Live! Counting of seats for four states to begin shortly

December 08, 2013 08:00

Good morning and welcome to the Live! updates on the four of the five-state elections.

Parties prepared their lines ahead of the counting of seats ahead of poll results to four important states that can set the tempo for the 2014 Lok Sabha election that is barely four-five months away.

For those disenchanted with political parties, there is the Aam Aadmi Party, which according to exit polls, is set to make a record debut in Delhi.

Read as the semifinal before next year's Lok Sabha polls, a strong BJP showing in the assembly polls to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chhattisgarh will boost Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's candidature for prime ministership.

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