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Counting of votes polled in the November 25 assembly elections in Rajasthan got underway at 8 am amid tight security arrangements.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidates Govind Prasad and Samaram won the Manohar Thana and Pindwara Abu constituencies respectively.
Cong, which is in power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and the BJP, which is ruling MP, are locked in a straight fight in these three states, while the BRS is hoping for a hat-trick in Telangana.
More than 5.25 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,862 candidates in 199 seats, out of a total of 200 in the state. Polling in one constituency has been postponed due to the death of a candidate.
With Manmohan Singh's election, the Congress now has one MP from the state. It had drawn a blank in the April-May Lok Sabha elections.
Post-Lok Sabha debacle with Congress scoring not a single seat, both Gehlot and Pilot have been camping in Delhi.
After fielding most of their winning candidates in the Assembly elections, both BJP and Congress are now facing a dearth of faces for the Lok Sabha polls.
Immediately after taking over, Nath signed an order waiving loans of up to Rs 2 lakh of farmers in Madhya Pradesh.
The TRS stormed back to power in Telangana and the MNF dislodged the Congress in Mizoram.
After the announcement, Gehlot said that he, along with Sachin Pilot, will showcase good governance in Rajasthan.