Incumbent Chief Minister Raman Singh won a third straight victory on a day that saw an intense see-saw between the ruling BJP and the rival Congress in one of the closest battles in Assembly elections 2013. The win gives the BJP a 4-0 sweep in the elections that were seen as both a crucial test for the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as well as a referendum on the Congress government at the Centre ahead of national elections, due by May next year.
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