Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, MP election results 2018: Highlights

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Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, MP election results 2018: Highlights

NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for assembly election results is underway in five states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.
The Congress on Tuesday hailed its good showing in assembly polls in three Hindi heartland states. The Congress appeared set to wrest Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the BJP, which was trailing marginally in Madhya Pradesh in a cliffhanger. While Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has won in Telangana, the Mizo National Front (MNF) is set to form government in Mizoram, wresting the state from Congress.
In the multi-phase polling, Chhattisgarh voted on November 12 (18 seats) and November 20 (72 seats); Madhya Pradesh (230 seats) and Mizoram (40 seats) on November 28; and Rajasthan (199 seats) and Telangana (119 seats) on December 7.
Here are the key highlights:
Telangana: TRS to form government in the southern state. The party has a hold on 86 seats including the seats it won on and the seats it is leading on. Party chief K Chandrsekhar Rao, who won from Gajwel constituency by over 50,000 votes, is at the party headquarters attending meeting with the workers. TRS will form its second successive government in the state.
Madhya Pradesh: Congress party sought an appointment late tonight with the governor to stake their claims to form the government in Madhya Pradesh. The party has sought appointment by sending an email and a fax too.

In MP, Congress-113, BJP-110, Others-7, BSP-02. In Rajasthan, Congress-99, BJP-73, Others-19, BSP-06. In Chhattisgarh, Congress-68, BJP-16, JCC-04 and BSP-02.
* Madhya Pradesh: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan won the Budhni constituency with a margin of 58,999 votes.
* "We accept the people’s mandate with humility. I thank the people of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for giving us the opportunity to serve these states. The BJP Governments in these states worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people. Congratulations to the Congress for their victories: PM Narendra Modi
Rajasthan: Outgoing CM Vasundhara Raje submits resignation to Rajasthan governor. She congratulated Congress and said, "I accept this mandate by the people. BJP has worked a lot for them in these 5 years, I hope the next party takes those policies and works forward."
* Congress leaders AK Antony and Mallikarjun Kharge have been appointed as observers for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, respectively.
* Addressing a press conference on Tuesday evening, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that Congress does not want to remove any party or person from the country. "We want to win the 2019 elections and we will win it but we don't want to remove anyone," he said taking a jibe at BJP's 'Congress-Mukt Bharat' campaign.
* Rajasthan: Congress Legislature Party will be meeting at 11 am and then again on Wednesday evening to decide who will be the next CM in Rajasthan. Rahul Gandhi will take final call Wednesday on who will be Rajasthan chief minister.
* Madhya Pradesh: Congress has begun contacting leaders of small parties and and also independents for mustering a simple majority.
"Democracy has won! Thank you India, you have chosen love over hate, peace over violence & truth over lies. This victory is yours," read a tweet on the party's official Twitter handle, with the hashtag 'CongressWinsBIG'.
* Chhattisgarh: Former CM and regional Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) supremo Ajit Jogi elected from Marwahi (ST) constituency with a margin of 46,250 votes while his wife Renu Ajit Jogi is leading from Kota constituency and his daughter-in-law is leading by 1,038 votes in Akaltara constituency.
* Mizoram: A delegation of Mizo National Front (MNF) led by its president Zoramthanga met Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan after the party won 26 seats in the state Assembly polls.
* Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot and Congress leaders in Jaipur. Congress party has won 46 seats in the state and is leading on 51 seats so far.
* Chhattisgarh: Doling out rice and mobiles, Raman Singh saw 'entertainment' in Rahul Gandhi's loan-waiver promise.
* Mizoram: CM Lal Thanhawla and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh submits resignation to respective governor. Raman Singh has been the head of government since 2003, winning three consecutive terms. While in Mizoram, Congress won a massive mandate of 34 seats in 2013 and MNF had secured the second position with five seats.
* Madhya Pradesh: BJP's Aakash Kailash Vijayvargiya wins from Indore-3 constituency with a margin of 7000 votes. He is the son of Kailash Vijayvargiya who is the national general secretary of BJP.
* Rajasthan: State assembly speaker, Kailash Meghwal, the oldest unmarried legislator, elected by whopping 74,542 votes from Shahpura seat of Bhilwara, Rajasthan.