MP cliffhanger ends with Congress just two short of majority
December 12, 2018 08:48
The Congress, which was running neck and neck with the BJP in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, ended up the single-largest party with 114 seats, two short of a majority in the 230-member assembly. The BJP won 109.Both parties had almost the same vote share at around 41% and the difference of votes polled by the parties was only 47,827 across the state.
With none of the two parties getting a majority in the state at 116 seats, smaller parties and Independents will play a crucial role in deciding who forms the next government in the state, ruled by the BJP for the last 15 years. The Congress reached out earlier, said sources, to the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party which won two, and one seats. It also contacted regional player Gondwana Gantantra Party and independents who won the remaining four seats.
Mayawatis BSP said it will try and ensure the BJP does not form government. Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, The ideology of SP, BSP and the Congress is the same - different from that of the BJP.
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