The Election Commission of India has released election results for four out of the five states that elected their governments in November.
Results have been announced for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana.
Mizoram, whose counting was also supposed to happen today, will now be counted (and result released) tomorrow.
Chhattisgarh: Change from Congress to BJP
The current ruling party, the Indian National Congress (INC) has lost to BJP.
A local party, the Gondwana Gantantra Party, secured one seat – Pali-Tanakhar.
In terms of vote share, the BJP got 46.27% of all votes polled, while the Congress won 42.23%.
Madhya Pradesh: BJP retains government
In Madhya Pradesh, the Chief Minister, Shri Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan, has retained his position.
His party, the Bhartiya Janata Party, has won 163 seats out of 230, giving them a clean majority in the legislature.
Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan was first elected the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in November 2005. Since then, he has remained the Chief Minister, except for a brief period from 17th December 2018, to March, 2020.
In terms of vote share, BJP got 48.55% of all votes, while Congress got 40.4%.
Rajasthan: Change from Congress to BJP
Rajasthan has 199 seats in the Assembly. This means that for majority, a party must get at least 100.
Bharitya Janata Party has won 115 seats. The current government, Indian National Congress, has won 69 seats.
The rest of the seats have gone to regional parties. Eight seats have been won by independent candidates.
In terms of vote share, Indian National Congress won 39.53% of all votes polled, while BJP won 41.65% of all votes polled.
Telangana: Change from BHRS to Congress
The Telangana Assembly has 119 seats. This means that a party with 60 seats has majority.
The Indian National Congress, with 64 seats, has absolute majority in the state.
The existing government of BHRS, a regional party, has managed to get 39 seats, while the BJP has managed to get 8 seats.
From looking at the map of Telangana, we find that the existing government of BHRS has done very well around the capital city – Hyderabad. It has not been able to retain the same popularity as the distance grows from the capital.
In terms of vote share, the Congress got 39.4% of all votes polled, while the BHRS got 37.35% of all votes polled.
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Mizoram counting will begin at 8 am tomorrow.