Budhni Constituency Election Result 2023: Counting for the Budhni Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh is has now come to an end with BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan winning from the seat for the sixth consecutive time. Polling in Madhya Pradesh across 230 seats took place on November 17. The electoral battlefield in Madhya Pradesh witnessed a two-cornered contest, involving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan won by securing 1,64,951 votes, with a margin of over 1,04,000 votes. Congress candidate Vikram Mastal Sharma was defeated as he received just 59,977 votes.
Budhni, situated in the Sehore district and Malwa North region of MP, is a state Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took on Congress candidate Vikram Mastal. Chouhan has been invincible in his pocket borough Budhni assembly constituency, winning all five earlier elections when he had contested from here since 1990. However, the election this time appeared a bit different for Budhni, which had been voting for the BJP’s CM face for a long time, and this term around the BJP was reluctant to project him as the CM face. The move had sent out signals that the BJP has kept options open for the state’s top post and Chouhan, the longest-serving CM of Madhya Pradesh, might not be the default choice.
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In the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the Budhni Assembly constituency witnessed a 84.3 per cent voter turnout, with 2,03,186 valid votes cast out of 2,41,086 registered voters. Shivraj Singh Chouhan defeated Arun Subhashchandra by a margin of 29 per cent votes. Earlier in 2013, Chouhan won the seat by a margin of 84,805 votes (46.1 per cent). Shivraj Singh Chouhan secured 69.99 per cent of the total votes polled.
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BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan has for the sixth consecutive time won from his home turf, Budhni constituency. He won by securing 1,64,951 votes, with a margin of over 1,04,000 votes. Congress candidate Vikram Mastal Sharma clinched 59,977 votes.
BJP's veteran leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken a massive lead by securing over 1.19 lakh votes after 15 rounds of counting. A total of 22 rounds of counting will be done. Congress candidate trailing and has secured only a little over 38,000 votes so far.
"I dedicate this win to our Ladli Behnas and PM Modi. We will take Madhya Pradesh forward...," said Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan to party workers as the party leads towards a landslide victory in the state.
MP elections 2023 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan heads for a massive sixth win with a lead of over 36,000 votes. His rival candidate from Congress, Vikram Mastal, has secured just over 7,000 votes till now.
Veteran BJP leader and four-time chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading as counting of votes are underway, as per the early trend. His competitor from the Congress - Vikram Mastal is trailing.
Bhopal election results: Counting of votes across 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh begins.
Congress workers dance outside the party office in Delhi as counting of the votes began on Sunday morning for Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.
Counting across 230 Assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh will begin at 8 am on Sunday, December 3. Counting of postal ballots will start at 8 am and at 8.30 am EVM counting will begin.
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