Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2023 updates | BJP wins 163 seats to retain State in thumping majority

Here’s how the seven Parliamentarians fielded by the BJP fared in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: 

1. Prahlad Patel (Incumbent Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Minister of State for Jal Shakti): Won from the Narsingpur constituency.

2. Narendra Singh Tomar (Incumbent Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare): Won from the Dimani constituency.

3. Faggan Singh Kulaste (Incumbent Minister of State for Rural Development): Lost from the Niwas constituency.

4. Uday Pratap Singh (Incumbent MP from Narmadapuram Lok Sabha seat): Won from the Gadarwara constituency.

5. Rakesh Singh (Incumbent MP from Jabalpur Lok Sabha seat): Won from the Jabalpur Paschim constituency.

6. Ganesh Singh (Incumbent MP from Satna Lok Sabha seat): Lost from the Satna constituency.

7. Riti Pathak (Incumbent MP from the Sidhi Lok Sabha seat): Won from the Sidhi constituency.

​Read this article by Mehul Malpani​ on these candidates and the fate of other heavyweights from the States

The Congress’ hopes of the Bharat Jodo Yatra paying dividends in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls were dashed on Sunday with the Bharatiya Janata Party winning 17 of the 21 seats from which the Rahul Gandhi-led programme passed.

Between November 23 and December 4 last year, the yatra covered 380 kilometres through six districts of MP’s Malwa-Nimar region, namely Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Indore, Ujjain and Agar Malwa, which cumulatively have 21 seats.

In 2018, the BJP had won 14 of these seats, while the Congress emerged victorious on seven. This time, the BJP bettered its tally to 17, reducing the Congress to four seats.

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Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath maintained his several decade-old stranglehold on Chhindwara even as the Bharatiya Janata Party retained power in the state with an emphatic win.

Mr. Nath defeated the BJP’s Vivek Bunty Sahu by 36,594 votes. In the 2018 polls, Nath’s victory margin against Sahu was 25,837 votes.

Since 1980, Mr. Nath has won the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat a record nine times.

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Union Minister Prahlad Patel won his maiden Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls from Narsinghpur by defeating the Congress’ Lakhan Singh Patel by a margin of 31,310 votes.

One of the three Union Ministers the BJP decided to field in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, Prahad Patel is the incumbent Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, as well as Minister of State for Jal Shakti. Mr. Patel has represented the Damoh Lok Sabha constituency since 2014. 

Read The Hindu’s interview with Prahlad Patel from when he was on the campaign trail.

The BJP won two of every three seats in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and three of every five in Rajasthan. The Congress crumbled in Madhya Pradesh where it hoped to gain from anti-incumbency, which turned out to be non-existent. 

As the party seals its victories in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, read this article by Varghese K. George on BJP sweeping Hindi heartland. 

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar defeated the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Balveer Singh Dandotiya by 24,461 votes in Dimani in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.

The incumbent Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, was among the three Union Cabinet ministers in fray in this Assembly election. Mr. Tomar has previously held several different portfolios in the Union cabinet in the Narendra Modi government. Hailing from the Gwalior district, Mr. Tomar also brought his experience as a two-term MLA from the Gwalior Assembly constituency, to the electoral race. 

Taking a dig at the Congress for its dismal show in the Assembly polls, the Samajwadi Party on Sunday blamed grand old party leader Kamal Nath’s “indecent statement” against its chief Akhilesh Yadav for the setback in Madhya Pradesh.

“Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath gave an indecent statement against the SP chief. He called the SP chief, who has been a four-time MP and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh as ‘Akhilesh-Vakhilesh’ due to which not only Madhya Pradesh, but the people of Bahujan class and backward classes were hurt, and its adverse effect was reflected in the results,” SP spokesperson Manoj Singh Yadav ‘Kaka’ told PTI on the Congress’ lagging behind the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

The Samajwadi Party has, however, indicated it will fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections along with the Congress under the banner of Opposition group ‘INDIA’.

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Madhya Pradesh leader of opposition Govind Singh loses from Lahar constituency against BJP’s Ambrish Sharma by 12,397 votes.

Mr. Singh, a Congress stalwart, was an incumbent from this constituency, and has been so for the past 35 years, winning seven consecutive times since 1990. After trying out his luck in different parties between the 1960s and 1990s, Mr. Singh returned back to the Congress in 1993 and is part of the Congress Committee at the State as well as the National level. 

The Congress’ Arif Masood and Atif Arif Aqueel won the Assembly polls from Bhopal Central and Bhopal North, respectively, in Madhya Pradesh.

As per an estimate, Muslims, at 50 lakh, constitute some 7% of MP’s population, and are mainly concentrated in Bhopal and the Malwa region.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, as per ECI data, has crossed the halfway mark in Madhya Pradesh as vote counting continued in the State. 

For the BJP, last month’s Assembly elections in five States were an opportunity to test drive certain strategic ideas before deploying them in the 2024 general election. The BJP’s victories in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chattisgarh, and its decent performance in Telangana, have ensured that some of these ideas have now won a long shelf life in the party’s arsenal of electoral strategies. 

Read an analysis by Nistula Hebbar on what charged the BJP juggernaut

Workers of Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress party clashed with each other outside the counting spot in Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur district after BJP candidate from Shajapur constituency defeated his Congress candidate by a small margin.

The police present on the spot used lathi charge and tear gas to disperse them. BJP candidate Arun Bhimawad beat Congress candidate Hukum Singh Karada by just 28 votes after which the workers of both the parties raised slogans and clashed with each other.

Reacting to the clash in Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh Chief Election Officer Anupam Rajan said that the margin of votes during counting was less, so the process of re-verification of the rejected postal ballots was underway. “In Shajapur, the margin of votes during counting was less. When the margin is less then the rejected postal ballots are re-verified so the process of re-verification of the rejected postal ballots is underway,” Rajan said.

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With the mandate of the people of Madhya Pradesh clearly going with the BJP and rejecting the Congress’ appeal for a change in the State, the Congress is going to introspect various of its moves taken in the run-up to the Assembly polls, which failed to boost its chances.

The party had also had to deal with severe protests over its candidate selection, forcing it to change its earlier announced candidates in seven seats.

Click below to read more on how the dropped candidates turned rebel and hampered the party’s prospects:

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 | Candidate list rejig might have hurt Congress chances

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 | The Congress is going to introspect various of its moves taken in the run-up to the Assembly polls, which failed to boost its chances

BJP stalwart Gopal Bhargava registered his ninth consecutive victory from the Rehli seat of Madhya Pradesh as his party surged ahead to retain power in the State.

Mr. Bhargava (71) defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate Jyoti Patel by 72,800 votes. He will be the most experienced legislator in the new Assembly.

He has been winning the Rehli constituency, consecutively since 1985. Since then, he has served as Cabinet Minister under various Chief Ministers including Uma Bharti, and the incumbent Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He currently serves as the Minister of Public Works Department and the Minister of Cottage & Rural Industries in Madhya Pradesh. 

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said that the outcome of the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections would have been different had the Congress shared some seats with constituents of the INDIA bloc.

“It is my clear opinion that the Madhya Pradesh elections should have been contested as INDIA alliance. Had some seats been shared with the alliance parties, such as Akhilesh’s party, (Samajwadi Party), the Congress would have fared far better. His (Akhilesh’s) party has good support in some areas, including some 10-12 seats known as the strongholds of the party. It was Kamal Nath who opposed sharing of seats with him (Akhilesh),” he told reporters.

“Teamwork was needed. State parties cannot be ignored any longer. One cannot do politics by ignoring local parties,” the Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson added.

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With over 75% of the votes counted, have a look at the seats held and gained by parties across the three States – Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. 

As per the ECI data available the 3.30 p.m. the BJP gained 168 seats from the Congress while the Congress gained only 53 seats from the BJP. 

In a post on X (formerly, Twitter), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the party humbly accepts the mandate of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, where as per the ECI trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to win with a clear majority.

Mr. Gandhi however added that “the battle of ideology will continue,” and thanked all the workers for their hard work and support.

Incumbent Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has won from the seat of Budhni with a margin of over one lakh votes, as per the latest ECI data. 

Mr. Chouhan has held this top post for almost two decades now. He first came to power in 2005 after winning a by-election from Budhni. He went on to win the Assembly elections from this seat again in 2008 and 2013. 

In 2018, after BJP could not secure a majority to form the government, Mr. Chouhan resigned, but came back to power only two years later after the Kamal Nath government was toppled following the resignation of 22 MLAs from the then ruling Congress party. 

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s stellar show in Madhya Pradesh and others states in the Assembly polls was due to the “guarantees” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“The reason behind the BJP’s good showing is due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantees, like his resolve for welfare of the poor, empowerment of women, employment for youth, respect and fair prices to farmers,” Patel said.

“Development was the guarantee of Modiji,” said Patel, a Lok Sabha MP who was fielded by the party from Narsingpur. He has a lead over the Congress’ Lakhan Singh Patel after 17 rounds of counting.

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Conceding the election to the Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath said that he accepts the decision of the voters of the State. 

Congratulating the BJP on its victory, Mr. Nath said, “I hope that the trust M.P.’s voters have posed in the BJP will not be broken.”

“We will introspect on our shortcomings and why we could not convince the voters. We will speak with all our candidates, whether they have won or lost, and will reach a conclusion after that,” he said.

Mr. Nath also said that the biggest challenge in the State is that of the youth’s future and of the agriculture sector. “Strengthening the agriculture sector should be our priority,” he said.

- Mehul Malpani

In a post on X (formerly, Twitter), Union Home Minister Amit Shah described the “massive victory” in Madhya Pradesh as “the public’s seal of approval on the welfare policies and good governance of the double engine government” led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

I express my heartfelt gratitude to the people for blessing BJP with an overwhelming majority and giving us the opportunity to continue serving them, he added. 

The BJP fielded seven Parliamentarians, including three Union Ministers in the State Assembly elections. 

Here’s how they are faring so far as per the latest Election Commission data:

1. Prahlad Patel (Incumbent Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, as well as Minister of State for Jal Shakti): Leading from the Narsingpur constituency.

2. Narendra Singh Tomar (Incumbent Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare): Leading from the Dimani constituency.

3. Faggan Singh Kulaste (Incumbent Minister of State for Rural Development): Lost from the Niwas constituency.

4. Uday Pratap Singh (Incumbent MP from Narmadapuram Lok Sabha seat): Leading from the Gadarwara constituency.

5. Rakesh Singh (Incumbent MP from Jabalpur Lok Sabha seat): Won from the Jabalpur Paschim constituency.

6. Ganesh Singh (Incumbent MP from Satna Lok Sabha seat): Trailing from the Satna constituency.

7. Riti Pathak (Incumbent MP from the Sidhi Lok Sabha seat): Leading from the Sidhi constituency.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said people of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan have supported the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Asserting that Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan would see rapid development due to the installation of “double engine government”, Gadkari hailed PM Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda and the local party leadership as well as workers for the results.

“The people of the country have expressed their mood through elections, especially in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. These three states have got very good results. In a way, the people have expressed their support for the policies of our government under the leadership of Modiji,” Mr. Gadkari said.

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The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government is set to retain power with a thumping majority in the 230-seat State Assembly. Click below to see how each Assembly constituency is faring, the leading and trailing candidates.

Madhya Pradesh election results 2023 | Constituency-wise trends, leads and wins

Madhya Pradesh election results 2023: An interactive map of Madhya Pradesh showing constituency-wise trends, leads and wins in all the 230 seats.

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party karyakartas for the party’s landslide victory in the Madhya Pradesh elections. 

“For the grand victory in Madhya Pradesh, I would like to thank the people of the State. I thank the Janata Janardhan for their love and support. Bharatiya Janata Party’s win belongs to the karyakartas who worked hard day and night. I also congratulate CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan and his government. I congratulate all karyakartas for this win,” Union Minister Tomar said. 

He further attributed the victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “popularity” and welfare schemes in both the Central and State governments. “It is the victory of party workers, PM Modi’s popularity, and the welfare schemes of State and Central governments,” he added. - ANI

Rejecting that there was an anti-incumbency wave in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan thanked the people of the State as the BJP headed towards a landslide victory in the State. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party seems poised to return to power in the State where it ruled for 20 years, barring a short span in 2018 when Chief Minister Kamal Nath-led Congress party was in power. 

Responding to the latest trends, Mr. Chouhan said, “No anti-incumbency wave was there in Madhya Pradesh. There is a pro-incumbency wave in Madhya Pradesh. I thank the people of M.P. and promise everyone that we will fulfil our guarantees.” 

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As the Bhartiya Janata Party moved towards a landslide victory in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhatisgarh, BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi said the politics of the country is now ‘Modified’.

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the way Prime Minister Modi has led the party with honesty, dedication and determination is the reason why the party is now bearing the fruits.”The politics of the country is now becoming Modi-fied,” he said. - ANI

Bharat Adivasi Party was formed shortly before the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections, following a split in the six-year-old Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP). The party was founded by tribal leader and MLA for the Chorasi Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, Rajkumar Roat, and Sagwara MLA Ramprasad Dindor. 

With the victory of Rajkumar Roat, founder of the party, in the Chorasi seat in the Rajasthan Assembly elections, the newly formed party has emerged as a notable competitor in Rajasthan, especially in the tribal areas. 

Read here to know more about the party:

The Bharatiya Adivasi Party registered its first victory in Madhya Pradesh by winning the Sailana seat of Ratlam district.

The party’s Kamleshwar Dodiyar defeated the nearest rival and the Congress candidate Harsh Vijay Gehlot in Sailana constituency by a margin of 4,618 votes as per the Election Commission data.

This is the first time that the Bharat Adivasi Party, headquartered in Rajasthan, has registered a victory in any election in Madhya Pradesh. Sailana seat of Ratlam is located on the borders of Rajasthan. - PTI

A unique contest is under way for the Hoshangabad seat in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election. Sitarasharan Sharma, former speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly and incumbent MLA from Hoshangabad, faces his brother Girija Shankar Sharma. While Mr. Sitasharan Sharma is a BJP candidate, Mr. Girija Shankar represents Congress. 

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Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) president Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the Congress, a grand old party of the State is witnessing defeat in Assembly polls because it has no issue of minorities in its agenda.

Mr. Azad spoke to the reporters and said that the Congress did not mention the issues that the minorities are facing across the country. “One thing that I’ve noticed in the last 20-25 days is that the Congress which was considered as the champion of minorities, didn’t talk about the minorities... Now minorities are not in the agenda of Congress...’‘ Mr. Azad, a former Congress leader said. - ANI

Union Minister Smriti Irani said the results of Assembly polls in three States - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are a symbol of “Modi magic”. Ms. Irani said the BJP was confident since the beginning in winning the polls.”Narendra Modi’s guarantee is about development. The trust people placed in his guarantee - as BJP workers, we are thankful to them. The BJP workers had clearly said that “Modi magic” will yield results and today’s results are a symbol of that,” the Union Minister said. - ANI

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) good showing in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls was due to people’s faith in the guarantees of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his concern for the poor.

“It [results] reflects the people’s faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s work as well as the work done by the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh. It is the faith in the double-engine government and work done by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan,” Mr. Vaishnaw told reporters.

“Today, people have faith in the guarantees of PM Modi and every individual believes only he can turn India into a developed nation. Only the PM has concern for the poor and this confidence is reflected in the country today,” he added. - PTI

Over the years, the polling percentage in Madhya Pradesh has seen an increase with every election. Barring the election in 1998, where the poll percentage dipped by 0.3% when compared to the 1993 elections, there has been a better voter turnout in each of the elections. In the 2018 Assembly elections, 75.63% of the total number of electors had cast valid votes. This is 25% higher than the elections held in 1980, where the polling percentage stood just under 50%.

Similarly, in 2023, the State saw a record voter turnout of 77.82%, 2.19% more than the 2018 elections, which was only 75.63%. Of the 77.82% of polling, 77.15% was through electronic voting machines and the remaining through postal ballots. - The Hindu Bureau

Celebrations erupted in Madhya Pradesh as the BJP gained the upper hand and crossed the majority mark comfortably and is set to retain power in the State with a landslide victory. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan was seen in a jubilant mood at his residence and flashed a victory sign, along with his family, in Bhopal. 

BJP workers celebrated with firecrackers, dhol, sweets and garlands as the party crossed the majority mark. Sweets were exchanged between the senior party leaders. Mr. Chouhan along with his family greeted party workers and supporters in Bhopal and later exchanged with State BJP president V. D. Sharma and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw was also present.- ANI

In March 2023, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched ‘ Ladli Behna’ scheme to provide ₹1,000 monthly aid to women in the State. 

At that time, while addressing a gathering of women at Jamboree Maidan in Bhopal, CM Chouhan knelt before the audience with folded hands and said, “Pranam and Namaskar... you mean Durga, Laxmi and Saraswati to me”, and announced that “Ladli Behna Sena” will also be formed to straighten wrongdoers.

Later, in June 2023, while crediting the first monthly instalment of ₹1,000 into the bank accounts of financially weak women under the Mukyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana, Mr. Chouhan said that he had plans to increase the assistance to ₹3,000 a month in future. - The Hindu Bureau

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the BJP leading in Madhya Pradesh indicates how CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Ladli Behna scheme for women of the State has proved as a ‘game changer’ in the polls. He also credited CM Chouhan for the results showing a comfortable lead for the party in the polls.

“ Ladli Behna scheme is a game-changer and the full credit for it goes to Shivraj Singh Chouhan,” Mr. Scindia said. - ANI

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath are now history. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasised that “the entire country believes in PM Modi’s guarantee and wants to join and support PM Modi’s resolve to make the country developed and today’s results clearly show this”.

“Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath are just history now, they should be forgotten now, and the country must move on the path of development”, he added. - ANI

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel is currently ahead of the Congress candidate Lakhan Singh Patel by 13,053 votes after nine rounds of counting at Narsinghpur seat, as per the Election Commission data. Ten more rounds of votes are yet to be counted. - The Hindu Bureau

Union Minister and BJP’s poll management committee chief Narendra Singh Tomar is also trailing by 2,402 votes behind the BSP candidate Balveer Singh Dandotiya at Morena district’s Dimani seat. 

Congress candidate and sitting MLA Ravindra Singh Tomar is currently trailing at number 3. 

Nine out of 19 rounds of votes have been counted.

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Madhya Pradesh’s Niwas seat, Faggan Singh Kulaste, is currently trailing behind Congress candidate Chainsingh Warkade by 3,716 votes after the counting of 12 rounds of votes, as per the Election Commission data. 

Six rounds of counting are yet to be done.

Mr. Kulaste is one of the three Union Ministers who had been sent by the BJP high command to contest the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.

With the trends giving the BJP a lead in three states in the assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address party workers here on Sunday evening, party sources said.

They said Modi is likely to address BJP workers at the party headquarters in Delhi.

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BJP workers celebrated with firecrackers, dhol, sweets and garlands as the party crossed the majority mark in Madhya Pradesh elections and is set to come back to power in the State with a thumping victory. The party is currently leading in 162 seats according to the official data by the Election Commission of India. 

Even as early trends showed BJP leading in M.P. several ministers in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet, including high-profile home minister Narottam Mishra, were trailing after initial rounds of counting.

Mr. Mishra, also the spokesperson of the state government and often in the news for his statements on various issues, is trailing by 2,243 votes against the Congress’ Rajeandr Bharti in Datia after the second round of counting.

Others who are behind include Arvind Bhadoria (Ater), Mohan Yadav (Ujjain South), Vishwas Sarang (Narela), Mahendra Singh Sisodia (Bamori) and Rajyavardhan Singh Dattigaon (Badnawar).

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on November 13 said if the BJP retained power in Madhya Pradesh, its government will arrange ‘darshan’ at the Ram temple in Ayodhya for people from the State.

“Don’t spend money. If the BJP government is formed in Madhya Pradesh, it will gradually arrange for darshan of Lord Ram in Ayodhya for people of the State one-by-one,” he said, adding this is part of his party’s promises made in the manifesto.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Madhya Pradesh that the Central government will launch a scheme worth ₹24,000 crore for the welfare of tribal people on the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, celebrated on November 15 to mark the birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter and activist Birsa Munda.

Nearly 21% of the population of Madhya Pradesh is tribal. 

Radha Bai, who looks after the garden at CM’s residence, got emotional and congratulated Shivraj Singh Chouhan as BJP crossed the halfway mark in Madhya Pradesh.

The incumbent Finance Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Jagdish Devda, is leading from Malhargarh constituency by 14,305 votes, according to the Election Commission. 

Shyamlal Jokchand, an independent candidate is trailing behind Mr. Devda while Congress candidate Parshuram Sisodiya trails by a margin of 33,995 votes.

Mr. Devda won elections from Malhargarh seat in 2018 with a narrow margin of 51.03% votes. 

“This is the magic of BJP’s double-engine government, PM Modi’s leadership, and the resolve by Amit Shah and JP Nadda, and the hard work by each BJP worker in Madhya Pradesh and CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s dedication towards the public,” Union Minister Jyotriaditya Scindia said as BJP is all set to retain its power in Madhya Pradesh with a landslide victory.

The BJP is currently leading in 161 constituencies out of 230 Assembly seats.

Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste was trailing behind his nearest Congress rival Chansingh Barkade by 7,439 from Niwas seat in Madhya Pradesh as per the Election Commission.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Election Commissioner Anupam Rajan said, “Counting is going on peacefully at every place. We are displaying the results at many places, like malls, platforms of stations, and wherever footfall is higher...”

Talking about technical snag, Mr. Rajan said, “The technical snag is also not there much, at some places there are issues with the server, but we will soon resolve them.”

As vote counting for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections showed the Bharatiya Janata leading in the State, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday, December 3, 2023, gave credit for it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s poll campaign and said people have immense faith in him.

Mr. Chouhan also said they have properly implemented welfare schemes of the “double engine” government (of BJP at the Centre and in the state).

Even as the Assembly election results to the four States are pouring in, the Congress on Sunday, December 3 announced that the alliance partners of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc would meet on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.

Two-time MLA from the Rau constituency, Jitu Patwari is trailing to BJP’s Madhu Verma. 

Mr. Patwari, who is currently serving as the working president of the Congress at the State level, has also been the Minister of Higher Education, Youth and Sports Affairs in the Kamal Nath government. 

Dr. Govind Singh, the Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh is trailing from the Lahar constituency to BJP’s Ambrish Sharma. 

Mr. Singh is an incumbent leader from the Lahar seat and has been winning the elections for seven consecutive times since 1990. 

The BJP gained a comfortable majority in M.P. as it continues its lead in 149 constituencies with incumbent CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Prahlad Patel, and Narendra Singh Tomar leading from Budhni, Narsingpur, and Dimani seats respectively. 

The Congress, on the other hand, is leading in 62 seats with Kamal Nath leading from Chhindwara constituency. 

Lauding PM Modi’s rallies in Madhya Pradesh, incumbent CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “Modi ji MP ke mann mein hain aur Modi ji ke mann mein MP hai.”

“Double-engine government properly implemented the schemes of the Central Government and the schemes that were formed here also touched people’s hearts. Madhya Pradesh became a family...I had said earlier too that the BJP would get a comfortable and grand majority as people’s love for us was visible everywhere,” he further added. 

As the BJP continued its domination in Madhya Pradesh, the Prahar Janshakti Party made a mark in the State with Rahul Satish Chauhan gaining the lead from the Bhainsdehi constituency

According to the latest trends released by the Election Commission, the BJP is currently leading in 143 seats in Madhya Pradesh while the Congress is ahead on 59 seats. 

The Gondwana Ganatantra Party (GGP) is leading on one seat and its alliance partner the BSP is ahead on one seat.

Madhya Pradesh BJP president VD Sharma congratulated BJP workers and thanked the people for voting for BJP as the party crossed the majority mark as per official EC trends. 

The BJP crossed the majority mark in Madhya Pradesh, leading in 137 constituencies out of the 230 Assembly seats, according to official data by the Election Commission of India.

The Congress is leading in 54 seats, while the GGP is leading in 3 seats.

BJP candidate from Bhopal’s Govindpura, Krishna Gaur asserted that the BJP will form the government with a full majority in the State.

Krishna Gaur said, “BJP will form a government with full majority in Madhya Pradesh. Our next target is to win all 29 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha. Congress has understood its defeat. It will be a historic win for us. The future of the state and country is secured under the BJP government. When we will be taking the winning certificate, it will be in favour of us.”

Daughter-in-law of Babulal Gaur, who served as 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Krishna Gaur stated that Congress had no place in the Govindpura seat and after 12 pm it would blame the EVM machines for its defeat.

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The BJP is inching closer to the halfway mark as it leads in 104 constituencies out of the 230 Assembly seats

Union Minister Prahlad Patel, who is fighting for the M.P. elections for the first time gained the upper hand as per the initial trends from the Narsingpur constituency

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia expressed confidence that the BJP would return to power in the state and people will bless the saffron party.

Mr. Scindia said, “I have been saying this since day 1, that because of the development that has happened in Madhya Pradesh under the leadership of PM Modi and CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, we are completely sure that the people will bless the BJP and we will form a government with a complete majority.”

He further said that the BJP had only 15 months to work on the progress of the state and they would return to power based on their good governance.

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Altogether 692 tables have been placed for the counting of postal ballots in all districts, while 4,369 tables have been set up to place the EVMs, state Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said.

Mr. Rajan said postal ballots will be counted between 8 am and 8.30 am, after which the counting of votes through EVMs will begin in the presence of officials and political parties’ authorised agents.

Soon after the postal ballots are counted, its result will be declared candidate-wise by the officials concerned and the exercise will be followed after the completion of each round of counting, he said.

PTI

In Madhya Pradesh, the exit polls differed in predicting a winner. 

India Today-Axis My India predicted 140-162 for the BJP and 68-90 for the Congress, News 24-Today’s Chanakya 151 and 74, and India TV-CNX 140-159 and 70-89. 

P-Marq predicted a tight contest giving 103-122 seats to both parties. 

TV9 Bharatvarsh Polstrat said the BJP would get 106-116 and the Congress 111-121. 

The ABP-C Voter poll, however, gave a clear majority to the Congress with 113-137 seats and the BJP 88-112.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan remained cautious in answering any questions on who would lead the government if his party retained power in the State. “Bharatiya Janata Party zindabad,” he said, in response to reporters’ queries.

M.P. Congress president Kamal Nath, on the other hand, termed the exit polls a “conspiracy to demoralise the Congress workers and pressurise the officials”.