MP Assembly Election 2023 Voting Highlights: Polling concludes in 230 seats, over 76% voter turnout till 5 PM

Voter turnout of 76.22 per cent recorded till 5 PM, provisional data of the Election Commission of India showed.

Over 71 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in the single-phase Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections. The turnout seen in the last elections in 2018 was 75.6 per cent.

Eklavya Gaur, son of BJP MLA Malini Gaur from the Indore assembly, and her associates allegedly beat up the Congress workers. Congress leader KK Mishra and Surjeet Chaddha reached the Indore police station, and they demanded the police register an FIR against Eklavya Gaur and his associates.

60.52% voter turnout recorded in Madhya Pradesh till 3 pm, reports news agency ANI.

Stones were pelted outside a polling station in Manhad village of Mehgaon assembly constituency of Bhind during the ongoing voting in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections today “Voting is going on well here. We are trying to find out what exactly happened earlier,” says ADM Bhind, RK Khatri.

45.40% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in Madhya Pradesh, reports news agency ANI.

On Friday, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of engaging in the distribution of money and liquor to voters on the eve of the state assembly elections. The polling for the 230-member state assembly is currently underway. Addressing reporters at the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) office in the state, Nath asserted, “The BJP is now left with only police, money, and administration. They were involved in distributing money and liquor throughout the entire day yesterday. I have received numerous videos as evidence.” Nath further claimed that the BJP created disturbances at the police station in the Indore-1 assembly constituency. He stated that he had discussions with officials there regarding the situation.

Heavy security deployed outside polling booths 147-148 of Dimani Assembly constituency, in Mirghan, Morena where one person was injured in an incident of stone pelting. The situation is now under control.

In 230 Assembly constituencies, there are 64,523 polling stations.

Union Minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia casts his vote at a polling booth in Gwalior.

After casting his vote, he said, “I am confident the people of the state will secure their growth and development by giving full majority to the BJP. I am not giving any numbers but we will form our govt in Madhya Pradesh. Under the leadership of PM Modi, double engine government will bring prosperity and development in the state.”

Stones were pelted outside the polling station in Manhad village of Mehgaon assembly constituency of Bhind. BJP candidate Rakesh Shukla sustained minor injuries during the incident, reports ANI.

Madhya Pradesh election is underway across 230 seats. Voter turnout till 11 AM stood at 27.62 pc.

Madhya Pradesh election for 230 seats is underway. Voter turnout till 11 AM stands at 27.62 per cent.

On being asked about the CM face, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan says “This is not important to me. Our party makes the decision on who has to work where. We don’t think about ourselves, our mission is to work for the development of the country and Madhya Pradesh.”

Violence reporter at polling booths 147-148 of Dimani Assembly constituency in Mirghan, Morena. More details are awaited. (PTI)

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Union Minister Virendra Kumar casts his vote at polling booth number 74 at Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh.

State Home Minister and BJP candidate from Datia Narrotam Mishra said, “The Congress candidates did nothing in 35 years. In any of the public meetings held by Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath and Priyanka Gandhi, none of them talked about development in Datia. Even the candidate of Congress didn’t talk about development…All of our speakers talked about development…I would like to appeal to people to press the button of BJP.”

“I urge my brothers and sisters to exercise their franchise and cast their votes,” says Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

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Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan casts his vote in Sehore.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan casts his vote in Sehore.

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State Congress president and party’s candidate from Chhindwara, Kamal Nath casts his vote at a polling booth.

State Congress president and party’s candidate from Chhindwara, Kamal Nath says, “I have faith in the entire state that they will side with the truth. I trust the public, the voters. I am not Shivraj Singh that I will say that we will win these many or that many seats. Public will decide the number of seats.”

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is contesting from Budhni and state Congress president Kamal Nath from Chhindwara.

Three Union ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste — are contesting the polls.

BJP general secretary Kailash Vijaywrgiya is contesting from Indore-1 and three Lok Sabha MPs of the saffron party — Rakesh Singh, Ganesh Singh and Riti Pathak — are also in the fray.

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s son and ex-state minister Jaivardhan Singh and former chief minister Arjun Singh’s son Ajay Singh are contesting from their traditional Raghogarh and Churhat seats, respectively.

“Only a strong nationalist government can protect the progress of Madhya Pradesh, the land of spiritual and cultural heritage, and the interests of its people. I appeal to all the sisters and brothers of Madhya Pradesh and especially the young friends that the journey of development and good governance continues in the state, and for this, you must vote and inspire others to vote as well,” Amit Shah wrote in a post on X.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appeals to all to exercise their franchise, and congratulates first-time voters.

BJP candidate from Indore-1, Kailash Vijayvargiya says, “I would like to tell the voters to definitely cast vote…BJP will form the government in Madhya Pradesh, a double-engine government will be formed here. We will do development work like we did earlier. We will win more than 150 seats.”

Voting began at 7 AM. Visuals of early voters.

“Today voting will be held for all the assembly seats of Madhya Pradesh. I am confident that voters from every region of the state will vote enthusiastically and enhance the beauty of this great festival of democracy. My special greetings to all the youth of the state who voted for the first time in this election,” PM Modi wrote on X.

In the 230 assembly seats spread across 52 districts, a total of 73,622 Ballot Units (BUs), 64,626 Central Units (CUs) and 64,626 VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) units are being used for conducting polling.

Voting is underway in 64,626 polling stations set up in the state. They include 64,523 main booths and 103 associate (sahayak) stations, where the number of voters is more than 1,500.

The number of “critical” voting stations is 17,032, while 5,260 booths have all-women polling staff.

For the first time, 371 youth-managed booths have been set up, while the number of “model” polling stations stands at 2,536.

Fifty-seven “green” booths (environment-friendly centres) — 50 in Jabalpur and seven in Balaghat — have also been established. (PTI)