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Congress leads in three BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Dec, 2018
Congress candidates on Tuesday took significant leads in BJP-ruled
Rajasthan and was inching ahead of the BJP in both Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh in Assembly elections held in five states.
Early
trends from counting centres also showed that the Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) appeared set to retain power in Telangana while the ruling
Congress was lagging behind the Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram in
state elections that were widely dubbed a "semi-final" ahead of the Lok
Sabha battle next year.
In line with exit polls, the Congress
appeared to be returning to power after a five-year gap in Rajasthan,
the country's largest state which has not re-elected a ruling party in
recent times.
Congress candidates were ahead in 87 of the 199
constituencies, gaining around 60 seats, while the BJP was leading in 70
seats but heavily losing in over 50 constituencies.
And in a
reversal of trends, the Congress overtook the BJP in both Madhya Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh. Both states the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
ruled for 15 years.
Congress nominees were ahead of others in 75
seats and the BJP in 60 in the battle for the 230-member Assembly. While
the Congress made major gains across the state, the BJP was losing many
seats it has held for long.
In Chhattisgarh, the Congress was
ahead in 44 of the 90 seats, giving a fright to the BJP, whose Chief
Minister Raman Singh was at one time trailing in the vote count from
Rajnandgaon before he overtook his rivals later.
BJP candidates were ahead in 25 seats in Chhattisgarh.
In
Mizoram, the ruling Congress was trailing to the MNF, whose candidates
were ahead in 16 of the 40 seats. The Congress was ahead in five seats,
losing as many as 10 seats.
The TRS was poised to retain power in
Telangana with a huge majority, with its candidates leading in 80 of
the 119 seats, leaving the Congress-led alliance way behind.
Congress
spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the media that he was confident
of a Congress victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and
said he had "always been a little more pessimistic" about Telangana.
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