"The Congress party has emerged as the single largest party with a majority support. All the independents have in addition assured support to the Congress party," the letter said. "As the president of Pradesh Congress Committee, I seek an appointment with your Excellency late tonight, as soon as the results are officially declared along with my senior leaders to apprise you and seek your permission to form government in the state of Madhya Pradesh," Nath said in the letter.

An appointment will be given only after the situation is made clear by the Election Commission.

Governor House: An appointment will be given only after the situation is made clear by the Election Commission. #MadhyaPradeshElections2018 https://t.co/HSpUhYOcov

— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2018

Congress party will go to the Governor House and has sought an appointment late tonight with the Governor to stake their claims to form the govt in the state. The party has sought appointment by sending an email and a fax too- State Party President, Kamal Nath said.

Congratulations to the Congress for their victories. Congratulations to KCR Garu for the thumping win in Telangana and to the Mizo National Front (MNF) for their impressive victory in Mizoram.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 11, 2018

Prime Narendra Modi has accepted BJP's defeat in elections

We accept the people’s mandate with humility. I thank the people of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for giving us the opportunity to serve these states. The BJP Governments in these states worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 11, 2018

"Issues in state elections are entirely different, we won all these states in 2003 Dec & lost the general election in 2004. Therefore these results don't reflect automatically. The 2019 elections will be around the performance of Central govt & leadership of PM Modi," ANI quotes Arun Jaitley as saying.

Terming the "Congress Mukt Bharat" slogan of the BJP as "arrogance," former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda Tuesday said the people have made the nation "arrogance-free" through their verdict in the assembly elections in five states. "The intentions of making India 'Congress-free,' 'opposition-free' shows the arrogance of BJP. The people have made this nation 'arrogance-free' by voting out BJP," Gowda said in a tweet.

"I think result was certainly not as expected and it's an opprtunity to pause and analyse, for results were not as per expected. In both Chhattisgarh and MP we were in power for 15 yrs and we have done well. I don't think there was aniti-incumbency but fatigue factor does come in," says Arun Jaitley

Congress distributes 'laddus' equal to the weight of Satnami sect guru Baldas, who joined the party recently.

The ruling AIADMK Tuesday said the mood of the people for the Parliamentary election next year cannot be judged based on the poll outcome in the five states, while main opposition DMK lauded Congress for its good show. Senior AIADMK leader and Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar, when asked if the mood of the people would reflect in the 2019 Parliamentary polls, said the electoral scenario could change. 'The situation keeps changing,' he said ading that the mood of the people cannot be fully guaged based on the results of the five states.

BJP's Yashodhara Raje Scindia wins from Shivpuri constituency with a margin of 28,748 votes.

Chattisgarh elections: Such a huge mandate indicates that people have a lot of expectations from Congress. The victory that we have got will bind us with the public. Our party will definitely face challenges and work for the development of the public, says TS Singh Deo

Chattisgarh Governor has accepted resignation of chief minister Raman Singh. In the results announced today, the Congress has won the election with clear majority. They will announce their leader in the CLP meeting.

Congress appoints AK Antony and Mallikarjun Kharge as observers for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, respectively. 

As far as the EVMs are concerned, there are issues with them, universally. If the people in the country are uncomfortable with the EVM, then it's a big issue which needs to be addressed. But the central issue of EVM is still there, if the chip is manipulated you can affect the entire voting system, that's not possible with manual voting. This is a question that has been answered in the US&other countries, where they've said that we don't want an EVM,  says Congress president Rahul Gandhi

When PM was elected to power, he was elected on three platforms—employment, corruption and farmers. It was in people's mind that PM will fight against corruption. Now people think that PM Modi himself is corrupt, says Rahul Gandhi

BJP has an ideology, we'll fight against it & defeat them. We have defeated them today & we will do this again in 2019. But we don't want to erase anyone from the face of India, says Rahul Gandhi.

हमारी लड़ाई भाजपा की विचारधारा से है। हमने उन्हें आज हराया है और 2019 में भी हराएंगे। कांग्रेस पार्टी "मुक्त" करने की विचारधारा में विश्वास नहीं करती। विपक्ष को खत्म करने की सोच भाजपा की है: कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष @RahulGandhi#CongressWinsBIG pic.twitter.com/76thoVaycG

— Congress (@INCIndia) December 11, 2018

The ideology of SP, BSP & Congress is the same - different from that of BJP. There will not be a big issue of Chief Minister face. It will be done smoothly: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi says corruption in Rafale deal will be out. He added that PM must do something on corruption, problems of farmers, economic crisis among others.

PM Modi will find in tough in 2019 general elections, says Congress Rahul Gandhi in interaction with media persons. Party is set to form government in rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It may win in Madhya Pradesh also. he added that Opposition is united

We are going to provide these states a vision. We are going to provide these states a govt that they can be proud of: Congress president rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi hails Congress performances in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. Says this is victory of Congress workers. This is a victory of Congress workers, small traders, farmers. This is a big responsibility for Congress party and we will work on this.

With Congress making a comeback in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, JD(S) leader former PM HD Deve Gowda said people have made this nation ‘arrogance-free by voting out BJP. "The intentions of making India ‘Congress-free' and ‘opposition-free' shows the arrogance of BJP. The people have made this nation ‘arrogance-free' by voting out BJP," he tweeted.

PL Punia, Congress in charge in Chhattisgarh said that the party accepts the mandate. "They have not given us the right, they have given us a responsibility. They believed the promises we made in our manifesto. People trusted the words of Rahul Gandhi ji and gave us an agenda, we accept it," he said.

Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh said that he takes responsibility for BJP's defeat because the poll was contested under his leadership. "We will act as a strong Opposition and work for the development of the state," he said. "We respect the mandate that the public has given. I congratulate Congress on this success. I consider it my luck to serve the public of Chhattisgarh for the last 15 years."

Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh Congress president said, "This is a victory of democracy. BJP had a lot of money and a team of corrupt officers, they also had conspirators in their pocket. Despite all of this, the mandate given by the people in Chhattisgarh is historic."

Congress leader Kapil Saibal said, "This is the victory of Rahul Gandhi, our party, workers, people, and the fight against scams. This is the victory of humanity."

Chhattisgarh's outgoing Chief Minister Raman Singh has resigned from the post. The development comes hours after Congress' superb win in this central state.

Outgoing Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh: I have tendered my resignation to the Governor. #AssemblyElectionResults2018 pic.twitter.com/6X84HXuIeq

— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2018

Zoramthanga, President of Mizo National Front(MNF): Since I am going to form the government now, my first priorities will be three things—to impose a prohibition on liquor, repair roads & implement Social Economic Development Programme (SEDP) which is our flagship programme. He added, "We will not have any coalition govt either with BJP or any other ways because my party can form the govt on its own as we have got 26 seats out of 40. We're a part of NEDA(North-East Democratic Alliance) & NDA but we wouldn't like to join Congress or UPA."

Senior Congress leaders, including Navjot Singh Sidhu and Priyanka Chaturvedi, joined the party workers at the 24, Akbar Road office and expressed joy as the trends of poll results showed Congress taking the lead in the three states. "It was a united effort in preparing and campaigning for polls. The leader at the top was inspiring everybody. Rahul ji has exhibited great character in a time of crisis, like a captain guiding a ship in choppy waters," Sidhu asid.

Congress workers burst crackers, danced to the dhol and played with gulal as they celebrated the party's good show in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Carrying the Congress flag, a large number of workers gathered at the party headquarters in Delhi and praised Rahul Gandhi's leadership in steering the Congress towards victory in the three states ruled by the BJP. They distributed sweets and put up big banners of Gandhi on the walls of the Congress office. The Congress workers chanted 'Rahul Gandhi Zindabad'. Interestingly, a Congress worker also put up a banner that said, "Next prime minister of India" for Gandhi.

CPM candidate Girdhari Lal has won the Dungargarh assembly seat, defeating Mangala Ram of the Congress by a margin of 23,896 votes. The CPM is leading on the Bhadra assembly constituency as well.

After drawing a blank in the last election in Rajasthan, the CPI(M) is all set to win two seats, both of which were held by the BJP. The Left party's Balwan Poonia is leading with 73,725 votes in Bhadra constituency of Hanumangarh district. His nearest rival is BJP's Sanjeev Kumar. In Shree Dungargarh constituency of Bikaner district, the CPI(M)'s Giridharilal Mahiya is leading with 72,361 votes. Congress candidate Mangalram is at the second position in this seat. In the 2013 elections, the CPI(M) or the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had failed to win any seat. It won three in 2008 elections.

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi said that country needs a non-Congress and non-BJP government. "I say this with all responsibility that K Chandrasekhar Rao has all capabilities and capacities to ensure that a non-Congress government comes into existence when the next parliament election takes place. This country requires a non-Congress & a non-BJP government," he said. 

"After seeing K Chandrasekhar Rao from very close quarters I feel that this nation deserves a leader like him and I hope that next step he'll take will be successful and I'll stand shoulder to shoulder with him ensuring that in '19 election there's a non-Congress & non-BJP govt."

Telangana caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced that he will actively participate in national politics. 

Telangana: K Chandrsekhar Rao arrives at party headquarters in Hyderabad, he won from Gajwel constituency by over 50,000 votes. TRS is leading on 77 seats in the state. #AssemblyElectionResults2018 pic.twitter.com/Gry1skemYj

— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2018