Election results highlights: 3 Hindi heartland states turn saffron, Congress wins Telangana

The Congress is leading in Telangana and looks set to retain Chhattisgarh. The party has already crossed the halfway mark in Telangana and Chhattisgarh, as per the early trends.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's hopes of a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) hat-trick are in jeopardy. KCR is trailing in Kamareddy, one of the two seats he is contesting from.

Election Results LIVE 2023: Congress was leading on 51 while BRS was leading on 29 the BJP led in 6 seats and the CPI had 1 seat. The majority mark to win the elections is 60 in 119 seats.

BJP state president VD Sharma met with party workers and exchanged sweets at Bhopal headquarters. “PM Modi policies have helped us. This election was fought on the booth level. We were always confident of a win. We will win by huge margins,” he said.

Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president CP Joshi said that the party workers were working towards helping the party win and the initial numbers were only portraying that. Read here

1. The Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in at least three states, as per trends in elections to the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assemblies.
2. BJP was ahead in 150 seats and the Congress in 78 seats in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election.
3. Congress was behind the BJP in Chhattisgarh, as per trends in elections to the Chhattisgarh assembly till 9.45am.
4. The BJP was ahead in 104 seats while the Congress was leading in 79, according to early trends for the assembly polls in Rajasthan.

BJP leading in 28 of 90 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh, Election Commission says. In the state, Congress is ahead in 25 seats.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is edging towards victory in Rajasthan as the party is leading to majority mark in the state. Congress is on 72 and the Bharat Adivasi Party - BHRTADVSIP is leading by four seats.

Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2023: Here is a list of winning Congress candidates in the Madhya Pradesh elections 2023.

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023: “I am confident we will cross the halfway mark in Chhattisgarh,” BJP spokesperson RP Singh said.

Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2023: Exit polls predicted that Congress has a strong chance of dethroning the ruling Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in the state. See which BJP candidates are winning here

Jyotiraditya Scindia said as per news agency ANI, "We knew that as far as Madhya Pradesh is concerned, given the public welfare schemes of our double engine government - people's blessings will be with us... I am confident that their blessings will be with the BJP and we will form the government with absolute majority."

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results 2023: Congress was ahead in 5 seats and the BJP was leading in a constituency, the Election Commission said.

TV channels reported that the Congress was ahead in 54 seats and the BJP in 35 seats in elections to the 90-member state assembly.

As per initial reports, Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister T S Singh Deo was leading in Ambikapur seat.

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel was trailing in Patan constituency.

Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje is one of the most popular candidates of BJP in the state. See other candidates who are important, winning or losing here

Early counting trends in Madhya Pradesh showed that the BJP had taken a commanding lead in 37 seats. State BJP president VD Sharma said "I believe that the BJP will win the most seats till this date and create history. The development will be under the leadership of PM Modi."

Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: The Congress has fielded candidates in 118 constituencies and has allocated one seat to CPI as part of an understanding between the two parties. See full list of winning Congress candidates here

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2023: BJP was ahead in 37 seats and the Congress in 7 seats, the Election Commission said.

Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: BJP has fielded candidates for all the 119 seats - out of which eight seats are for its NDA ally Janasena. See winning candidates from BJP here

The BJP was ahead in 52 seats while the Congress was leading in 34, according to Election Commission trends availably for the assembly polls in Rajasthan.

Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: The counting of votes for the high-stake Telangana election is underway. The results will be a tough test for K Chandrashekar Rao and his party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

Check full list of BRS winning candidates here

Congress supporters were seen bursting crackers at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi as they anticipated the party's victor. Sweets were brought and dance and music celebrations were held, news agency ANI reported.

Telangana election results: As per early trends, INC's Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy is leading from Nalgonda assembly seat.

Rajasthan Election Results: Congress leader Sachin Pilot trailing in Rajasthan, early trends show

Here is the full list of winning candidates from all the 230 constituencies in the state.