MP Chunav Results 2023 Updates: BJP (164) Decimates Congress (64), Registers Record Mandate
MP Election Results Updates: BJP has been at the heart of Madhya Pradesh for the last 20 years except for 15 months from the 2018 assembly polls when Kamal Nath was in power before the collapse of his government in 2020.
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MP Election Results 2023 Updates: The BJP today decimated Congress in Madhya Pradesh by bagging over 160 seats in the assembly polls results for which has largely been declared. As per the latest data from the Election Commission of India, the BJP has won/leading on 164 seats while the Congress has won/leading 64 seats. BSP has won/leading on one seat. The decisive mandate is likely to give another term to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan because the victory is being largely credited to his schemes like Ladli Behan Yojana. The results were opposite to most of the exti polls that predicted a close contest between the two arch-rival parties.
The campaigning for the 230 seats of the MP assembly seats saw both parties using their star campaigners including senior leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. BJP has been at the heart of Madhya Pradesh for the last 20 years except for 15 months from the 2018 assembly polls when Kamal Nath was in power before the collapse of his government in 2020. Madhya Pradesh went to polls in a single phase on November 17 and recorded a voter turnout of over 76 per cent.
Exit Poll Prediction
The exit polls have predicted a close contest between the BJP and the Congress with some even giving clear majority to Congress and some landslide victory to the BJP. Axis My India has predicted 140-162 seats for the BJP and 68-90 for the Congress. Polstrat gave 106-116 seats to the BJP and 111-121 to the Congress. Today's Chanakya predicted a landslide victory for the BJP by giving it 139-163 seats and predicting just 62-86 seats for Congress. Matrize exit poll gave 118-130 seats to the BJP and 97-107 to the Congress.
CM Candidates
While the Congress is going with Kamal Nath's face as the chief minister, the BJP did not declare Shivraj Singh Chouhan as its next chief minister and fielded several MPs in the election keeping the floor open to speculations. However, it's most likely that Shivraj will continue as the CM if the BJP wins as the credit for victory will go to his last-minute populist measures like Ladli Behan Yojana and women's reservation.
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