MP Election 2023: Voting Date, Time, Result, Full Schedule, All You Need To Know

The Election Commission of India has declared the poll dates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2023 today. The state is currently under the BJP rule led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The Congress, which won the polls in 2018 ending the 15-year-old BJP regime had to cede power to the saffron party following a defection led by Jyotiraditya Scindia in 2020. Ahead of the poll date announcement, Chief Minister Chouhan has made several welfare announcements for the people to woo the voters. On the other hand, the Congress is betting big on its five poll promises that include cheaper LPG and monthly financial assistance for women. Madhya Pradesh assembly has 230 seats. After the defection, the BJP has a total of 128 seats while the Congress has 98 seats.

Madhya Pradesh has a total of 5,61,36,229 voters including 2,03,60,240 general voters, 19,839 service voters, 11,29,513 young voters aged between 18-19,  a total of 5,05,146 PwD voters, and 6,53,640 senior citizens aged over 80. There shall be maximum 1500 electors in a polling station. In Madhya Pradesh, the number of polling booths has been reduced to 64,523 compared to 65,367 in 2018.

Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Date, Time

The elections for the Madhya Pradesh assembly will take place in a single phase. The voting will be held on November 17. The voting time is likely to be between 7 am to 6 pm.

Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Results

The polls for the 230 seats will be held November and the results will be out on December 3.

MP Election 2023 Full Schedule

Date of Issue of Gazette Notification: October 21
Start of nomination: October 21
Last Date of making nominations: October 30
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations: October 31
Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures: November 2
Date of Poll: November 17
Date of Counting: December 3
Date before which election shall be completed: December 5

MP Election 2023 Opinion Poll

The opinion polls in the state have predicted a close contest between the ruling BJP and the Congress. While the BJP is likely to go with Chouhan as CM, Congress leader and former CM Kamal Nath will look to dethrone the saffron party once again.

Five states are going to the polls in November this year - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. The results of these state assembly elections will be crucial given the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third straight term. The results are likely to be the true semi-finals in the run-up to the parliamentary polls next year.