrow gap between the two principal parties. It could well be 3-0, in favour of the BJP, in the Hindi heartland, on December 3," BJP's IT cell head Amit Malviya said.

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Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Raman Singh certain that BJP will win in Chhattisgarh

Raman Singh of the BJP expressed confidence that his party will win a comfortable majority in the state.

"We will form the state government.The BJP will win between 44 and 55 seats," he predicted.

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Madhya Pradesh 2023 Results LIVE

What MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “BJP has received unprecedented support from every section of society and is going to get a huge majority.”

It remains to be seen if BJP is voted back to power in the state or not.

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Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Chhattisgarh Election Trivia: Third gender representation

In both 2018 and 2023, Raipur City North constituency boasts the highest number of third-gender voters.

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Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Chhattisgarh Election Trivia: Largest and smallest constituencies in the state

With 361,421 eligible electors in the 2023 Assembly elections, Kasdol is the largest constituency in Chhattisgarh, whereas Manendragarh stands as the smallest constituency with 134,578 electors

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Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Chhattisgarh Election Trivia: Lowest Voter Turnout

In the 2018 Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, the least number of votes were polled in Bijapur, despite Manendragarh being the smallest electorate constituency.

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Telangana Election 2023 Results LIVE

Telangana Election Trivia: Third gender representation

In both 2018 and 2023, Warangal East Assembly constituency boasts the highest number of third-gender voters.

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Telangana Election 2023 Results LIVE

Telangana Election Trivia: Literacy rate across constituencies

In 7 out of the 119 Assembly constituencies in Telangana, the literacy rate is less than 50.

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Telangana Election 2023 Results LIVE

Telangana Election Trivia: Out of 119 constituencies, how many seats are vacant?

Secunderabad Cantt is the only Assembly constituency in Telangana which currently has a vacant MLA seat.

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Rajasthan Election 2023 Results LIVE

Rajasthan Election Trivia: Lone seat in Rajasthan ruled by Communists

Dungargarh is the lone seat where the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is in power.

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Rajasthan Election 2023 Results LIVE

Rajasthan Election Trivia: Proportion of Women voters in Rajasthan

Jhotwara has the most female voters in the state, with 2,01,984 female voters, while Kishan Pole has the fewest, with 91,335 female votes.

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Rajasthan Election 2023 Results LIVE

Rajasthan Election Trivia: Rajasthan’s smallest polling booth

A village in the Barmar constituency features the state's smallest polling station, with only 35 voters from the same family. This booth will save them the 20-kilometer travel to the nearest settlement to vote.

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Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Madhya Pradesh Election Trivia: Swing seats in Madhya Pradesh

Jabalpur East constituency has a history of alternating between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Going by the pattern, a potential victory is predicted for BJP in the coming elections.

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Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Madhya Pradesh Election Trivia: Which is the largest constituency in MP (in terms of voters)?

With 413,447 eligible electors in the 2023 Assembly elections, Indore-5 is the largest constituency in Madhya Pradesh.

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Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Madhya Pradesh Election Trivia: Which is the smallest constituency in MP (in terms of voters)?

Kotama constituency in Anuppur district is Madhya Pradesh's smallest constituency, with 150,542 eligible voters in the 2023 Assembly elections.

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Assembly Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Exit poll predictions for Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, MP

According to exit polls, the Congress may win in Chhattisgarh, while Ashok Gehlot may lose his position in Rajasthan.

Madhya Pradesh may vote for the BJP again, but Telangana may vote for the Congress and depose the BRS.

However, exit polls have been proven to be inaccurate in the past.

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Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Postal ballot box tampering in Ujjain? Congress' claim

The Congress party in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district said that the paper seals on a box containing postal ballots had been broken.

The returning officer has disputed the allegations.

Mahesh Parmar, the sitting Congress MLA from Tarana, claimed that when he and several party workers visited the strongroom, they discovered that old seals on one of the boxes had been broken, according to news agency PTI.

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Assembly Elections 2023 Results LIVE

What do the exit polls say?

Exit polls have predicted a wide range of Assembly Election results in 2023, with some favouring the BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and others favouring the Congress in Telangana and Chhattisgarh.

The Congress, which is now in power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, is set to clash with the incumbent BJP in Madhya Pradesh.

In Telangana, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) led by K Chandrashekhar Rao is attempting a hat-trick.

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Telangana Election 2023 Results LIVE

What happened in the Telangana elections in 2018?

The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) (now Bharat Rashtra Samithi) returned to power for a second term, riding on K Chandrasekhar Rao's popular welfare packages.

The TRS won 88 of the state's 119 seats after receiving the lion's share of votes.

The Congress had won 19 seats, while the BJP had only managed to gain one.

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Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results LIVE

Which direction did Madhya Pradesh take in 2018?

The Congress emerged as the largest party in Madhya Pradesh following a close race with the incumbent BJP, capturing 114 seats in the 230-member House.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the incumbent three-time chief minister, admitted defeat and resigned after the BJP won only 109 seats.

Chouhan, however, returned to power in March 2020, following the fall of the Kamal Nath government due to a mutiny led by then-Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.

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Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Results LIVE

In 2018, how did Chhattisgarh voters vote?

In Chhattisgarh, the Congress surged to power with an absolute majority after 15 years, gaining 68 of 90 seats and defeating the BJP, which was reduced to 15.

Then-Chief Minister Raman Singh resigned, accepting moral responsibility for the BJP's defeat.

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Rajasthan Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Who last won the Rajasthan elections?

The Congress defeated the BJP in Rajasthan as well, creating a government with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

The Congress took power from the reigning BJP and became the single largest party with 100 seats, falling one seat short of a majority.

The Bharatiya Janata Party gained 73 seats, a significant decrease from its absolute majority of 163 seats in the 2013 election. Ashok Gehlot, one of the frontrunners along with Sachin Pilot, was appointed Chief Minister by then-Congress President Rahul Gandhi.

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Assembly Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Why is everyone focused on the election results?

Both the BJP and the Congress had framed issues in light of the upcoming general elections.

The BJP, which won Gujarat and Tripura last year but lost in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, needs victories to generate momentum in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress, on the other hand, is keen to win a couple of states in order to gain an advantage in seat-sharing talks with INDIA bloc partners.

05:52 (IST)

Assembly Elections 2023 Results LIVE

Stage set for counting in Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, MP

Votes will be counted in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana for assembly elections.

The elections are an important precursor to the Lok Sabha elections next year.

The counting of votes in all four states will begin today at 8 a.m., with postal ballots being counted first, followed by votes from Electronic Voting Machines.