Assembly elections updates, 8 October 2018: Congress hits out at Centre over timing of Karnataka bypolls
The results in the Assembly elections are likely to have a huge impact on the Lok Sabha elections that are due in 2019.
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Political parties are in top gear with the Election Commission announcing dates for Assembly polls in five states. The poll body announced that voting in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on 12 and 20 November while the other states will go to polls in a single phase. Voting in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will be held on 28 November while voting in Telangana and Rajasthan will be held on December 7. The counting for all the states will be held on December 11. While the term of the Mizoram Assembly ends on December 15, the terms of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan assemblies are to end on January 5, 2019, January 7 and January 20 respectively.
The results in the elections are likely to have a huge impact on the Lok Sabha elections that are due in 2019. As per an opinion poll conducted by ABP News-CVoter, BJP is likely to face defeat in the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The survey predicted that the Congress will do exceptionally well in these three states in the upcoming assembly elections.
The survey claims that if the assembly polls are held now, the Congress is likely to win 142 seats in Rajasthan against the BJP's 56. In the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Congress is likely to win nearly 122 seats and 47 in the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly.
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