Live blog: Assembly Election results

Live blog: Assembly Election results

Counting underway in 4 states

"We will overcome temporary setbacks and prepare ourselves fully for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections along with the INDIA parties. Thanks people of Telangana for the mandate," AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge

Telangana: KTR congratulates Congress party on winning.

According to ECI, Congress leading in 64 seats out of 119.

Telangana: Komatireddy Rajagopal of Congress heads towards a comfortable win with a margin of 36,200 votes in Munugode over his nearest rival Koosukuntla Prabhakar Reddy who has secured 72,097 votes after 20 rounds. Komatireddy had jumped from Congress to BJP necessitating bye-polls, where he lost to Prabhakar Reddy. Ahead of elections, he jumped to Congress.

ECI trends at 3pm

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader Kailash Vijay Vargiya says Chief Minister will be decided in New Delhi. Kailash is leading comfortably over Sanjay Shukla of Congress with a margin of 28,590 votes after nine rounds.

Telangana: Hunumantrao is trailing in Malkajgiri by a margin of 17,413 votes behind Marri Rajshekhar Reddy of BRS who is leading with 46,258 votes after eight rounds of counting.

Rajasthan: EC declares Vasundhara Raje as winner in Jhalrapatan. She secures 1,38,831 votes against her nearest rival Ramlal of Congress who secured 85,638 votes.

Congress's Rohith Mynampally wins from Medak with 87,126 votes defeating Padma Devender Reddy who secured 76,969 votes. Rohith is the son of Mynampally Hanumantrao who resigned from BRS after his son was denied the Medak ticket.

Telangana: ECI declares KP Vivekanand of BRS as winner in Quthbullapur constituency with 1,87,999 votes.

Rajasthan: Rajkumar Roat of Bharat Adivasi Party declared winner by ECI. He wins by a margin of 69,166 votes from Chorasi constituency, defeating BJP candidate Sushil Katara.

Telangana: Mohammed Azharuddin of Congress trails in round nine with 23,652 votes with BRS's Maganti Gopinath leading at 24,799 votes in Jubilee hills.

Telangana: BJP's Raja Singh maintains a lead in Goshamahal with 49,875 votes after 10 rounds of counting. Nankishore Vyas of BRS trails with 31,981 votes.

Telangana: BJP's Palvai Harish Babu leads in Sirpur with 12,353 votes while BSP state president RS Praveen Kumar trails in third place with 4,247 votes after three rounds of counting.

ECI trends at 1pm

Telangana: DGP Anjani Kumar and senior police officers Mahesh Bhagwat and Sanjay Kumar Jain meet state Congress president Revanth Reddy as the party steadily inches towards a win.

Rajasthan: Congress Minister Govind Singh Dotasra who was raided by ED in October maintains a lead with 28,151 votes over Subash Maharia of BJP who has 24,421 votes after six rounds of counting.

Madhya Pradesh: Congress's Kamalnath maintains a lead over BJP's Vivek Bunty Sahu by a margin of 15,623 votes after nine rounds of counting Chhindwara.

Madhya Pradesh: BJP's Shivaraj Singh Chouhan maintains a comfortable lead over Vikram Mastal Sharma of Congress with a margin of 50,996 votes after eight rounds of counting in Budhni.

Telangana: Azharuddin leads by a narrow margin in Jubilee Hills, BJP's Bandi Sanjay Kumar still trailing behind BRS's Gangula Kamalakar in Karimnagar.

Telangana: Congress candidate Tummala Nageshwar Rao leading in Khammam, BRS candidate and Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar trailing.

Telangana: Congress leading in 5 out of 7 seats in Nizamabad district. BRS leads in 1 seat and BJP in another. In 2018, BRS had won all the seven constituencies in the district.

Telangana: 25-year-old unemployed Dalit woman candidate Barrelakka is trailing behind BRS and BJP after leading in the initial rounds.

ECI trends at 12pm

Madhya Pradesh: ECI shows BJP leading in 158 seats and Congress in 70 seats. In 2018, BJP had managed to win 109 seats while Congress had won 114 seats.

ECI trends in Chhattisgarh: BJP continues to maintain a slim lead over Congress with 46 seats. Congress leads in 39. ECI shows CM Bhoopesh Bhagel trailing in Patan. BJP's Raman Singh leads over Congress candidate Girish Deewangan in Rajnandgaon.

Telangana: BJP leading in 10 seats in Telangana, BRS in 36, AIMIM leading in only 1 seat

Telangana ECI trends: Congress leads in 61 seats, BRS leads in 33 seats and BJP in 8 seats

Congress headquarters in Nampally, Hyderabad erupts in celebrations as the party leads over BRS in Telangana

11 am ECI trends

Chhattisgarh: BJP 42, Congress 37

Madhya Pradesh: BJP 150, Congress 64

Rajasthan: BJP 100, Congress 78

Telangana: Congress 57, BRS 32, BJP 7

Telangana: Congress keeps 4 buses ready in Hotel Taj Krishna to transport its MLAs to Karnataka in case the party doesn't get a clear majority.

Telangana: KCR leads in Gajwel, BJP's Raja Singh leads in Goshamahal, Congress's Revanth Reddy leads in Kamareddy, Azharuddin of Congress leads in Jubilee Hills and AIMIM's Akabaruddin Owaisi leads in Chandrayangutta.

Madhya Pradesh: BJP party workers begin celebrations across the state. ECI trends show BJP leading in 137 seats and Congress leading in only 57 seats. Counting is underway for 230 Assembly seats.

Chhattisgarh: BJP leads in 27 seats, Congress trails with lead in 24 seats - ECI

Telangana: Luxury buses at Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad. Congress is leading in 46 constituencies while BRS leads in 26 constituencies and BJP ahead in 4 seats.

As Rajasthan looks to become a BJP state party workers gather at BJP office in Jaipur.

Telangana: Congress chief Revanth Reddy leads in Kamareddy and Kodangal. Crowds gather outside his house.

EC trends: Decisive lead for BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, slim lead in Chhattisgarh. Congress ahead of BRS in Telangana

Telangana: KTR leads in Sircilla, Congress's Revanth Reddy leads in Kamareddy, KCR still leading in Gajwel, BJP's Eatala Rajendar leads in Huzurabad, Batti Vikramarka of Congress leads in Madhira and Uttam Kumar Reddy from Congress leads in Huzurnagar.

Chhattisgarh: CM Bhoopesh Bhagel trailing in Patan.

Chhattisgarh: Congress and BJP go neck to neck with leads in 11 seats each - ECI

Madhya Pradesh: BJP surges ahead with lead in 57 seats. Congress leads in 17 seats

Rajasthan: BJP leads in 61 seats, Congress leads in 40. Vasundhara Raje leads in Jhalrapatan, Ashok Gehlot leads in Sardarpura, Sachin Pilot trails in Tonk.

Chhattisgarh: ECI shows Congress leading with 5 seats and BJP leading 1 seat. Counting is underway for 90 Assembly seats.

Telangana: KCR leads in Gajwel, trails in Kamareddy where Congress's Revanth Reddy is leading. BJP's Bandi Sanjay leads in Karimnagar.

Rajasthan: Trends show Sachin Pilot trailing in Tonk.

Madhya Pradesh: State Congress President Kamalnath holds meeting at the party office in Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh: Early trends show BJP leading in 138 seats, Congress trailing with leads in 88 seats.

Telangana: Congress leading in 62 seats, BRS in 40 seats, BJP in 6 seats and AIMIM leading in 4 seats.

Madhya Pradesh: ECI shows BJP leading in 11 seats, Congress trailing with lead in 1 seat.

Rajasthan: ECI trends show BJP leading in 27 seats , Congress in 18 seats, Bharat Adivasi Party leading in 2 seats, BSP in 1 and Rashtriya Lok Dal in 1 seat.

Telangana: Congress maintaining a lead over BRS. Karnataka Deputy CM and Congress's trusted trouble shooter DK Shivakumar arrived in Hyderabad on Saturday night.

Telangana: Congress leading in 61 seats, an increase of 46 seats over 2018.

Rajasthan: ECI shows Congress leading in 4 seats and BJP leading in 1 seat

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading in 107 seats, Congress trailing with lead in 74 seats

Early trends: BJP and Congress in a tight race in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Congress has a slim lead in Chhattisgarh.

Rajasthan: BJP surges ahead with leads in 82 seats, Congress leads in 69 seats.

Telangana early trends: Congress leading in 45 seats, BRS leading in 28 seats, AIMIM leading in 3 seats and BJP in 2 seats

Madhya Pradesh: Postal ballot counting shows Congress leading in 66 of the 230 seats while BJP is catching up with leads in 46 seats.

Telangana: Postal ballots show Congress leading in 25 seats, BRS in 18 seats, BJP and AIMIM are leading in 1 seat each.

Telangana: Counting for Gajwel constituency underway in Siddipet. Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao is contesting from this constituency.

Chhattisgarh: Early trends show BJP going neck to neck

Madhya Pradesh: Congress holding on to slim lead. Postal ballot counting on 

Rajasthan: Early trends show BJP leading in 20 seats

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Telangana: Postal ballots being taken to counting centre at Husnabad Assembly constituency.

The results of Assembly elections in four states of Telangana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are set to be announced today.

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