The voting counting is underway in five states today and the trends are in the favour of Congress. The trends indicates that the party is close to victory in three states. Talking about Mizoram, securing an absolute majority in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, the MNF on Tuesday returned to power after a decade, crushing the Congress and ousting it from power in the last Northeastern state it ruled.

The Mizo National Front (MNF) which got only five seats in the 2013 Assembly polls, secured 21 seats and was leading in five more while the ruling Congress won only five seats.

CM Lal Thanhawla lost both the constituencies (Champhai South and Serchhip) he contested -- to MNF's T.J. Lalnuntluanga and Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) President Lalduhoma respectively.

MNF supremo and Chief Ministerial candidate Zoramthanga was elected for a fifth term from Aizawl East-I, defeating Independent candidate K. Sapdanga.

Buddha Dhan Chakma, a Minister in the Congress government, who just before the November 28 polls joined the BJP, won in Chakma tribal-dominated Tuichawng constituency defeating his MNF rival by 1,594 votes.

Talking about the trends in other states

Madhya Pradesh: BJP - 101, Congress 119, others -10

Rajasthan: Congress - 104, BJP - 70, Others - 25

Telangana: TRS - 84, Prajakutami - 24, BJP - 3, Others - 8

Chhattisgarh: Congress - 63, BJP - 18, Others - 09

Mizoram: MNF - 26, Congress - 5, BJP - 1, Others - 8