BJP president Amit Shah takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi's vacation to Italy on th eve of the north-east results: Mujhe WhatsApp pe message aaya hai ki Italy mein chunaav hai.


In Tripura, the BJP and its ally IPFT were secured a majority in Tripura having together won 35 seats in the 60-member House. The combine was leading eight seats. They were leading in 15 more. Elections were held in the state for 59 seats due to the death of a CPI-M candidate.


In Nagaland, the BJP and its ally NDPP have won 14 seats and are leading in 13. The ruling Naga People's Front, with which the BJP parted ways just before the elections, has won 17 seats and was leading in 8 others in the 60-member Assembly. In Nagaland too, elections were held for only 59 seats as NDPP leaders Neiphiu Rio was declared elected unopposed.


Meghalaya appeared set to have a hung Assembly. Shah ruled out the possibility of the BJP, whose NDA partner National People's Party has won 18 seats, leading in one seat, engaging in horse-trading in Meghalaya. The two NDA allies had, however, contested the elections separately. BJP has won two seats in the state where the Congress has won 20 seats so far and was ahead in one. "Where is the question of 'tod-phod' (horse-trading). The Congress does not have a majority there," he said.