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The exit poll results of Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram will be announced on November 30, after 6:30 pm

CM banks on Ladli Behna scheme, says BJP will form govt for 5th time in MP

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party will form government for the fifth time in the state, where the assembly elections were held earlier this month. Referring to his government's flagship 'Ladli Behna Yojana' for women, Chouhan on Monday night said the BJP workers have made sincere efforts and "ladli behnas" (beneficiaries of the scheme) have removed all hurdles to ensure the party's victory. He was addressing the party workers at his home turf Budhni in Sehore district. The state assembly polls were held on November 17 and votes will be counted on December 3. The Chouhan-led state BJP government first announced the Ladli Behna Yojana, under which eligible women are now given Rs 1,250 per month, in March this year and started disbursement of the financial aid from June. Initially, a financial aid of Rs 1,000 was being provided to women under this scheme and it was increased to Rs 1,250 in August. The BJP ear

Cong writes to MP CEO over postal ballot malpractice; officials deny charge

The Congress has submitted a memorandum to the Madhya Pradesh chief electoral officer seeking action against the Balaghat collector for allegedly taking postal ballots out of the strong room and indulging in malpractice. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anupam Rajan on Monday denied the allegations and said local Congress leaders have expressed satisfaction at the procedure. Assembly polls were held in Madhya Pradesh on November 17 and votes will be counted on December 3. "The service votes (postal ballots) were being segregated assembly-wise by taking them out from the strong room in the presence of authorised Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party agents. These were kept in the boxes meant for them," Rajan told PTI. A total of 429 service votes of Baihar, 553 of Lanjhi, 452 of Paraswada, 1,308 of Balaghat, 391 of Waraseoni and 126 of Katangi were segregated in the presence of authorised agents, he said. Congress vice president JP Dhanopia, who is the party's in-charge of election affa

MP polls: BJP, Cong hold training sessions for nominees ahead of counting

With only six days left before votes cast in recently-held Madhya Pradesh assembly elections will be counted on December 3, the main contenders BJP and Congress on Sunday organised separate training sessions for their candidates and counting agents. The opposition Congress organised a training session in Bhopal while the BJP connected its candidates virtually. Polling for 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh was held in a single phase on November 17. "A training session was held for 230 candidates in two shifts in Bhopal," a Congress spokesman said. Candidates and counting agents of seats from Rewa, Shahdol, Jabalpur and Gwalior-Chambal divisions participated in the first session which started at 11 AM. A separate session for candidates and counting agents from Indore, Ujjain, Narmadapuram, Bhopal and Sagar divisions was organised from 2.30 PM, he added. The candidates were informed about the postal ballots, EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) counting and the related procedure during

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EC rubbishes report of its nod for MP Chief Secretary's term extension

The Election Commission on Thursday made it clear that reports about it giving an approval to extend Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains' term by a month were false. Bains' term as the state chief secretary is ending on November 30. As the model code of conduct for the state assembly elections, held in a single phase on November 17, is still in force, any decision regarding Bains' term extension will have to be approved by the Election Commission. Taking to X, the office of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anupam Rajan said, "A fake news is being shared on social media that Election Commission has given approval to the extension of tenure of Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, who is about to superannuate. It is clarified that no such approval has been given by the Commission." When asked about it, CEO Ranjan told PTI, "I have already stated on X that the information that the EC has extended Bains' tenure as fake news." Bains, a trusted hand of Chief ..

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Madhya Pradesh polls: Ladli Behna Yojana game changer for BJP, says Shivraj

'The Ladli Behna Yojana in Madhya Pradesh will see an increase in the monthly payout if the BJP forms the government,' said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Ashok Gehlot govt has destroyed Rajasthan in 5 years, says MP CM Chouhan

When asked about CM Ashok Gehlot's claims to repeat the government in state because of his guarantees, the Madhya Pradesh CM said that not a single guarantee of him (Gehlot) was fulfilled

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Re-polling underway in MP's Bhind following Election Commission's order

The Election Commission ordered the re-polling following a violation of the secrecy of voting

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Re-polling ordered at booth in Madhya Pradesh's Ater Assembly constituency

Repolling has been ordered because of a breach of secrecy as some people shot videos of voting on November 17

ECI orders re-polling at a booth in MP's Ater Assembly seat on Tuesday

The Election Commission of India has ordered re-polling on November 21 at a booth in Ater assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, according to an official release. Repolling has been ordered because of breach of secrecy as some people shot videos of voting on November 17 at the booth concerned in Kishupura, a district official said. Four members of the polling team have been suspended for the breach of secrecy, district collector and returning officer Sanjeev Shrivastava said. Voting will be held on Tuesday at booth number 3 under polling centre number 71 at Kishupura between 7 am and 6 pm, the release said, adding that indelible ink will be applied on the middle finger of voters. The order of repolling has been issued to the district returning officer, it said. Shrivastava said voters will not be allowed to enter the booth with mobile phones during repolling and all other rules regarding the model code of conduct will be followed. The repolling process will be

77.15% voter turnout in MP assembly polls; 1.52% higher compared to 2018

Madhya Pradesh assembly polls have recorded a voter turnout of 77.15 per cent, which is 1.52 per cent higher than in 2018, as per the latest data released by the Election Commission of India. Polling for all the 230 assembly seats in the state was held in a single phase on November 17. According to the latest provisional poll data for Madhya Pradesh released by the ECI on Saturday night, the state recorded a voter turnout of 77.15 per cent. Out of the total male voters in MP, 78.21 per cent exercised their franchise, while out of the total eligible females, 76.03 per cent turned up to vote. Sailana assembly seat in Ratlam district recorded the highest voter turnout at 90.10 per cent, while Jobat seat in Alirajpur district in the state's western region saw the lowest turnout of 54.37 per cent, as per the data. The voter turnout percentage over the past few elections has been on the rise in the state. It was 67.25 per cent in 2003, 69.78 per cent in 2008, 72.13 per cent in 2013 and

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Violence mars Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh; MP records 73.86% turnout

The EC said it made concerted efforts to facilitate voting among members of the tribal communities

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Kamal Nath's son Nakul stopped from entering polling booth in Chhindwara

Nakul Nath, Congress leader and son of MP Congress chief Kamal Nath, was allegedly stopped from entering polling booth in Chhindwara