Before counting of votes cast through EVMs, postal ballots will be counted. The total number of postal ballots received in the state is 54,823.
A total of 2.96 crore votes will be counted through 16,152 EVMs. The total number of voters in the state is 4,80,91,624.
State Election Commission has deployed over 15,000 employees for the counting process while the Election Commission has deputed 62 central observers.
A total of 378 candidates including 37 women are in the fray in the state. Prominent among them include Union ministers Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia, who contested from Chhindwara and Guna respectively.
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