A statewide protest against Rajkot candidate Rupala due to his remark about the Kshatriya community in Rajkot failed to deter his chances. Throughout the protest, Kshatriyas held the slogan ‘Modi tujhse bair nahi, Rupala teri kher nahi.’

Union Minister Arjun Munda, ST Morcha chief Samir Oroan, Sita Soren, Tala Marandi, Geeta Kora face defeat.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur registers fifth consecutive win in Lok Sabha polls from the Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency.

After Lata Thakur, who had won the Assembly election on a Congress ticket in 1972 and had later died in 1976 in a road accident, no party fielded a woman candidate in the Assembly polls all these years.

Naidu's latest electoral triumph, where his Telugu Desam Party was ahead in 133 of the 175 seats as per the latest figures, comes months after his arrest in an alleged corruption case. In the outgoing House, TDP has 23 members.

Huge voting numbers were witnessed in Maoist-ravaged areas for the first time in decades.

National Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi held a roadshow in Solan and later paid obeisance at Jakhu temple in Shimla, while Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed poll rallies in Hamirpur and Mandi.