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Assembly election results: BJP sweeps MP, wrests Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

Congress unseats BRS in Telangana, derails KCR's national goal

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Equity markets likely to extend gains on BJP's Assembly poll wins

The BJP decisively won three out of the four key states-- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh

Assembly election results 2023: Congress and INDIA go back to square one

The meeting follows a hurriedly arranged Congress event last week, held to celebrate the release of a book by party President Mallikarjun Kharge, marking his 60-year political career

Telangana election results 2023: Rural booster puts Congress in power

Revanth Reddy leads race to become the chief minister; BJP makes inroads, doubles voteshare

Rajasthan Assembly polls: Four BJP rebels among 9 independents win

Eight independent candidates, including four BJP rebels, have won in the Rajasthan assembly elections. Among them is Chandrabhan Aakya who was replaced by the BJP with a relative of former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in Chittorgarh but contested on his own. Aakya, the sitting MLA from Chittorgarh, defeated his closest rival Congress' Surendra Singh with a margin of 6823 votes. BJP's Narpat Singh Rajvi, a five-time MLA, secured the third position. Ahead of the polls, BJP had replaced Aakya with Narpat Singh Rajvi, the son-in-law of former vice president late Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, shifting him from Jaipur's Vidhyadhar Nagar. Rajvi's constituency was changed because Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari was fielded from Vidhyadhar Nagar. Diya Kumari won the seat by 71,368 votes. BJP rebel Ravindra Singh Bhati won the Sheo seat by defeating Congress rebel and independent candidate Fateh Khan with a margin of 3950 votes. Congress candidate and sitting MLA Ameen Khan was in the third

Madhya Pradesh Election result 2023: BJP set for significant victory, major setback for Congress

Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2023: In a major blow for the Congress party, BJP is set to return to power in Madhya Pradesh. Watch the video to know more

Shivraj's 'Ladli Behna Yojana' becomes a game-changer for BJP in MP polls

The scheme was an instant hit, and within just a few months, over 1.3 crore women enrolled in the scheme, and the first tranche starting from June 2023

Telangana election results 2023: Congress wins big, kudos to Revanth Reddy

The Congress party secured a landslide victory with 64 seats, outshining the Bharat Rashtra Samithi led by K Chandrasekhar Rao. The architect of this victory is Revanth Reddy.

Assembly election results: Guarantee of hat-trick in 2024, says PM Modi

The PM said that the election results will reinforce global faith in India's progress, instilling confidence in global investors

20 women candidates win in Rajasthan; strength lower than outgoing assembly

Twenty of the 50 women candidates emerged victorious in Rajasthan on Sunday, with their strength in the House marginally going down as compared to the outgoing assembly. Of the winning women candidates, nine each were from the BJP and the Congress and two were Independents. There were a total of 50 women candidates in the fray this time, 20 fielded by the BJP, 28 by the Congress and two Independents. The nine winning Congress candidates were Shimla Devi (Anupugarh), Sushila Dudi (Nokha), Rita Chaudhary (Mandawa), Shika Meel Barala (Chomu), Shobharani Kushwah (Dholpur), Anita Jatav (Hindaun), Indra (Bamanwas), Geeta Barwar (Bhopalgarh), and Ramila Khadia (Kushalgarh). The BJP's women candidates who emerged victorious were Diya Kumari (Vidhyadhar Nagar), Anita Bhadel (Ajmer South), Manju Baghmar (Jayal), Shobha Chauhan (Sojat), Deepti Kiran Maheshwari (Rajsamand), Kalpna Devi (Ladpura), Vasundhara Raje (Jhalrapatan), Siddhi Kumari (Bikaner East), Nauksham Chaudhary (Kaman). Ritu Ban

Chhattisgarh elections 2023: BJP claim surprise victory, defy exit polls

The BJP was leading on 54 seats out of 90 with Congress at 35. The victory amplifies the saffron party's confidence ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024

MP polls: Union minister Tomar wins from Dimani, defeats BSP candidate

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar defeated the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Balveer Singh Dandotiya by 24,461 votes in Dimani in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. Tomar is among the three Union ministers who were fielded in the Assembly polls by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tomar held different posts before becoming the state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1991. In 1998 and 2003, Tomar was elected from Gwalior Assembly seat and became a cabinet minister in the state government. He was appointed the state BJP president in 2006 and was on the post again between 2012 and 2014. Tomar was elected to the Lok Sabha from Morena in 2008 and again from Gwalior in 2014 and was made a minister in the Narendra Modi government. He won the general elections in 2019 from Morena and was once again made a minister at the Centre.

Assembly elections highlights: BJP sweeps north, Congress takes Telangana

Assembly election results highlights: Bharatiya Janata Party has won a majority in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Congress crossed the halfway mark in Telangana

Telangana election results: All key points as Cong sails to victory

While there is no final word on the matter, Revanth is the leading name to become the next Chief Minister of Telangana

Assembly poll results show support for BJP's battle against corruption: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed BJP's big win in the assembly polls as a victory for his government's agenda of self-reliant India, asserting that its hat-trick in the states is a guarantee of its hat-trick of Lok Sabha poll wins in 2024. "The results show popular support for our battle against corruption," he told a crowd of cheering supporters at the BJP headquarters here, adding that they have served a lesson to the Congress and the opposition's INDIA bloc that mere collecting some dynasts on dais may make for a good photograph but cannot win people's confidence. Voters have delivered a warning to these parties involved in corruption to mend their ways or people will finish them off, he said. No one should come in between the Centre's development and people, or the masses will remove them, Modi said in a stinging attack on opposition parties. Some people are already saying our hat-trick in the states is a guarantee of hat-trick in the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, he .

Telangana 2023 LIVE updates: As Congress secures 64 seats, BRS ousted

Telangana election results LIVE updates: BJP candidate Venkatat Ramana Reddy defeated both CM KCR and TPCC Chief Revanth Reddy

7-term MLA, MP LoP Govind Singh loses from Lahar seat in MP's Bhind

Madhya Pradesh leader of opposition Govind Singh lost from the Lahar seat in the Bhind district by 12,397 votes against BJP's Ambrish Sharma. Singh, a Congress leader since 1993, had won from Lahar seven times in a row. A close associate of senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh, the LoP polled 62,950 votes, while BJP's Sharma emerged as the winner with 75,347 votes. Of the 230 seats in the state, the BJP has so far won 129 and is leading in 35 constituencies, according to the latest data shared by the Election Commission. The Congress won 38 seats and is ahead in 27, it said.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly results 2023: Saffron wave led by CM Chouhan sweeps

MP Assembly election results 2023: BJP leaders attributed the electoral success to PM Narendra Modi, who addressed as many as 14 poll rallies in the state