State election: 12 out of the 21 MPs win, BJP to take call

The BJP had fielded 21 MPs in the assembly polls to the four states for which the results came on Sunday. Of these, 12 have won and the remaining nine lost, as per information available on the Election Commission website. Among those who lost include union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste from Niwas in Madhya Pradesh, where the BJP has retained power with a more than two-thirds majority. The party had fielded seven MPs each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, four in Chhattisgarh and three in Telangana. They included four union ministers.

In terms of strike rate, BJP MPs' winning percentage was the highest in Madhya Pradesh at more than 71%, followed by Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. All its MPs who contested in Telangana lost.

Madhya Pradesh


Five sitting MPs won, while two, including Kulaste in the Niwas seat reserved for STs, lost.

RAJASTHAN

Four of the seven BJP sitting MPs who won in Rajasthan include Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore from Jhotwara and Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari from Vidhyadhar Nagar in Jaipur.

CHHATTISGARH

The BJP fielded four MPs in the state and three of them won, while Vijay Baghel, the fourth, lost against his uncle and CM Bhupesh Baghel in Patan.

TELANGANA

The BJP had fielded three of its four MPs from the state and, as per the ECI website, all three - BJP general secretary Bandi Sanjay lost (Karimnagar), Arvind Dharampuri (Koratala) and Soyam Bapurao (Boath) - lost.

The victory of several MPs in assembly polls may make them possible choices for the chief ministerial posts.

The MPs who have won must quit one of the seats in the next 14 days, else they stand to lose their Parliament membership, as per constitutional experts. "However, they can continue as members of the state legislative assembly," former Lok Sabha secretary general PDT Achary said.