Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2023 Live Updates: BJP retains power in Madhya Pradesh, set to form government for fifth term

Prahlad Patel, an OBC like Chouhan, is seen as a powerful contender for the post, both because of his personal popularity and the organisational necessity to promote backward leaders. Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Narendra Tomar have also been discussed as possibilities.

"We accept the mandate of Madhya Pradesh's voters in this democratic contest. We will fulfil the role of the Opposition," Kamal Nath told reporters at a press conference on Sunday as the final stages of counting put the BJP in a decisive lead.

The Bharat 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 Congress candidate Harsh Vijay Gehlot in Sailana constituency by a margin of 4,618 votes as per the Election Commission.

Facing pressure, Scindia's significance extended beyond personal ambitions. The outcome also determined the fate of the loyalists who followed him from Congress into BJP, even though some of his aides were defeated. The party's faith in him - from an RS seat to Union cabinet berths - has been rewarded . In his home turf Gwalior, where the tussle was intense, Scindia's strategic acumen was put to the test. The landscape saw a shift, with BJP securing only two of the six seats in Gwalior, a stark contrast to Scindia's previous influence. BJP won 18 of the 34 Gwalior-Chambal seats, where other leaders like Narottam Singh Tomar also hold sway. When Scindia was with Congress, the party won 26 seats and he was credited for it.

When the BJP parliamentary board named Shivraj Singh Chouhan as MP's third CM in two years in 2005, Congress's Digvijaya Singh was quick to hurl a barb at him. "Pappu bhi pass nahi hoga," he said, little knowing the remark wouldn't age well.Chouhan would go on to break Digvijaya's record of being MP's longest-serving CM just over a decade later. The Congress veteran held the chair from 1993 till 2003, which remained a record until Chouhan surpassed him with 12 consecutive years in office until Kamal Nath formed a Congress government in 2018.

In the realm of Madhya Pradesh politics, Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath, often referred to as 'Jai-Veeru', find themselves at a crossroads with trouncing casting a shadow over their careers.The duo, with decades of toil invested in shaping Congress in the heartland, now faces not just a loss of face but the looming prospect of the party seeking alternative leadership. The political veterans - both well into their 70s - currently hold a monopoly over the party in Madhya Pradesh, but the recent defeat may signal the need for a shift towards younger, emerging leaders.

Anti-incumbency faded under the glare of the saffron sun on Sunday as BJP won its fifth term in MP – barring a 15-month Congress blip in between – with a landslide 163 of 230 seats. This was a statement victory from a party in office for nearly two decades, not just brushing aside perceptions of voter fatigue but also ensuring that the BJP goes into the big one, the Lok Sabha election five months from now, with a swagger.

Mishra, known for his controversial remarks, lost to Rajendra Bharti by 7,156 votes in Datia, a seat he has been continuously winning since 2008. In the last election, Mishra had defeated Bharti by 2,656 votes.

Mishra lost the election against his old political rival and Congress candidate Rajendra Bharti in Datia. Another senior BJP leader and minister Kamal Patel, who contested from Harda constituency, was defeated by Congress candidate Ramkishore Dogne, whom he had defeated in 2018 Assembly election.Other ministers who lost the assembly elections are Mahendra Singh Sisodia (Bamori), Prem Singh Patel (Barwani), Arvind Singh Bhadoria (Ater), Rajyavardhan Singh 'Dattigaon' (Badnwar), Bharat Singh Kushwaha (Gwalior Rrural), Ramkhelwan Patel (Amarpatan), Ramkishor Kanver (Paraswada), Suresh Dhakad (Pohri), and Rahul Lodhi (Khargapur).

After the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, senior party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that BJP is set to win more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha, adding that his assessment is based on ground realities.

"It is clearly visible that there is no leader in comparison to PM Modi. There is no leader as trustworthy as PM Modi. We will win more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. I am not an Astrologer and my estimate is based on the ground reality," Vijayvargiya told ANI.

The longest-serving BJP chief minister and popularly known as mama (maternal uncle) and 'paon-paon wale bhaiya' (foot soldier), Shivraj Singh Chouhan has emerged as the hero of his party's stunning victory in the state assembly elections. The 64-year-old politician sought to turn the tables in BJP's favour in Madhya Pradesh by launching a game-changer scheme like 'Ladli Behna' to beat anti-incumbency, though his party had refrained from projecting him as the CM face in last month's assembly elections.

In the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress leaders Arif Masood and Atif Arif Aqueel emerged victorious in Bhopal Central and Bhopal North, respectively. However, another Congress Muslim leader, Nafees Mansha, who contested from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen after being denied a ticket by the Congress, faced defeat in Burhanpur.

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

Tomar is among the three Union ministers who were fielded in the Assembly polls by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Tomar held different posts before becoming the state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1991.

In 1998 and 2003, Tomar was elected from Gwalior Assembly seat and became a cabinet minister in the state government.

Workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 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.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) T S Baghel, "There are three assembly constituencies in Shajapur district and the counting of votes in all three assemblies has been completed peacefully. Some BJP and Congress supporters were raising slogans after which the police immediately reached there and advised them. The situation is peaceful now."

BJP stalwart Gopal Bhargava, who has a reputation for not campaigning during elections, on Sunday registered his ninth consecutive victory from the Rehli seat of Madhya Pradesh as his party surged ahead to retain power in the state.

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.

The popular politician, who was the leader of opposition during the Kamal Nath-led Congress regime, had first won from Rehli in 1985. Since then, he has been invincible, winning all assembly elections from the seat in the past 38 years.

Madhya Pradesh witnessed jubilant celebrations as Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the current chief minister and BJP candidate from Budhni, secured a resounding victory with a remarkable margin of 1,64,951 votes. Chouhan garnered a total of 1,04,974 votes, solidifying his triumph in the electoral contest. Chouhan faced competition from Congress leader Vikram Mastal Sharma, who managed to secure a total of 59,977 votes in the electoral contest.

Faggan Singh Kulaste, Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Steel, was defeated by Congress candidate Chainsingh Warkade in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. Kulaste, who was among the three ministers contesting from the state, lost from the Niwas constituency by 9,723 votes. Kulaste was amongst the seven members of parliament that the Bharatiya Janata Party fielded in Madhya Pradesh.

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 Congress candidate Harsh Vijay Gehlot in Sailana constituency by a margin of 4,618 votes as per the Election Commission.

This is the first time that the Bharat Adivasi Party, headquartered in Rajasthan, has registered a victory in any election in Madhya Pradesh.

Celebrations erupted in Madhya Pradesh as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gained the upper hand and crossed the majority mark comfortably and is set to retain power in the State with a landslide victory.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was seen in a jubilant mood at his residence and flashed a victory sign at CM House along with his family, in Bhopal on Sunday.

The Bharata Janata Party (BJP) was ahead in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh while the Congress was leading in Telangana, according to the Election Commission as votes were counted on Sunday, December 3, 2023, for Assembly polls.

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 here.

Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday attributed the BJP's landslide victory in the Madhya Pradesh elections to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "popularity" and welfare schemes in both the central and state governments. The party is set to retain its government in the state. Tomar made the remark in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Sunday, as the BJP is leading in Madhya Pradesh as per the latest trends of the Election Commission. The BJP leader said that the party fought the state assembly elections with "full strength" and "received the blessings from the people."

BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the saffron party will form government in Madhya Pradesh with full majority as leads in assembly elections vote counting indicate a favorable outcome in three states. Trivedi proclaimed, "We will win Chhattisgarh too. We are forming the government in MP and Rajasthan. We will achieve more than the majority in MP." While acknowledging the positive trends, Trivedi cautioned against premature celebrations and said: "Let's wait for the result end."

Incumbent chief minister Shivraj Chouhan and the BJP decimated the Congress, and headed towards a clean sweep in Madhya Pradesh.

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party headed for an emphatic win over the Congress in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, several ministers in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet, including high-profile home minister Narottam Mishra, were trailing after initial rounds of counting. 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.

As vote counting for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections showed the BJP leading in the state, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday gave credit for it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poll campaign and said people have immense faith in him. Chouhan also said they have properly implemented the welfare schemes of the "double engine" government. As per the Election Commission, the BJP was leading in 155 of the 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.

As per the latest figures available with the Election Commission, the BJP is leading in 155 of the 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.

It’s Congress’s Kamal Nath versus BJP’s Vivek Bunty Sahu this time. Chhindwara's electoral history reflects a trend of alternating victories between the INC and the BJP. Nath, whose chief ministerial term abruptly concluded in March 2020, is aiming for a resurgence in the state's political landscape. He faces a challenging electoral battle in his home turf of Chhindwara against the BJP. The 76-year-old Congress stalwart, the current MLA from Chhindwara, known for his dedication to Hanuman, faces BJP's Vivek Bunty Sahu, a Shiv devotee. Sahu, a former president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha for Chhindwara district, holds an understanding of the constituency's voter dynamics and caste affiliations.

As the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in early trends in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed his confidence that the BJP will retain power in the state. Expressing his happiness on the leads, CM Chouhan posted a message on social media and congratulated party leaders. "I am confident that with the blessings of the people and the able leadership of respected PM Modi, the BJP is going to form the government again with full majority. Hearty congratulations to all the candidates of BJP," Chouhan said. Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia reached CM Chouhan's residence in Bhopal. Both the leaders held a close door meeting for around 30 minutes, according to sources.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says he is hoping for a full majority in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, as the Election Commission trends put BJP comfortably ahead of Congress. "I had said BJP will get a comfortable majority and we are getting it," Chouhan said.

Counting of votes has been temporarily stopped in Agar constituency of Agar Malwa district following some technical issue in an EVM machine.

The ruling BJP appeared poised to retain power in Madhya Pradesh, with the saffron party leading in 137 seats, way ahead of Congress, as counting of votes in assembly elections began on Sunday, the Election Commission said. Counting of votes in elections to the 230-member state assembly held on November 17, began at 8 am on Sunday, a poll official said. Postal ballots were counted between 8am and 8.30am, after which the counting of votes through EVMs began in the presence of officials and political parties' authorised agents, he said.

As the counting of votes for the state assembly elections began at 8 am on Sunday for assembly polls held in Madhya Pradesh, 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."