Key Points
The BJP on Sunday crossed the majority mark by winning 53 seats in Chhattisgarh assembly elections, wresting power from the Congress..
Out of the total 90 constituencies, the Congress won 35 and leading in 2. The Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) bagged one seat, as per the Election Commission..
In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress had won 68 seats..
The BJP tightened its stranglehold in the Hindi heartland with big victories in the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh polls, while the Congress oustedthe Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) from power in Telangana...
Bhupesh Baghel,who resigned as the chief minister Sunday night, emerged victorious in the Patan assembly seat, defeating BJP candidate Vijay Baghel by 19,723 votes in the state assembly elections held last month..
