Assembly Election Results 2018: Congress ahead in 3 BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana
ABP NewsCongress 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 appeared set to retain power in Telangana while the ruling Congress was lagging behind the Mizo National Front in Mizoram in state elections that were widely dubbed a "semi-final" ahead of the Lok Sabha battle next year. 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. 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.