Live blog: election coverage

11: 20 pm:  Not to stake claim for govt formation, BJP to sit in opposition: Vardhan http://bit.ly/1iMYIUY

9:42 pm: 4-0 win for BJP in assembly polls; AAP makes strong debut http://bit.ly/1dYP5R5

9: 05 pm: We will form govt if we get support in natural process. Otherwise would like to sit in Opposition: Gadkari on Delhi poll result

7: 90 pm: Crorepati Club: Delhi tops chart with at least 52 MLAs http://bit.ly/1ciNsXo

7: 14 pm: Crorepati Club: Delhi tops chart with at least 52 MLAs http://bit.ly/1ciNsXo

6:26 pm: We will play the role of a constructive opposition and will not seek support from any party to form the govt: Kejriwal.

6:13 pm: BJP-Cong fight a see-saw battle in Chhattisgarh http://bit.ly/1aL84qn

6.05 pm: BJP romps home in Madhya Pradesh third time http://bit.ly/1dcElJQ

5.45 pm: Arvind Kejriwal: The man with a broom. http://bit.ly/Iz8uK9

@yashmarwah @thekiranbedi @dhirajpandey @kamleshksingh Dhod in sikar, vote for NOTA is more than winning candidate

— Abhijeet Garg (@abhijeet_garg) December 8, 2013

4.22 pm: See-saw battle continues in Chhattisgarh http://bit.ly/1bpwB7U

Joke doing the rounds: Tring tring. Sheila: hello? Rahul: what is the reason for your defeat? Sheila: sirji, AAP #Polls2013

— Rajesh Kalra (@rajeshkalra) December 8, 2013

3.46 pm: Sheila Dikshit: Curtains for the matriarch. http://bit.ly/1d32Etj

3.30 Pm: Was foolish to misjudge AAP: Sheila Dikshit

Please Wikipedia update Sheila Dikshit's page as 'Former CM of Delhi'. Thanks.#ElectionResults2013 #Polls2013

— 0mar abdullah (@abdullah_0mar) December 8, 2013

Reporter :- What's Next ?Rahul :- Preparing for IELTS. Will Go Abroad For Higher Education. #Polls2013

— Fakalogy (@Fakalogic) December 8, 2013

2.30 pm:  Chouhan's son of the soil image proves to be winner, again. http://bit.ly/198QQHe

Himesh Reshammiya predictedDelhi elections results long backwhen he made #AAP ka Suroor. #Polls2013

— Poonam Pandey (@iPoonampandey) December 8, 2013

2.00 pm: BJP set for landlside victory in Rajasthan. http://bit.ly/18sR6jI

1.55 pm: Where is Digvijaya Singh. Why is he quiet?

All Indian voters need is one party which shows they are different from all the others #Polls2013 #assemblypolls #India #BattleForTheStates

— Piyali (@Piiyali) December 8, 2013

1.07 pm: Modi behind BJP's good showing in Rajasthan: Raje http://bit.ly/1ggQHWx

12.30 pm: AAP speaks - A small movement making a stunning debut shows people want change. Setback for both Modi and Rahul.

There were two kinds of voters in Delhi - the angry and the very angry. The angry voted for BJP and the very angry voted for AAP. #DelhiVote

— Papa CJ (@PapaCJ) December 8, 2013

11.55 am: Sheila Dixit sends her resignation as the chief minister of Delhi

Weekend collections of Congress are even worse than R Rajkumar.#Polls2013 #Arvind Kejriwal #BJP #Rahul Gandhi

— Prashant (@Witticisms_) December 8, 2013

11.20 am: Will Rahul take the blame for the stunning route of Congress in Delhi, MP and Rajasthan? Congress leader Jayanti Natarajan just said the blame is on collective Congress leadership and not any individual.

 11.07 am: Journlist Vinod Mehta makes an interesting point: Why shouldn’t Congress  support AAP in Delhi to keep BJP out.

10: 50 am: BJP leads in Madhya Pradesh initial trends http://bit.ly/18tllEb

10.40 am: 

BJP leads in Delhi, AAP makes waves. http://bit.ly/18tktPU

No more Sheila ki jawani;-) thanks to #AAP she's not only out of #Delhi bt wil have no place in the opposition as well!!

— Ashwin Shetty (@ashwinshetty9) December 8, 2013

10.20 am: BJP ahead in three states, Congress in Chhattisgarh http://bit.ly/1kolrCi

10.00: am: 

After two hours of voting clear trends are emerging. BJP celebrating in MP and Rajasthan, running neck to neck with Congress  in Chhattisgarh. Big question in Delhi: Will it be a hung assembly. The contest is between BJp and AAP. Sheila era is over. http://bit.ly/1kolrCi

Welcome to mainstream politics #AAP. @ArvindKejriwal has proved his point. India is restless for change.

— Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) December 8, 2013

 

This is not anti incumbency vote. This is vote for #AAP. #AAPRevolution

— Ankit Lal (@ankitlal) December 8, 2013

9: 32 am: 

BJP seems to be heading to decisive victories in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Congress defeat on Delhi is going to be as stunning. http://bit.ly/IyLafu

9: 00 am: First hour of counting comes to an end: Biggest story so far: AAP surging in Delhi, right behind BJP. Congress on back foot here. 15 years of Congress rule may end today.

BJP gaining impressive leads over Congress in MP and Rajasthan, while it looks neck to neck in Chattisgarh.

8:34 am:  Won’t support Congress or BJP, says Kejriwal. It is either the seat of power or opposition. No behind the scene manipulations for AAP, he says.

8.00 am: Here we go. Counting begins in four states. 

7:58 am: Congress is expected to lose and BJP to surge. Everyone is watching AAP. If you like to catch up with some background reading, try Exit polls signal exit for Congress

7:55 am: It is tempting to see today’s results as the semi-final to the next year’s Lok Sabha polls? But together, these five states just account for 72 of 543 Lok Sabha seats.

But still, the results would be as good an indicator of the popular mood as you can get at this time. Check out for a neat sum up significance of today’s counting:  Mango people’s anger

7.45 am: Good morning. DH team reporting for election duty.

We will be bringing you live results and breaking stories as the counting progresses in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and New Delhi. In Mizroram, counting is scheduled for tomorrow.