Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Result 2023: BJP secures a win with clear majority, Congress settles down in opposition

New Delhi: The early predictions of the exit polls turned out to be true as BJP swept the Madhya Pradesh State Legislative Assembly elections by a huge margin.

The battle was evenly poised in the early hours of the trends, but BJP ran away with a win in the following hours to retain their government in the state.

BJP’s women-centric schemes in the state worked as magic for them, making Shivraj Singh Chauhan all but set to become the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for the fifth time.

As per the latest reports from ECI, the BJP has won a total of 86 seats and is leading by 78, while Congress has managed to win only 22 seats and is leading by 43 seats. Bharat Adivasi Party also managed to win one seat in the elections.

2023 Election Results

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11:46 BJP leading in Sagar region

BJP is enjoying a huge lead in Sagar region as all their 8 candidates are running ahead in the trends.

11:40 Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar says PM schemes worked in state

With an overwhelming majority, the saffron party would create a government in Madhya Pradesh, according to Union Minister and BJP candidate from Dimani, Narendra Singh Tomar. According to him, the states have benefited greatly from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies.

11:28 Ashwini Vaisnav credits PM Modi for victory

BJP leader Ashwini Vaisnav credited PM Modi for their huge victory in the MP state election by saying, “BJP has got a big victory, and we were confident about it…Modi ji MP ke mann mein hain aur Modi ji ke mann mein MP hai…”

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Union Minister and BJP leader Ashwini Vaishnaw says, “BJP has got a big victory and we were confident about it…Modi ji MP ke mann mein hain aur Modi ji ke mann mein MP hai…” pic.twitter.com/uR44egMD7V

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2023

10:58 CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan plants sapling

Confident of his win in the assembly election, CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan is enjoying his day by planting a sapling in the smart park.

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan plants a sapling in Smart Park, Bhopal pic.twitter.com/VmPZ3JTmP3

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2023

10:46 Kailash Vijayvargiya in the lead, Narottam Mishra trails from his seat

Veteran BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya is leading from his seat of Indore-1, while Narottam Mishra is trailing from his seat of Datia.

10:26 Kamal Nath trailing

Congress’ face in MP Kamal Nath is trailing from his Chhindwara seat, BJP’s Vivek Sahu in the lead.

10:22 Jasvir Shergill predicts BJP’s 3-0 win in assembly elections

BJP leader Jaiveer Shergill is confident of his party’s win in assembly elections. The leader said, “BJP will win 3-0 in this assembly elections. The party’s ‘vijay rath’ will come to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. In Telangana, if not this time, BJP will fly its flag high in the state the next time.”

10:10 BJP in majority according to EC

The Election Commission numbers show that the Congress is trailing behind with its lead in 44 constituencies, while the Bharatiya Janata Party is ahead in 104.

10:04 Shivraj Singh Chauhan takes X (Formerly known as Twitter), to thank the voters

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan, thanks voters and PM for BJP’s exceptional performance in the 2023 elections, through his post on X.

The post captioned, “Bharat Mata ki Jai, Janta Janardan ki Jai,” Chouhan wrote on X. He further added, “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 @narendramodi ji, Bharatiya Janata Party is going to form the government again with full majority. Hearty congratulations to all the candidates of BJP.”

‘भारत माता की जय, जनता जनार्दन की जय’

आज मध्यप्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव के नतीजे आ रहे हैं और मुझे विश्वास है कि जनता के आशीर्वाद व आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के कुशल नेतृत्व में भारतीय जनता पार्टी पूर्ण बहुमत के साथ फिर सरकार बनाने जा रही है।

भाजपा के सभी…

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) December 3, 2023

9:48 Jyotiraditya Scindia meets Shivraj Chauhan

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia meets the current CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Interestingly, Shivraj Singh is trailing from his seat of Budhini.

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh | Union Minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia arrives at the residence of incumbent Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in Bhopal.

As per the latest official EC trends, BJP is leading on 73 seats and Congress on 28 in the state. pic.twitter.com/q9beNm7ybh

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2023

9:45 Jyotiraditya Scindia confident of victory

Union Minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that his party will form a government in Madhya Pradesh with an absolute majority.

9:38 CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan trailing

From his stronghold seat of Budhni, the four-time chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is running for office. Chouhan is losing the Budhni seat as the vote gets underway.

9:28 Kamal Nath in lead

Congress’ CM face in MP, Kamal Nath, is leading from Chhindwara seat in the early trends.

9:25 To-and-fro action continues

BJP and Congress continue to tussle in the trends. However, the BJP is still comfortable with a significant lead.

9:15 BJP leads from Mauganj

As the results in Madhya Pradesh are being counted, Pradeep Patel, the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Mauganj, is now in the lead.

9:06 Congress closes in on the gap once again

BJP slips down in some places, giving Congress a chance to make a comeback in the trends.

8:56 BJP war room activated in MP

The Bhopal war room of the Bharatiya Janata Party is monitoring the initial patterns of postal ballots and electronic vote machines (EVO) results on the day of Madhya Pradesh’s vote counting.

8:25 BJP takes a significant lead in the early trends

BJP has now increased the gap with huge lead in the early trends.

8:20 Congress continues to close the gap

Congress is running on par with the BJP, which holds on to the small lead in the trends.

8:15 Congress closes in on the gap with even numbers

Congress comes back in the race by levelling the race with 45-45.

8:10 BJP goes with the early lead in MP

In the early trends, the BJP took the lead, with Congress following them closely.

2018 Election Results

However, in 2018, the Kamal Nath-led Congress was able to get away with victory after winning 114 seats, which was seven more than the second-placed BJP’s 107 seats.

Kamal Nath took oath as the Chief Minister, only to be forced to vacate the seat when 22 MLAs from their party, left to join BJP, making BJP the party with the higher majority of MLAs.

Shivraj Singh Chauhan once again assumed the position of Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 2020.

List of all winners Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Result of 2018 with party and constituency: