MP Assembly election results 2023 Highlights: Saffron wave sweeps state

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 highlights: The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to retain power in the state with a landslide victory

8:10 PM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023: BJP retains power in the state, leaders give credit to PM Modi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday retained power in Madhya Pradesh, winning 129 seats, and is leading in 35, as per the latest official figures. The Congress' plans to wrest power from the BJP were shattered as the grand old party has managed to win just 38 seats and is leading in 27 more.

Many BJP leaders attributed the electoral success to PM Narendra Modi, who addressed as many as 14 poll rallies in the state. 

Kamal Nath, senior Congress leader and former CM of the state said that the party will analyse the loopholes.

Polling in the single-phase elections on November 17 saw an impressive turnout of 77.82 per cent, surpassing the 2018 voting percentage of 75.63 per cent. The state electorate voted for 2,533 candidates in 230 constituencies. There were 559,000 eligible voters. 

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023: List of winners so far

• BJP's Dilip Jaiswal wins from Kotma with a margin of 22,788 votes. 
• BJP's Santosh Varkade wins from Sihara with a margin of 42,772 votes. 
• BJP's Vishnu Khatri wins from Berasia with a margin of 25,397 votes. 
• BJP's Chaya More wins from Pandhana with a margin of 28,816 votes. 
• BJP's Chouhan Nagar Singh wins from Alirajpur with a margin of 3,723 votes. 
• BJP's Jitendra Uday Singh Pandya wins from Badnagar with a margin of 36,693 votes. 
• BJP's Mathura Lal Damar wins from Ratlam Rural with a margin of 34,324 votes. 
• BJP's Chinramani Malviya wins from Alot with a margin of 68,884 votes. 
• BJP's Bisahu Lal Singh wins from Anuppur with a margin of 20,419 votes. 
• INC's Babu Jandel wins from Sheopur with a margin of 11,130 votes. 
• INC's Kamlesh Pratap Singh wins from Amarwara with a margin of 25,086 votes. 
• INC's Rajan Mandloi wins from Badwani with a margin of 11,172 votes.
• NAP's Kamleshwar Dodiyar wins from Sailana with a margin of 4,618 votes. 

 

3:31 PM

BJP's Chetanya Kashyap 'Bhaiyyaji' wins from Ratlam City

BJP's Chetanya Kashyap "Bhaiyyaji" wins from Ratlan City with a margin of 60,708 votes. Kashyap secured a total of 109,656 votes.

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Bharat Adivasi Party's Kamleshwar Dodiyar wins from Sailana

Bharat Adivasi Party's Kamleshwar Dodiyar wins from Sailana with a margin of 4,618 votes. Dodiyar secured 71,219 votes in total.

3:20 PM

BJP's Pradeep Patel wins from Mauganj

BJP's Pradeep Patel wins from Mauganj with a margin of 7,174 votes. Patel secured 70,119 votes in total.

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BJP's Ghanshyam Chandravanshi wins from Kalapipal

BJP's Ghanshyan Chandravanshi wins from Kalapipal. He defeated INC's Kunal Choudhary with a margin of 11,765 votes. in total, Chandravanshi secured 98,216 votes.

3:08 PM

MP Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: BJP's Manju Rajendra Dadu wins from Nepanagar

BJP's Manju Rajendra Dadu declared first winner in Madhya Pradesh. She won the seat defeating Congress party's Gendu Bai by 44,805 votes. Dau secured 113,400 votes. 

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MP assembly election results 2023: How is BJP performing at 2:30 pm?

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading by a margin of 74,183 votes against his Congress rival Vikram Mastal, an actor famous for his role as Hanuman in a television series, after round fourteen in Budhni.

 

Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel was ahead of his nearest Congress rival Lakhan Singh Patel by a margin of 15,684 votes. Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar was also leading over BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya by 2,782 votes in Dimani. 

 

MP Congress chief Kamal Nath is leading by 21,284 votes against the BJP candidate Vivek Bunty Sahu in Chhindwara. 

 

BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya is leading by a margin of 28,271 votes against his Congress rival Sanjay Shukla from Indore-1 seat after the eighth round.

 

1:14 PM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election live results 2023: Scindia credits BJP's 'double-engine' govt

With the BJP leading in counting of votes for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said people have blessed the party's "double-engine" government at the Centre and in the state because of its welfare and development policies.

 

As per the latest trends available with the Election Commission, the BJP was leading in 161 out of the total 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress was ahead in 66 seats.

12:57 PM

MP election results 2023 LIVE: Kilash Vijayvargiya extends lead

Kailash Vijayvargiya extends lead in Indore-1 with 51,896 votes. Sanjay Shukla of Congress is on the second spot. 

 

Incumbent CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading from Budhni. Kamal Nath, former CM of the state, is leading from Chhindwara. 

12:45 PM

Madhya Pradesh assembly election results 2023 LIVE: What does the vote share show?

Data on the Election Commission of India (ECI) website showed that the BJP was ahead of Congress by at least 8 percentage points in vote share. BJP's vote share stood at 48.74 per cent and Congress' share was 40.31 per cent. 

 

BSP's vote share was 3.12 per cent and AAP's vote share was 0.39 per cent. AIMIM's vote share was 0.22 per cent. 

 

12:31 PM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023: How are union ministers performing?

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: The Union Ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party are leading in their constituencies, except Faggan Singh Kulaste and Narrotam Mishra.

 

Kulaste is trailing by 11,560 votes in his constituency Niwas.

 

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is leading by 3,700 votes in Dimani. Union Minister Prahlad Patel has a lead of 6,521 votes in Narsinghpur, in the Mahakoshal region. 

 

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya is also leading by 19,940 votes in the Indore-1 Assembly constituency. 

 

Moreover, the BJP is doing marginally better in the Malwa region, which is considered a bellwether region of the state. 

 

Most notably, Home Minister of state Narottam Mishra is trailing by 2,243 votes in Datia. The Congress party's Rajendra Bharti is winning from Datia. 

12:06 PM

Properly implemented welfare schemes in MP: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Chouhan says they have properly implemented welfare schemes of the "double engine" government. He also said the election campaign got the right direction due to the “infalliable strategy” of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, guidance of BJP chief JP Nadda and other leaders and hard work of the party workers.

 

The MP government implemented schemes like the Ladli Lakshmi and Ladli Behna and works have been done for the welfare of farmers, poor people and youth, which also touched the people's heart, the CM said.

11:54 AM

Modiji is in heart of Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023: Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said, "Modi ji MP ke mann mein hain aur Modi ji ke mann mein MP hai. He held public rallies here and appealed to the people and that touched people's hearts. These trends are a result of that. 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."

 

11:34 AM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: BJP leads on 156 seats

According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP is leading on 156 seats. Indian National Congress is leading on 71 seats. Other parties are ahead on 3 seats. 

 

CM Chouhan continues to lead from Budhni with a lead of over 29,000 votes. Former CM Kamal Nath is leading from Chhindwara by 10,135 votes.  

 

11:12 AM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: BJP set to return to power?

BJP is making strong gains in Madhya Pradesh as it is leading on 150 seats. Indian National Congress is trailing with 69 seats. Other parties are ahead on 3 seats. 

 

10:54 AM

I had said BJP will get a comfortable majority: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh

As BJP leads in the early trends on the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023, CM Shivraj Chouhan on Sunday said, "I had said BJP will get a comfortable majority and we are getting it."

10:51 AM

MP Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: Kailash Vijaywargiya leading from Indore-1

BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya is leading from Indore-1 by 8,179 votes. He is being followed by Congress party's Sanjay Shukla.  

10:46 AM

MP Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: BJP now ahead on 148 seats

According to the ECI website, BJP is now leading on 148 seats followed by Congress on 60 seats. BSP, GGP and PHJSP are leading on 1 seat each. 

10:40 AM

MP Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: Party-wise vote share as of 10:30 am

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: According to ECI, BJP has the highest vote share of 48.93 per cent. Congress follows with a vote share of 40.12 per cent. BSP's vote share is 2.83 per cent and SP's share of 0.34 per cent. 

 

AAP's vote share is 0.45 per cent and others have a vote share of 6.07 per cent. 

 

Interestingly, NOTA's vota share is 1.04 per cent. 

10:34 AM

MP Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: BJP surges ahead, now leading on 137 seats

According to the ECI website, BJP is surging ahead of Congress in counting. BJP is ahead of the halfway mark of 116 seats and is currently leading on 137 seats. 

 

Congress is leading on 57 seats followed by other parties on 3 seats. 

 

10:23 AM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election result 2023 LIVE: Congress will get 130 plus seats, says Digvijay Singh

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election result 2023: With initial trends showing that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading on seven seats and Congress on one seat in Madhya Pradesh, Senior Congress leader and two-time Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Sunday took a jibe at the incumbent CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying that good days of the BJP leader have "come to an end".

 

Singh said that his party will get over 130 seats.

 

10:20 AM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: Kamal Nath leads from Chhindwara

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023 LIVE: Former CM Kamal Nath is leading from Chhindwara constituency. He is being followed by Vivek Bunty Sahu of the BJP. 

10:05 AM

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel leading from Narsingpur

MP Assembly election results LIVE 2023: Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries of India Prahlad Singh Patel is leading from Narsingpur. He is being followed by Lakhan Singh Patel of the Congress.

 

10:01 AM

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar leading from Dimani

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023 LIVE: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is leading from Dimani, according to ECI. BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya is on the second place.  

9:59 AM

BJP's Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste trailing from Niwas

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections results 2023 LIVE: BJP's Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste is trailing from Niwas. Chainsingh Warkade of Congress is leading from the seats. 

 

9:51 AM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly LIVE elections results 2023: BJP leading on 73 seats, INC on 28

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections results 2023: According to the data on ECI's website, BJP was leading on 73 seats. Congress was following on 28 seats and Bharat Adivasi Party was leading on 1 seat. 

TV reports, however, suggest that BJP is leading on 129 seats and Congress on 98. Other parties were leading on 1 seat. 

9:47 AM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections results 2023: CM Chouhan congratulates all BJP candidates

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to extend his "hearty congratulations" to all candidates contesting on BJP tickets.

 

"Today the results of Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections are coming and I am confident that with the blessings of the people and the able leadership of respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, Bharatiya Janata Party is going to form the government again with full majority," he wrote.

9:42 AM

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections results 2023: Scindia says BJP will come back with 'absolute majority'

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections results 2023: According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP was leading on 48 seats followed by Congress on 12. Other parties were also ahead on one seat. 

 

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh will not return with a majority, but "with an absolute majority". 

 

He was speaking to reporters on counting day of the Madhya Pradesh elections.

 

According to the ECI data CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading from Budhni constituency. 

 

In Chhindwara, Kamal Nath, the former CM of the state, is leading.  

 

9:28 AM

BJP crosses halfway mark, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan leading from Budhni

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections results 2023: BJP has crossed the halfway mark in the state. Trends show that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading from Budhni.