Three of the four state elections that the Indian BJP is expected to win are months away from the national election

The Hindu nationalist party is on the verge of unseating the Congress from power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and securing a historic fifth term in Madhya Pradesh.

On the website of the election commission, the ruling Hindu nationalist party in India is expected to win three of the four state elections handily.

Prior to the critical national vote, which is set for less than six months from now, the opposition in India is facing off against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this important poll.

The Indian National Congress, the country's main opposition party, was about to lose control of the heartland states of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan to the BJP, according to ballot counting results on Sunday.

In Madhya Pradesh, the right-wing party was also expected to win reelection for a record-breaking fifth term.

In Telangana, where the powerful Bharat Rashtra Samithi party—previously known as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi—rules, the Congress was comfortably leading.

On Sunday, the final results are anticipated later.

More than 160 million voters, or a sixth of India's electorate, were eligible to cast ballots in the five states' elections that were held last month. India has a large population, so polling is typically done in phases.

The fifth state, Mizoram, where the Mizo National Front, a regional ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is in power, will count votes on Monday.