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Winning 163 seats, the BJP got two-third majority in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly, while the Congress bagged 66 seats.
The state electorate voted for 2,533 candidates in 230 constituencies.
The AICC chief thanked the people of Telangana, where the party is on course to dislodge the BRS from power and form the government.
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.
The grand old party is betting big on one of its star campaigners Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to rope in voters.
A blow to the BJP's political fortune in MP, like in Karnataka, will dent its image of invincibility, something it would like to avoid at all costs.
With elections barely two weeks away, both parties are still working hard to persuade dissenters to withdraw from the race.
State Home Minister Narottam Mishra will fight from the Datia seat, according to the list of the candidates released by the BJP.
The development came against the backdrop of the ruling party accusing the BJP of trying to poach its MLAs to topple the Kamal Nath-led government which enjoys a wafer thin majority in the House.
Media experts are racking their brains over what could have led to a dismal show of the grand old party in the state.