The lieutenant governor has dissolved the fourth Delhi legislative assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi with effect from Dec 8, 2013
CM aspirant Harshvardhan said that the voter and democracy in the national capital had triumphed
Vardhan extended his wishes to Arvind Kejriwal of AAP and outgoing CM Sheila Dikshit, who is likely to lose her New Delhi seat
"We respect what the people of Delhi have decided and thank them for supporting us for last 15 years," she said
Chief Minister Raman Singh is leading by about 34,000 votes against Alka Mudliar of Congress from Rajnandgaon
A humble Singh gave the credit for the third consecutive victory of BJP in the state to the organisational set-up and workers
The Congress won an impressive 52 of the 70 seats in Delhi in 1998 and her magic worked again in 2003 and 2008
He said that people have held former chief minister responsible for extent of development in the state, and voted accordingly
Chouhan specially thanked senior party leaders L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Modi, Uma Bharti and State BJP President Narendra Singh Tomar
Before the polls this year, the Congress' lowest tally was in 1977 when it won 41 seats
Chouhan got 73,783 votes against Shashank Bhargava (Congress) who secured 56,817 votes
Over 81% of the total of 690,860 voters exercised their franchise across the state to elect a new 40-member assembly and government
The Union Minister said that Congress' state leadership collectively failed in ensuring the party's victory
Says his party could have done even better if it had taken certain timely steps
Clearly, the minority appeasement strategy of Congress backfired
Sources say alliance partner DMK has already made up its mind to break away from the Congress-led coalition
The Congress marginally ahead in Chhattisgarh after running neck and neck at 45 seats each
The Aam Aadmi Party's stunning show in Delhi pushed the Congress to a humiliating third spo
In Delhi, the AAP is leading in 21 seats, while the BJP is ahead in 24
If he had won by majority, then he could have passed the Lok Pal bill, he says