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In a momentous electoral feat, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to clinch victories in Chhattisgarh (leading in 55 seats), Madhya Pradesh (leading in 163 seats), and Rajasthan (leading in 116 seats). Conversely, the Congress, facing setbacks in northern states, is making significant strides in Telangana, leading on 64 seats. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest winners and losers of assembly elections 2023.
Despite trailing in Kamareddy to Ramana Reddy of BJP and BRS’s K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), Revanth Reddy is currently leading in the Kodangal constituency by 30,937 votes. He is also poised to become the next Chief Minister of Telangana as the Congress Party is leading in 64 seats as against BRS’s 39 and BJP’s 8 seats.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, initially perceived to be sidelined for this election, orchestrated a significant comeback for the BJP. The saffron party is set to win 160-plus seats.
After Yogi Adityanath, it’s the rise of another Yogi -- Mahant Balak Nath in Rajasthan. A BJP Lok Sabha MP from Alwar, Balak Nath has defeated Imran Khan of the Congress in Tijara constituency, He secured 1,10,209 votes against Imran Khan’s 1,04,036 votes.
BJP might not have overall performed in Telangana, but KV Ramana Reddy is poised to defeat the former Chief Minister KCR and Congress Chief Minister Candidate Revanth Reddy in the Kamareddy constituency. In a close contest, he is currently ahead of Revanth Reddy by 4,875 votes and KCR by 3,514 votes.
Rajasthan, which has a history of not repeating government, has voted out incumbent Congress. The BJP is back in power with thumping majority. The internal rivalry between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his party colleague Sachin Pilot appears to have compounded the challenges for the Congress.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is on the verge of being ousted from his CM role as he is currently trailing behind KV Ramana Reddy in the Kamareddy constituency by 3,514 votes and his party is losing majority seats to Congress Party. However, there was some respite for KCR as the trends showed that the CM, who contested from the two seats, was leading from the Gajwel constituency with a vote margin of 11,714 against his nearest rival Eatala Rajender of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Gangula Kamalakar of the BRS is ahead of Bandi Sanjay Kumar of the BJP by 4,648 seats in the Karimnagar constituency. Bandi Sanjay Kumar is also a member of Lok Sabha and former state president of the BJP in Telangana.
Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from Congress Party, T.S Singh Deo, is currently trailing behind BJP’s Rajesh Agrawal by 7,660 votes.
Mahant Ramsundar Das, who was given ticket by Congress from Raipur City South Assembly constituency, after he registered strong protest against the statements on Mahatma Gandhi during the 2021 Dharam Sansad, is currently trailing behind BJP’s Brijmohan Agrawal by 49,864 votes.