MP Assembly Election 2023: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections will be held on November 17, and counting of votes will be on December 3. The state is all set to see a tight electoral contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. In the last Assembly elections that were held in 2018, the Congress had stormed to power in the state, along with two other states – Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. In the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, the Congress party had emerged as the single largest party with 114 seats against BJP’s 109 seats, ousting the saffron party of its 15-year rule.
Congress leader Kamal Nath was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state in 2018. However, 15 months later, stumped by the rebellion of party colleague Jyodiraditya Scindia, who joined the BJP and the resignations of 22 Congress MLAs, Kamal Nath had stepped down and resigned as the Chief Minister, following which BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan returned as the CM of the state for the fourth time.
MP Assembly Election 2023
| Title | Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023 |
| Category | Elections |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Total Seats | 230 |
| Current CM | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| Ruling party | BJP |
Madhya Pradesh 2023 Election Schedule
The schedule for the 2023 Madhya Pradesh elections is yet to be announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI). As soon as the ECI announces the dates of the elections, the Model Code of Conduct will come into force with immediate effect. The last elections in Madhya Pradesh in 2018 took place in a single-phase for all 230 seats on November 28, 2018. The counting of votes took place on December 11, 2018.
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MP Assembly Election 2023 total seats
There are 230 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh. In the 2018 elections, the Congress had bagged 114 seats, short of majority of 116 seats, and the BJP finished a close second with 109 seats. The Bahujan Samaj Party had won two seats and the Samajwadi Party one seats. Four seats were bagged by Independents. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had won his traditional Budhni seat by a margin of 58,699 votes defeated Congress’ Arun Yadav.
In the 2013 Assembly elections, the BJP had come to power with a massive majority bagging 166 seats, while Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had won 58 and four seats respectively.
MP Assembly Election 2023: Candidates list so far
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MP Assembly Election Opinion Polls 2023
Four opinion polls conducted for the Madhya Pradesh elections so far have predicted contradictory outcomes for the political parties. While two have predicted a clear win for the Congress, two predict a rerun of the BJP government under CM shivraj Singh Chouhan. The magic figure to form a government is 116. According to the ABP-CVoter survey, the Congress could win 108-120 seats out of the 230 seats, while the BJP is projected to finish at a marginally lower tally of 106-118. Another pre-poll survey conducted by IBC24 predicts that the Congress will emerge as the clear winner, bagging 119 seats, while the BJP may end up with 101 seats, lower than its 2018 tally of 109.
Meanwhile, a survey by Times Now, the BJP is set to get a thumping majority, winning 153 seats in the 230-member Assembly, and the Congress might just get 58 seats. The pre-poll survey by News Nation also suggests a similar outcome, with the BJP registering a staggering majority in the key Hindi heartland state.
As the elections near, a video showing opinion polls conducted by ABP News went viral on social media, which claimed that Congress will win elections with 150-158 seats in the state, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will only secure 66-75 seats. However, it was debunked by several fact-checkers, and was found that the video was altered.
MP Assembly Election CM Candidates 2023
While the BJP has maintained that it is going to contest the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections under the leadership of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, it remains unclear who will be the CM candidates for the other parties – Congress, BSP, Samajwadi Party as well as Aam Aadmi Party. However, for the Congress, the name of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath is speculated.
Earlier, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya confirmed that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be the face of the party for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, thereby signalling his CM candidature.
For the Congress, Rajya Sabha MP and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh had said that the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections will be fought under the leadership of state Congress president Kamal Nath, who will be the CM face.
In 2018, when Nath took over as CM in December following Congress’ victory, he was then a Lok Sabha MP from Chhindwara. To continue as chief minister, he had to become an MLA within six months. For the purpose, a by-poll to Chhindwara assembly seat was held after its MLA Deepak Saxena, a close lieutenant of Nath resigned from the state assembly. The Chhindwara Assembly constituency by-poll was held along with the Lok Sabha elections, which Nath won and later took oath as an MLA.
MP Election 2023: Party Manifesto:
MP Election 2023: Congress manifesto
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Tuesday (October 17) released the party’s manifesto for the upcoming MP elections. The Congress listed 59 promises in its 106-page manifesto.
-Provide health insurance cover of Rs 25 lakh, which also has an accidental cover of Rs 10 lakh, for all the people
-Madhya Pradesh will also have an Indian Premier League (IPL) team
-Farm loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh per head
-LPG cylinders at Rs 500
-Free school education
-Implementation of the Old Pension Scheme
-Unemployment allowance for youth ranging from Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 per month for two years.
FAQs on MP Elections 2023
Which party is currently ruling MP?
The Bharatiya Janata Party currently rules Madhya Pradesh.
Who is the current CM of MP?
-Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the current chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
How many Assembly seats are in Madhya Pradesh?
-The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has 230 seats.
How many MPs are there in Madhya Pradesh?
-11 Rajya Sabha members and 29 Lok Sabha members are elected.
When does the term of the MP Assembly end?
-The tenure of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 6 January 2024.
Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 latest news
Ahead of the MP elections 2023, the BJP announced that women in the state will get cooking gas at Rs 450 in the holy month of Sawan. This was one of the “Rakshabandhan gifts” the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government announced under the Ladli Behna scheme. Under the same scheme, the CM also increased financial assistance given to women from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,250 per month, and also announced 35 per cent reservation in government jobs.
Senior BJP leaders including founder member and ex-MLA Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat, Kolaras MLA Virendra Raghuwanshi and prominent figure from Bundelkhand region Chandrabhushan Singh Bundela alias Guddu Raja, joined the Congress on Saturday, indicating a deep-seated internal dissent in the ruling party. These leaders and seven others from various districts joined the grand old party in presence of MP Congress chief Kamal Nath and in-charge general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala.
Meanwhile, eyeing the upcoming Assembly polls, the Madhya Pradesh Congress said it is going to take out seven ‘Jan Aakrosh Yatras’ in seven different regions, from September 15, to counter the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, by the BJP in poll-bound MP.
The Aam Aadmi Party has released its first list of 10 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.
What’s Expected in MP Assembly Polls 2023
A tough electoral contest between the BJP and the Congress is expected in the upcoming elections. The Congress is all out to oust the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government in the state. Along with these parties, several other parties including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), are also contesting in the elections.
