Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption India will hold general elections in 2019 Early state election results show India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailing in three key states where they were in power.The main opposition Congress is leading in all three states - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
Correspondents say losses in these polls are a factor of anti-incumbency in the states and are not a major cause for worry for the BJP.
India will hold nation-wide parliamentary elections early in 2019.
Election results are also being declared for the southern state of Telangana and the northeastern state of Mizoram.
Regional parties - the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and the Mizo National Front (MNF) - are leading in these states.