Election results 2018 live updates: Congress president to decide on CMs in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

The Congress on Tuesday hailed its good showing in assembly polls in three Hindi heartland states and thanked people for choosing "love over hate". The Congress appeared set to wrest Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the BJP, which was trailing marginally in Madhya Pradesh in a cliffhanger. "Democracy has won! Thank you India, you have chosen love over hate, peace over violence & truth over lies. This victory is yours," read a tweet on the party's official Twitter handle, with the hashtag 'CongressWinsBIG'.

The countdown of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's fall has begun, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday as assembly election trends showed the BJP trailing in two of the three states where it was in power. "The countdown of the Modi government's fall has begun," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was behind its main rival Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It was locked in a close contest with the opposition party in Madhya Pradesh, according to latest trends.

TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday dedicated the emphatic victory of his party to the people of the state and said the election results would enable it to play a crucial role in national politics. "We dedicate this victory to the people of Telangana. This is a positive vote for us," Rao, who is set to return as chief minister for a second term, told a press conference. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has secured a two-thirds majority, winning 81 seats out of the total 119 as per the latest vote count in the assembly elections. The TRS was leading in six others, leaving the others way behind.