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The 58-year-old Yadav is the fourth OBC leader to be made chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in the last 20 years.
Some exit polls have predicted a clean sweep by the ZPM, but the majority indicated a hung House with no party getting a clear majority.
The defeat marks a huge setback for the Congress, as the Bhupesh Baghel-led government, which previously had 68 seats in the 90-member house, has been routed in several of its bastions.
In Madhya Pradesh, by winning 163 seats, the BJP got two-thirds majority in the house of 230.
The governance provided by the Congress was satisfactory and its leaders had mass appeal, still the party crashed so badly in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
For BRS, the defeat was more bitter as its supremo K Chandrashekar Rao lost to the BJP's K Venkata Ramana in Kamareddy in one of his seats.
When Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, in his first reaction after the rout, said the party will prepare fully for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections along with the INDIA parties, a sense of guilt was evident in the veteran’s statement.
Even though the BJP emerged victorious, the contest was very close in nearly two dozen seats. The saffron party got 42 per cent of the votes cast while the Congress garnered nearly 40 per cent.
Former India cricketer has hailed PM Narendra Modi for BJP's triumph in three out of four states where Assembly Elections were held.
As it became clear that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) would not retain power, KCR sent his resignation to the Raj Bhavan through an official.