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BJP scores 4-0, Congress crushed, AAP stuns Delhi
BJP retained Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, snatched Rajasthan from the Congress but was denied a clear win in Delhi by the debutant Aam Aadmi Party's spectacular showing.
Yahoo India News – Sun 8 Dec, 2013
In a "semi-final" verdict ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the BJP retained Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, snatched Rajasthan from the Congress but was denied a clear win in Delhi by the debutant Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) spectacular showing.
So humiliating was the Congress rout in three places -- in Chhattisgarh alone it put up a fight -- that a sombre looking Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that the outcome "calls for deep introspection".
"We have to understand to look at the many reasons for this defeat," she said, as leader after leader, looking despondent, sought to argue that the results were no reflection of the national mood.
The victorious Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) disagreed.
BJP MP Smriti Irani said the anti-Congress wave betrayed the popular mood against the party's top leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
"This vote is not only due to bad policies, corruption and inflation but also against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi," she said.
The BJP's best showing came in Rajasthan, where it bounced back to power after five years, sweeping a record 162 seats in the 200-member house and leaving the Congress limping with only 21 seats.
It was the worst result for Congress in Rajasthan, far less than the 41 it won in the post-Emergency 1977 election.
In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan led the BJP to a facile third victory. The party won 166 seats in the 230-member assembly, up from the 143 it won in 2008.
In contrast, the Congress tally slumped from 71 to 57.
The BJP huffed and puffed before snatching victory from a fighting Congress in Chhattisgarh, with Chief Minister Raman Singh claiming victory after eight hours of nail-biting suspense.
The BJP ended up with 49 of the 90 seats -- one less than last time. The Congress settled for 39 -- one more than in 2008.
The national capital threw up the most stunning verdict, ending 15 years of Congress rule and leaving it punctured with just eight seats in the 70-member legislature.
The BJP finished with 31 seats, five short of a simple majority, thanks to a tsunami ofArvind Kejriwal's one-year-old AAP.
6:45 pm: In elections seen as a "semi final" before the 2014 Lok Sabha battle, the BJP retained Madhya Pradesh and ousted the Congress in Rajasthan. The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) stunning show in Delhi pushed the Congress to a humiliating third spot, with the BJP looking set to take power despite lacking a clear majority.
The Congress and the BJP were in a cliffhanger neck and neck race in Chhattisgarh.
A humbled Congress, which had pitted its vice president Rahul Gandhi against the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the hectic election campaign, said it would "introspect" why it lost Rajasthan, was crushed in Delhi and why it couldn't dislodge the BJP in Madhya Pradesh.
"Our congratulations to those who have won in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan," said a despondent Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan. "In Delhi, we accept the verdict and will examine the results. We will find out what has gone wrong."
6:35 pm: Kejriwal says the fruits of AAP victories would not be limited to Delhi 'but will spread throughout the country'
6:30 pm: A victorious Kejriwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party won't support or seek support from any other party and added that the party will play the role of a strong opposition.
6:15 pm: Delhi's result hangs in balance. Latest Leads and Results from Delhi (70/70): BJP - 33: AAP - 27: Congress - 8; Others -2
6:00 pm: AAP founder Arvind Kejriwal thanks all volunteers
5:55 pm: After assembly polls now I can say with confidence BJP will form govt in 2014, Narendra Modi will be our PM: Raman Singh
5:45 pm: AAP- aam aadmi party .There is creativity in the name .Creativity thrives when there is a vision. Vision sees things through: Anoushka Sharma on Twitter
5:40 pm: Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have realised that if they don't change they will go, tweets Kiran Bedi
5:30 pm: BJP chief Rajnath Singh says that the party will form governments in all the four states
5:20 pm: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said his party would learn from its defeat in state elections and vowed to "give you a party you will be proud of".
"The Congress has the ability to stand up to the expectations of the people," Gandhi told the media after the BJP won elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and finished on top in Delhi.
"We will give you a party you will be proud of, and that has your voice embedded inside," he added.
5:15 pm: AAP candidate Surinder Singh has won the Delhi Cantonment constitutency. An authentic hero, he was one of the commandos who was part of Operation Black Thunder on 26/11 in Mumbai
5:05 pm: Arvind Kejriwal: Engineer who set the cat among political pigeons
4:55 pm: Congress president Sonia Gandhi
We congratulate our opponents for winning the elections; still rather hopeful of winning Chhattisgarh.
We are very disappointed with the result, we accept the verdict of the people.
Defeat calls for introspection, we have to look at how our own party is equipped or not in running election
4:30 pm: BJP inches towards win with 42 seats. Congress has won 35 seats
4:15 pm: Chhattisgarh agriculture minister Chandrashekhar Sahu of BJP loses to Congress's Dhanendra Sahu in Abhantpur by 8,354 votes
4:01 pm: Don't blame Rahul Gandhi for Congress losses, says Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan
4:00 pm: BJP leads/wins 392 of 589 seats whose results available. Great performance, winning around 66% of seats. Congress shrinks, gets 23% of seats.
3:55 pm: It is only in the BJP that an ordinary party worker can become a chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is set to begin his third stint at the helm in Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan said he had tried his best to serve the people and would continue to work for the development and welfare of the state.
3:47 pm: Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi says state polls not a Rahul Gandhi vs Narendra Modi contest
3:45 pm: Overheard on Twitter: One year ago everyone told Kejriwal: First participate in democracy, win elections, then talk. He did. He won. Now everyone can shut up
3:42 pm: Sreenivasan Jain of NDTV quotes Arvind Kejriwal as telling him there is no question of the AAP allying itself with either of the national parties
3:39 pm: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr.Raman Singh has won Rajnandgaon by 35,866 votes
3:37 pm: Fresh from the news that he had defeated three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in her own pocket borough of New Delhi assembly constitutency, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said "This is a win for the people, for Indian democracy. This is not my victory. It is the victory of the people of New Delhi."
3:35 pm: Anna Hazare says Kejriwal will be Delhi CM one day
Social activist Anna Hazare said he was "glad" the Aam Aadmi Party's Kejriwal was "winning" and that "one day" be would be the Delhi chief minister.
"I am glad Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is winning. One day, he will be the chief minister of Delhi," Hazare said in Ralegan Siddhi as the counting trends of the votes cast in the Delhi assembly elections indicated a strong debut by the AAP.
"Kejriwal should not take support from any party in Delhi. Let there be a re-election. The results show that the Congress is being punished by the people. Delhi 'andolan' has helped AAP," he added.
3:33 pm: Congress spokesman Janardhan Dwivedi said the emergence of the AAP is a serious threat to major political parties -- a distinct change of tune from that sung by outgoing Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit who said the AAP "was not even on my radar" in the run up to the elections
3:30 pm: The former Jagran journalist Jarnail Singh, who hit the headlines for throwing a shoe at Union Minister P Chidambaram, has won on the AAP ticket from Tilak Nagar, in Delhi.
3:23 pm: The Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in Madhya Pradesh is a triumph of its ideology, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who now gets to continue in office for a third consecutive term
3:20 pm: Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said it is unfair to blame Rahul Gandhi for the Congress party's poor show in the latest round of assembly elections. “Congress is not a one-man show," Natrajan said. "It is a collective defeat and collective failure.” The Congress will now introspect on the reasons for its defeat, the minister said.
3:10 pm: This is people's victory, New Delhi's victory. Country will win, democracy will win: Arvind Kejriwal
3:00 pm: In MP, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, poised for a third successive term, is leading in Budhni constituency by 48,700 votes
2:58 pm: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and the BJP's chief minister-in-waiting Vasundhara Raje leads in the Jhalrapatan constituency by 31,800 votes
2:56 pm: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot leads in the Sardarpura constituency by 9,000+ votes
2:55 pm: Arvind Kejriwal defeats Sheila Dikshit by 22,000 votes
2:52 pm: A common theory aired before polling was that the AAP would cut into the BJP's votes and thus help the Congress. The reverse has in fact happened -- an analysis of votes counted thus far and results plus trends indicates that 7 out of 10 Congress voters voted for the AAP this time -- and only 1 out of 10 for the BJP. Clearly, the votes most eroded are those of the Congress -- and the only beneficiary is the AAP.
2:50 pm: Among the many interesting aspects of this election is the vote share in Delhi. While the final figures will be known only after all votes have been counted, it is increasingly apparent that the AAP will end up with a greater vote share than the BJP. Also, intriguingly, the BJP vote share will be less than it was in 2008, when it lost to the Congress.
2:45 pm: BJP's chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan wins from Krishna Nagar constituency defeating his Congress rival VK Monga by over 30,000 votes
2:40 pm: Chandrababu Naidu said that the poll results in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh shows that an anti-Congress is prevalent all over the country
2:35 pm: Kejriwal leads by 26,000 votes
2:30 pm: The Congress' bid to kill opinion polls invited a shrewdly placed dig by BJD MP from Kendrapara Baijayant "Jay" Panda. Referring to a FirstPost headline that reads: Didn't expect such results: Congress, Panda tweeted: Er, that'swhat happens when you kill the messenger
2:25 pm: Shazia Ilmi said the AAP is thankful to god that they are inexperienced, and added that if having experience in political circles meant buying of votes and distribution of liquor, the AAP is certainly not in favour of such practices
2:20 pm: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit accepted defeat in the Delhi assembly polls and acknowledged that her party had failed to gauge the popularity of the Aam Aadmi Party, saying the party had behaved foolishly in misjudging them
2:18 pm: BJP's Yashodhara Raje Scindia wins in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh by a whopping 11,000 votes
2:15 pm: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wins in Vidisha
2:10 pm: AAP leader Shazia Ilmi loses to BJP's Anil Sharma by 384 votes
2:05 pm: Exit poll predictions were mostly bang on as election result trends showed the BJP heading for a massive win in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and a close call in Delhi and Chhattisgarh. The Aam Admi Party has made a stunning debut as predicted in Delhi, while the Congress was completely routed
2:00 pm: After 15 long years in power the Congress was headed for a rout in Delhi, with the BJP on the winning track, but it was debutant Aam Aadmi Party that put up a spectacular show in the battle for the 70-member assembly
1:55 pm: When asked if she failed to read the mood of the public in the current elections, Sheila Dikshit sarcastically said: 'Bewakoof hai na hum?'
1:45 pm: The BJP appears to be heading for a thumping victory in Rajasthan, ending five years of the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress rule. Sources in the BJP told that the BJP has already started to make preparations for the oath-taking ceremony of Vasundhara Raje as the chief minister of the state.
1:35 pm: Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading over his Congress rivals in both Budhni and Vidisha constituencies
1:25 pm: AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi Malik trailing behind by 105 votes
1:07 pm: As trends of the elections held in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi started trickling in, Omar Abdullah wrote on his twitter handle: "I'm glued to my TV waiting to watch the trends and results start coming in. Call it morbid curiosity."
1:00 pm: Chhattisgarh: BJP - 44, Congress - 43, Others-3
12:53 pm: Kiran Bedi tweets: CM of Delhi was on receiving end last 3+years.CWG, Ramlila Ground, Jantar Mantar, Nirbhya case, Coalgate, 2 G, Vadra+ insensitive policing
12:50 pm: Sheila Dikshit stares at defeat as Kejriwal leads by 18,000 votes
12:45 pm: Ashok Gehlot, the outgoing chief minister of Rajasthan, attributed the rout of the Congress, to a negative campaign by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
"We have failed in our bid to showcase the development we had carried out in the state," said Gehlot, after trends showed the BJP heading for a landslide win.
Gehlot also accused the BJP of spreading lies during the poll campaign.
"During the BJP's election rallies in Rajasthan, they spread lies about the Congress' governance. That is what changed the people's mind."
12:40 pm: Bharatiya Janta Party members began celebrations at the party's chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan's house as the BJP took early leads in 33 of the 70 assembly seats
12:35 pm: Hazare happy with AAP's performance
With the Aam Admi Party surging ahead in many Assembly constituencies in Delhi, social activist Anna Hazare said that Arvind Kejriwal could become chief minister one day and warned Congress that people will teach a lesson to it in the Lok Sabha elections.
Hazare also expressed happiness over AAP's performance in the Delhi.
12:32 pm: What went against Congress in Rajasthan
Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, of the Congress, says an ‘undercurrent seems to have worked against Congress in Rajasthan’, although the welfare schemes of his government were good, it was the BJP that had created an ‘incorrect’ impression in the minds of the voter.
"If there is an undercurrent, there is no counter to it. I feel as the results are coming, that the public has voted on the basis of an undercurrent," the PTI quoted Gehlot as saying.
12:30 pm: Landslide win for BJP in MP, Rajasthan
The BJP is heading for a landslide victory in the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, but seems all set to lose its government in Chhattisgarh. Even in Delhi, it appears that there could be a hung Assembly, with the BJP unable to muster up even a simple majority.
The Aam Aadmi Party’s remarkable debut, which is ahead in 24 seats in the national capital is giving jitters to BJP which is ahead in 33 of the 70 seats up for grabs.
Three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit herself was trailing behind AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in the prestigious New Delhi constituency.
12:27 pm: What went against Cong in Rajasthan: Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, of the Congress, says an ‘undercurrent seems to have worked against Congress in Rajasthan’, although the welfare schemes of his government were good, it was the BJP that had created an ‘incorrect’ impression in the minds of the voter.
"If there is an undercurrent, there is no counter to it. I feel as the results are coming, that the public has voted on the basis of an undercurrent," the PTI quoted Gehlot as saying.
12:26 pm: Anna Hazare says that he was expecting Arvind Kejriwal to win.
12:25 pm: Modi on Twitter: Called Shivraj ji to congratulate him for BJP's wonderful performance in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections!
12:23 pm: Modi tweets: Called Shivraj ji to congratulate him for BJP's wonderful performance in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections!
12:20 pm: Former Delhi CM late Saheb S Verma's son Pravesh Verma defeats Speaker Yoganand Shastri in Mehrauli
12:18 pm: BJP set to lose Chhattisgarh to Cong: In Chhattigarh, the BJP is heading for a big defeat at the hands of the Congress. Trends show that the Congress is now leading in 50 of the 90 Assembly seats, with the BJP leading in 39. Others are leading in the remaining lone seat.
12:14 pm: Arvind Kejriwal's lead against CM Sheila Dikshit rises to 15000 votes after round 12
12:09 pm: Sheila Dikshit, Delhi's chief minister for 15 years, resigned after the Congress was routed in assembly elections, with she herself set to lose to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal.
Dikshit submitted her resignation to Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung as vote count showed that the Congress may not win even a dozen seats in the 70-member assembly.
12:06 pm: Rahul Gandhi can't be held responsible for the outcome, blaming him is not correct: Rajiv Shukla
12:05 pm: Aam Aadmi Party leader Shazia Ilmi trails by 1,000 votes in RK Puram constituency
12:03 pm: Vasundhara Raje says Modi is a very big factor. People have seen what he has done in Gujarat. This is the semi-final to what is going to happen.
12:00 pm: Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit resigns
11:55 am: BJP leads in 35 seats in Delhi; AAP in 23
11:50 am: Chhattisgarh was heading for a close finish with the opposition Congress giving a tough fight to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the state. Congress leads 48; BJP leads in 41
11:45 am: We stick to our stand that we won't tie up with BJP or Congress, ready to sit in Opposition: Manish Sisodia
11:40 am: The BJP admitted that the Aam Aadmi Party's stunning performance in Delhi elections was "surprising" but maintained that it would form a government. "We always thought of AAP as competition and we were expecting it to get double digit seats but this is surprising," BJP state president Vijay Goel said.
11:33 am: Jayaprakash Narayan tweets: Clean politics has taken seed in urban India, as is evidenced by our own experience in Hyderabad and the Delhi results.
We wish AAP all the very best in transitioning from contesting elections to driving good governance in Delhi.
11:30 am: Arvind Kejriwal leads by over 3,633 votes in New Delhi against Sheila Dikshit
11:25 am: Lok Satta Party founder Jayaprakash Narayan on Twitter says we are joyous to see AAP enter the fray, applaud their courage, efforts & results; invite many more parties to walk with us down this path. The fashioning of a genuinely modern democracy is a long and arduous one that takes many teams and many players working in concert. We must never indulge in parochial or divisive politics, or pander to short term populism at the cost of long term public good.
11:20 am: BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan leading by over 14,000 votes against Congress' V K Monga in Krishna Nagar constituency
11:10 am: A fight between people and the system, in our messaging we have been able to reach out to people, says AAP's Shazia Ilmi
11:07 am: As Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal edged past Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the New Delhi assembly constituency, Congress workers performed prayers outside her residence for victory.
"We pray for a win in the Delhi elections, which will be Sheila Dikshit's gift to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her birthday tomorrow (Monday)," said a Congress worker performing a 'havan' outside the Dikshit's 3, Moti Lal Nehru Marg residence.
11:05 am: Chhattisgarh heads for a hung assembly with BJP leading in 44 seats and Congress in 45
11:02 am: Delhi ministers Haroon Yousuf and Kiran Walia trailing
11:00 am: Poeple of Rajasthan were tired of non-governance of Rajasthan Govt. Modiji has been a huge factor :Vasundhara Raje
10:55 am: AAP candidate Manish Sisodia leads by 5,200 votes in Patparganj constituency
10:53 am: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading over his Congress rivals from both Budhni and Vidisha seats
10:50 am: These results have no bearing on the Lok Sabha elections. AAP factor worked in Delhi: Rajeev Shukla
10:45 am: The Congress admitted that it was disappointed with the assembly results from four states where it appeared to be headed for defeat.
"We are disappointed with the results that have come in," said a party leader, Randeep Singh Surjewala.
10:43 am: AAP supporters wave brooms outside party office in Delhi
10:41 am: Shivraj Singh Chouhan leading over Congress' Shashank Bhargava by 1168 votes
10:37 am: Opposition BJP was inching towards wresting power in Delhi by leading in 34 seats in the 70-member Assembly.
10:35 am: Sheila Dikshit trailing Kejriwal by 7000 votes
10:30 am: Shivraj Singh Chouhan leading over Congress rival Shashank Bhargava by 1168 votes in Vidisha
10:27 am: AAP wins in Model Town constituency
10:25 am: The opposition Congress was giving a tough fight to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh, but the BJP was able to edge past in 46 seats against the Congress' 39.
10:22 am: The BJP took early leads as officials counted millions of votes in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) making its mark in the capital.
10: 20 am: Workers of the Aam Aadmi Party began celebrating as it was leading in 24 of the 66 seats for which trends were available
10:16 am: Arvind Kejriwal leads by over 3,500 votes in New Delhi against Sheila Dikshit
10:14 am: I have always said that BJP will get clear majority to form the govt in Delhi: BJP's Harsh Vardhan
10:12 am: The BJP and the Congress were in a neck-and-neck race for power in Chhattisgarh
10:10 am: BJP appeared to be on the road to capturing power in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan; leads in Delhi
10:08 am: Delhi heads for hung assembly
10:05 am: Arvind Kejriwal leads by over 1,500 votes in New Delhi against Sheila Dikshit
10:03 am: Madhya Pradesh: Clear sweep for BJP, ahead in 133 seats
10:00 am: BJP state president Vasundhara Raje leads from her home constituency of Jhalarapatan by a margin of 3,923 votes
9:59 am: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot leads in his Sardarpura constituency of Jodhpur district by a margin of 4,619 votes
9:58 am: BJP crosses halfway mark in Rajasthan
9:57 am: BJP leads in 33 seats in Delhi
9:55 am: Arvind Kejriwal now leading by 2000 votes from New Delhi constituency, over takes Sheila Dixit
9:54 am: Congress leads in 25 seats in Chhatisgarh
9:52 am: BJP leads in 100 seats in Rajasthan
9:50 am: AAP leads in 24 seat in Delhi
9:40 am: Congress consolidates lead in Chhattisgarh; BJP 14, Congress 19
9:30 am: Wild celebrations broke out outside BJP offices across Rajasthan Sunday as the party appeared to be heading to a victory in assembly elections ending five years of Congress rule.
Bharatiya Janata Party activists burst firecrackers, beat drums and danced outside the party's state headquarters.
9:20 am: BJP leads in 96 seats as against Congress in 36 in Madhya Pradesh
9:15 am: We are ahead in Rajasthan, says BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain
9:10 am: Leads out in 40 seats, AAP catches up with BJP in Delhi
9:00 am: Rajasthan Leads: BJP ahead in 72 out of 101
8:57 am: BJP's Samaran Grasiya leading in Pindwara-Abu constituency of Rajasthan's Sirohi district
8:55 am: BJP's Harsh Vardhan says BJP will win with a handsome majority
8:53 am: Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi constituency
8:51 am: AAP leading in 3 seats, Cong in 1, and BJP in 3 in Delhi polls
8:47 am: AAP leading in three seats in Delhi.
8:46 am: Congress and BJP neck to neck in Chhattisgarh. Both leading 4 seats.
8:46 am: Madhya Pradesh Leads (45/230): BJP - 29, Cong - 15, Others 1
8:45 am: Aam Aadmi Party leads in Narela constituency in Delhi.
8:42 am: Congress leads in two seats in Madhya Pradesh.
8:40 am: Counting of votes in the assembly elections to Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh began at 8 am.
Post-poll surveys have predicted a crushing defeat for Congress in four states in the heartland while ending its majority Mizoram.
The Bharatiya Janata Party led by the business-friendly prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was the biggest gainer in the election, the polls said.
Both the Congress and its rival the BJP are hoping to build momentum from the state elections held over the past month in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh as well as in far-off Mizoram as they head into the national election due by May.
Most surveys showed that the BJP would oust the Congress in Rajasthan, retain its majority in Madhya Pradesh as well as Chhattisgarh and emerge as the single biggest party in Delhi, though not enough to form a government on its own.
To add its problems, the Congress may lose its majority in tiny Mizoram where it faces regional groups, the surveys run by television channels at the end of voting on Wednesday showed.
What exit polls say
The exit polls predict that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will wrest Rajasthan from the Congress and retain Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, while its chances in Delhi are very bright.
The India TV-CVoter exit poll said the BJP will win in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and will be slightly short of majority in Chhattisgarh, while the CNN-IBN-The Week survey said the BJP will win in all three states.
The BJP is set to win the assembly polls in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, the ABP News-Neilson exit poll said. It did not give the outcome of surveys in the other three states.
According to the India TV-CVoter exit polls, in Rajasthan, the BJP is projected to win 130 seats of the total 199, while the ruling Congress was projected to manage just 48 seats.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would win four seats, and the other parties 17 seats.
According to the CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll survey released Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party was set to make a comeback in Rajasthan by winning 126-136 seats. It predicts 49-57 seats for the Congress in the state.
The BJP had won 78 seats in the state in 2008 elections and the Congress had grabbed 96.
The exit poll also said that the BJP will retain Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
According to India TV-CVoter exit polls in Delhi till 1 p.m., the BJP is projected to win 29 of the 70 assembly seats, the Congress 21, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 16 seats, and the BSP two seats.
In 2008, the Congress had won 43, the BJP 23 seats, and the BSP two.
According to the ABP-Neilson survey, the BJP is set to win simple majority in Delhi with 37 seats and a vote share of 33 per cent in the 70-member house.
It said that while the Congress will get 16 seats, Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP will get around 15 seats.
AAP appears to have dented the vote share of the Congress, which in 2008 got vote share of 40.46
In Madhya Pradesh where the polling was held Nov 25, the BJP under Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is set to make a hat-trick with 138 seats out of 230 and a vote share of 39 percent, said the ABP-Neilson survey.
The Congress is likely to get 80 seats with a vote share of 33 percent.
The BJP got 148 seats and a vote share of 37.9 per cent in the 2008 assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.
The Congress got 66 seats with a vote share of 32.1 per cent.
According to India TV-CVoter survey, in Madhya Pradesh the BJP is projected to retain power with 128 of the total 230 seats. The Congress could win 92 seats and the BSP six seats.
In 2008, the BJP had won 143 seats, the Congress 71 and the BSP seven.
According to India TV-CVoter survey, in Chhattisgarh, the ruling BJP is likely to be short of simple majority. The BJP is projected to win 44 of the total 90 seats.
The Congress is likely to win 41 seats.
In 2008, the BJP had won 50 seats and the Congress 38 seats.
But the CNN-IBN-The Week survey for Chhattisgarh predicted the BJP winning 45-55 seats in the 90-member assembly.
It said the Congress would win 32-40 seats while other parties were likely to get 1-7 seats.
The BJP had won 50 seats in 2008 polls in Chhattisgarh and the Congress had won 38.
The assembly results are being seen as a semi-final ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and could impact the prospects of the two national parties, especially the ruling Congress which is grappling with the anti-incumbency of two terms at the centre.
9:52 am: BJP leads in 100 seats in Rajasthan
9:50 am: AAP leads in 24 seat in Delhi
9:40 am: Congress consolidates lead in Chhattisgarh; BJP 14, Congress 19
9:30 am: Wild celebrations broke out outside BJP offices across Rajasthan Sunday as the party appeared to be heading to a victory in assembly elections ending five years of Congress rule.
Bharatiya Janata Party activists burst firecrackers, beat drums and danced outside the party's state headquarters.
9:20 am: BJP leads in 96 seats as against Congress in 36 in Madhya Pradesh
9:15 am: We are ahead in Rajasthan, says BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain
9:10 am: Leads out in 40 seats, AAP catches up with BJP in Delhi
9:00 am: Rajasthan Leads: BJP ahead in 72 out of 101
8:57 am: BJP's Samaran Grasiya leading in Pindwara-Abu constituency of Rajasthan's Sirohi district
8:55 am: BJP's Harsh Vardhan says BJP will win with a handsome majority
8:53 am: Sheila Dikshit leading in New Delhi constituency
8:51 am: AAP leading in 3 seats, Cong in 1, and BJP in 3 in Delhi polls
8:47 am: AAP leading in three seats in Delhi.
8:46 am: Congress and BJP neck to neck in Chhattisgarh. Both leading 4 seats.
8:46 am: Madhya Pradesh Leads (45/230): BJP - 29, Cong - 15, Others 1
8:45 am: Aam Aadmi Party leads in Narela constituency in Delhi.
8:42 am: Congress leads in two seats in Madhya Pradesh.
8:40 am: Counting of votes in the assembly elections to Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh began at 8 am.
Post-poll surveys have predicted a crushing defeat for Congress in four states in the heartland while ending its majority Mizoram.
The Bharatiya Janata Party led by the business-friendly prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was the biggest gainer in the election, the polls said.
Both the Congress and its rival the BJP are hoping to build momentum from the state elections held over the past month in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh as well as in far-off Mizoram as they head into the national election due by May.
Most surveys showed that the BJP would oust the Congress in Rajasthan, retain its majority in Madhya Pradesh as well as Chhattisgarh and emerge as the single biggest party in Delhi, though not enough to form a government on its own.
To add its problems, the Congress may lose its majority in tiny Mizoram where it faces regional groups, the surveys run by television channels at the end of voting on Wednesday showed.
What exit polls say
The exit polls predict that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will wrest Rajasthan from the Congress and retain Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, while its chances in Delhi are very bright.
The India TV-CVoter exit poll said the BJP will win in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and will be slightly short of majority in Chhattisgarh, while the CNN-IBN-The Week survey said the BJP will win in all three states.
The BJP is set to win the assembly polls in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, the ABP News-Neilson exit poll said. It did not give the outcome of surveys in the other three states.
According to the India TV-CVoter exit polls, in Rajasthan, the BJP is projected to win 130 seats of the total 199, while the ruling Congress was projected to manage just 48 seats.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would win four seats, and the other parties 17 seats.
According to the CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll survey released Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party was set to make a comeback in Rajasthan by winning 126-136 seats. It predicts 49-57 seats for the Congress in the state.
The BJP had won 78 seats in the state in 2008 elections and the Congress had grabbed 96.
The exit poll also said that the BJP will retain Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
According to India TV-CVoter exit polls in Delhi till 1 p.m., the BJP is projected to win 29 of the 70 assembly seats, the Congress 21, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 16 seats, and the BSP two seats.
In 2008, the Congress had won 43, the BJP 23 seats, and the BSP two.
According to the ABP-Neilson survey, the BJP is set to win simple majority in Delhi with 37 seats and a vote share of 33 per cent in the 70-member house.
It said that while the Congress will get 16 seats, Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP will get around 15 seats.
AAP appears to have dented the vote share of the Congress, which in 2008 got vote share of 40.46
In Madhya Pradesh where the polling was held Nov 25, the BJP under Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is set to make a hat-trick with 138 seats out of 230 and a vote share of 39 percent, said the ABP-Neilson survey.
The Congress is likely to get 80 seats with a vote share of 33 percent.
The BJP got 148 seats and a vote share of 37.9 per cent in the 2008 assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.
The Congress got 66 seats with a vote share of 32.1 per cent.
According to India TV-CVoter survey, in Madhya Pradesh the BJP is projected to retain power with 128 of the total 230 seats. The Congress could win 92 seats and the BSP six seats.
In 2008, the BJP had won 143 seats, the Congress 71 and the BSP seven.
According to India TV-CVoter survey, in Chhattisgarh, the ruling BJP is likely to be short of simple majority. The BJP is projected to win 44 of the total 90 seats.
The Congress is likely to win 41 seats.
In 2008, the BJP had won 50 seats and the Congress 38 seats.
But the CNN-IBN-The Week survey for Chhattisgarh predicted the BJP winning 45-55 seats in the 90-member assembly.
It said the Congress would win 32-40 seats while other parties were likely to get 1-7 seats.
The BJP had won 50 seats in 2008 polls in Chhattisgarh and the Congress had won 38.
The assembly results are being seen as a semi-final ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and could impact the prospects of the two national parties, especially the ruling Congress which is grappling with the anti-incumbency of two terms at the centre.
| DELHI (70/70) | RAJASTHAN (199/199) | MADHYA PRADESH (230/230) | CHHATTISGARH (90/90) | MIZORAM (40/40) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 BJP - 32 | BJP - 162 | BJP - 165 | BJP - 49 | Counting on Dec 9 |
 AAP - 28 |  Cong - 21 | Cong - 58 | Cong - 39 | |
| Cong - 8 |  NPP - 4 |  BSP - 4 | BSP - 1 | |
 SAD - 1 | BSP - 3 | NUZP - 2 | Independent: 3 |  Independent: 1 | |
| Independent: 1 | JDU - 1 | Independent: 7 | | ||
| * latest trend |