The first result from Rajasthan has gone to BJP. Party candidate Gurjant Singh has defeated his nearest Congress rival Jagdish Chander by about 4000n votes.
As counting is on in the assembly elections to four states, the trends available show that BJP is well ahead in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan with neck and neck fight with Congress in Chhatisgarh. It is also ahead in Delhi despite a tough fight given by the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party.
JP is ahead in all the four states in the counting of votes in the assembly polls. The trends available show that the party is well ahead in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhatisgarh. It is also ahead in Delhi despite a tough fight given by the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party.
In Delhi, AAP convener Arvinder Kejriwal is leading by about 2,500 votes over his Congress rival Shiela Dikshit. BJP's Vijender Gupta is at third position. In the fifth round of the counting of votes in Patparganj seat, Manish Sisodia of AAP is ahead of his BJP rival by 5,000 votes.
In Krishnanagar constituency in East Delhi, BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Dr Harsh Vardhan is leading BY 10 thousand 500 votes after the fourth round of counting of votes over AAP candidate. Congress candidate Dr V K Moga is in the third position.
In Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading over his Congress rivals from both Budhni and Vidisha seats.
While Chouhan, seeking a record third straight term for BJP, is leading by 12,777 votes over his Congress rival Mahendra Singh Chouhan in Budhni, he is ahead by 2312 votes in Vidisha where Congress' Shashank Bhargava is trailing.
In Chattisgarh, BJP and Opposition Congress are locked in a keen contest with the ruling party leading in 44 of the 86 Assembly seats trends from where are available so far.
Congress, which is seeking to wrest power after a decade, is ahead in 40 places, while others are leading in two seats. Chief Minister Raman Singh is leading over his nearest Congress rival Alka Mudliar by about 3400 votes from Rajnandgaon.
In Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is leading in Sardarpura and BJP State President Vasundhara Raje in Jhalarapatan constituency.
National Peoples Party Convenor Kirori Lal Meena is also leading in Lalsot constituency.
Dr. Chandra Bhan, Congress State President is trailing from Mandawa constituency while cabinet Minister Bina Kak is trailing from Sumirpur constituency. Shanti Kumar Dhariwal of Congress is also trailing from Kota North.