New Delhi, Dec 04: It is jubilation time for Bharatiya Janata Party as the party sweeps to power in the three Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Congress has been rewarded for its performance in Delhi winning a convincing two-thirds majority in the Capital. Anti-incumbency factor has played havoc to Congress’ fortunes in three major states. Rajasthan sees BJP’s Vasundhara Raje as next Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh would have saffron band’s Uma Bharati on throne whereas Chhattisgarh would be ruled by BJP’s Raman Deo Singh. In Delhi, Sheila Dikshit has borne fruit for the developmental work of her Congress government.
As BJP celebrated its "historic victory" bagging three of the four states, Congress expressed "deep disappointment" over its reverses and the opposition parties blamed the Congress governments` performance for the debacle.
Delhi
Blunting the anti-incumbency factor that consumed its government in three states, Congress today stormed back to power in Delhi securing two-thirds majority by bagging 47 seats in the 70-member House, four less than in 1998.
Playing the development card to the hilt, Congress crushed Madan Lal Khurana headed BJP which bagged 20 seats, four more than last elections.
Rajasthan
The BJP today romped back to power in Rajasthan creating history by achieving absolute majority on its own in the 200-member Assembly as Congress suffered one of its worst defeats and set the stage for Vasundhara Raje to become first woman chief minister of the state.
With all the results out, BJP bagged 120 seats, up from 55 in the outgoing assembly and Congress` tally came down from 153 to 56.
Independents, mostly rebels of both the parties, won 13 seats followed by others with 24 seats.
Chhattisgarh
Aided by anti-incumbency factor and unharmed by Judeo tape episode, the BJP grabbed power from Congress in Chhattisgarh in maiden elections to the 90-member state assembly by securing absolutely majority with 50 seats. Congress has managed to bag 36 seats.

Madhya Pradesh
Riding high on a strong anti-incumbency wave, the BJP today stormed back to power in Madhya Pradesh with an unprecedented two-thirds majority in the 230-member Assembly ending the decade-old reign of Congress and setting the stage for fiery Sanyasin Uma Bharati to become the state`s first woman chief minister.
With results of all 230 constituencies already out, BJP has won 173 seats, more than double the haul from previous polls in 1998. Congress is a distant second with 38. Others stand at 19.
Bureau Report