MP election result 2019: The ruling Congress party in Madhya Pradesh suffered a massive setback with Election Commission of India trends showing the Bharatiya Janata Party taking a massive lead in 28 out of the 29 parliamentary seats in the state. Several Congress heavyweights including two-time Congress CM Digvijaya Singh and Guna candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia are trailing in their respective seats of Bhopal and Guna. While Scindia was trailing by 79,411 votes against BJP’s KP Yadav, Digvijaya was far behind his BJP rival Pragya Thakur who is ahead by over 2 lakh votes.

Madhya Pradesh has been the BJP’s stronghold since last 15 years. The party has performed exceptionally well in every general elections and assembly elections held since 1989. The state had 40 Lok Sabha constituencies before the separation of Chhattisgarh in 2000. At present, it has 29 parliamentary seats of which six are reserved for candidates belonging to ST, the highest in the country. The two national parties BJP and Congress are the prominent political players in Madhya Pradesh. In both general elections and Assembly elections, the Congress was dominant from 1957 to 1984. Since the 1989 general elections, the BJP has emerged as a force to reckon with in this Hindi speaking state. The BJP’s best performance was in 2004 when it won 25 out of 29 seats. In 2009, the saffron party won 16 seats while the Congress pocketed 12 seats. In 2014 elections, the BJP gained, winning 27 and the Congress settled with just two seats. This time again, the BJP has performed well, leading on 28 seats. The Congress is only ahead on Chhindwara seat, the seat won by Kamal Nath, now CM, nine times since 1980.

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Chunav: Full list of winners

1. Morena- NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR (Bharatiya Janata Party)

2. Bhind (SC)- SANDHYA RAY (Bharatiya Janata Party)

3. Gwalior- VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR (Bharatiya Janata Party)

4. Guna- KRISHNA PAL SINGH “Dr. K. P. YADAV” (Bharatiya Janata Party)

5. Sagar- RAJBAHADUR SINGH (Bharatiya Janata Party)

6. Tikamgarh (SC)- Dr Virendra Kumar (Bharatiya Janata Party)

7. Damoh- PRAHALAD SINGH PATEL (Bharatiya Janata Party)

8. Khajuraho- V.D. SHARMA (VISHNU DATT SHARMA) (Bharatiya Janata Party)

9. Satna- GANESH SINGH (Bharatiya Janata Party)

10. Rewa- JANARDAN MISHRA (Bharatiya Janata Party)

11. Sidhi- Riti Pathak (Bharatiya Janata Party)

12. Shahdol (ST)- HIMADRI SINGH (Bharatiya Janata Party)

13. Jabalpur- RAKESH SINGH (Bharatiya Janata Party)

14. Mandla (ST)- FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE (Bharatiya Janata Party)

15. Balaghat- DR DHAL SINGH BISEN (Bharatiya Janata Party)

16. Chhindwara- NAKUL KAMAL NATH (Indian National Congress)

17. Hoshangabad- UDAY PRATAP SINGH (Bharatiya Janata Party)

18. Vidisha- Ramakant Bhargava (Bharatiya Janata Party)

19. Bhopal- SADHVI PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR (Bharatiya Janata Party)

20. Rajgarh- RODMAL NAGAR (Bharatiya Janata Party)

21. Dewas (SC)- MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY (Bharatiya Janata Party)

22. Ujjain (SC)- ANIL FIROJIYA (Bharatiya Janata Party)

23. Mandsaur- Sudheer Gupta (Bharatiya Janata Party)

24. Ratlam (ST)- GUMAN SINGH DAMOR (Bharatiya Janata Party)

25. Dhar (ST)- CHATTARSINGH DARBAR (Bharatiya Janata Party)

26. Khargone (ST)- GAJENDRA UMRAO SINGH PATEL (Bharatiya Janata Party)

27. Indore- SHANKAR LALWANI (Bharatiya Janata Party)

28. Khandwa- NANDKUMAR SINGH CHOUHAN (NANDU BHAIYA) (Bharatiya Janata Party)

29. Betul (ST)- DURGA DAS (D.D.) UIKEY (Bharatiya Janata Party)

The Congress was hopeful of a good show in the state, especially after it gained power from BJP in state Legislative Assembly last December. However, the people of this Hindi speaking state once again voted for the saffron party overwhelmingly. In Bhopal, BJP’s Pragya Thakur defeated Congress’ two-time CM Digvijaya seat. In Guna, Congress’ heavyweight Jyotiraditya Scindia was defeated by BJP’s Krishna Pal Singh.