Counting of votes in Assembly elections in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh started at 8 AM on Sunday (December 3, 2023) and the final reults are expected in the next seven to eight hours
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9:45 AM: BJP takes big lead over Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. BJP and Congress neck-and-neck in Chhattisgarh. Congress ahead in Telangana, BRS trails.
9:10 AM: BJP leading in 116 seats out of 230 in Madhya Pradesh, Congress in 111. BJP and Congress neck-and-neck in Rajasthan while Congress takes massive lead in Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
8:45 AM: It’s a close contest in Rajasthan while the BJP is leading in Madhya Pradesh. The Congress is ahead in Telangana and Chhattisgarh.
8 AM: Postal ballots have been opened and the first trends will pour in soon.
The Congress is in power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ruling Madhya Pradesh and Telangana has Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the chair.
According to the counting schedule, postal ballots will be opened first at 8 AM. Madhya Pradesh has 230 seats, Rajasthan 200 but counting will take p[lace for 199 as the candidate in one of the seats died.. There are 90 seats in Chhattisgarh and Telangana has 119.
Madhya Pradesh: The counting for 230 assembly seats will be held at 52 district headquarters. There are 2,533 candidates in the fray. A total of 47 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 35 for Scheduled Castes. The main contest is between the ruling BJP and Congress.
Rajasthan: Counting of votes will be carried out at 36 centres in the state. There are more than 1800 candidates in 199 seats. The state has a tradition of choosing Congress and BJP alternately in every Assembly election.
Chhattisgarh: There are 1,181 candidates in the 90 seats of the state.
Telangana: The southern state saw 2,290 contestants in the 119 seats. While BRS contested all the seats, the Congress gave one seat to its ally Communist party of India (CPI). The BJP and Janasena contested 111 and 8 seats respectively and the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has put up candidates in nine segments in Hyderabad.
