As it surged to victory in the tribal heartland of Chhattisgarh, the BJP claimed a significant vote share of 46.27 per cent to 42.23 per cent of the incumbent Congress. According to the data shared by the Election Commission (EC) as votes for four states -- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana -- were counted on Sunday, the BJP secured an absolute majority, winning 54 seats while the Congress trailed at 35 seats.

A total of 1,181 candidates across parties pitted themselves against each other for the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly. The polling in the state was held in two phases, with the first on November 7 featuring 223 candidates and the second seeing 958 candidates put their electoral fates to the test on November 17.