MP Election Results 2024 Highlights: As the counting of concluded on Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh, all 29 seats were reigned upon by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it registered a roaring victory. Along with winning key seats like Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur, BJP also managed to snatch the only seat Congress won in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Chhindwara – former Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s home turf.
The BJP maintained its dominance by reclaiming victory on the lone seat which was held by the Congress after victory in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It was a steep uphill battle for the Congress in this electoral cycle, which was nearly wiped off from the state in the last electoral process. However, it was unable to convert its campaign efforts into victory.
Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result Live Updates: Counting of votes to elect 29 MPs in Madhya Pradesh and 11 in Chhattisgarh. Follow Financial Express for all the election-related latest updates.
A day before the results, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party would retain power in the state and wished that Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold the chair for the third term.
The key candidates in the fray in Indore, one of the key constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, are BJP candidate Shankar Lalwani, Jan Sangh Party candidate Basant Gehlot and BSP candidate Sanjay Solanki.
The key candidates in fray in Madhya Pradesh‘s capital, Bhopal, are BJP candidate Alok Sharma, Indian National Congress‘s (INC) Adv Arun Shrivastava and Bhanu Pratap Singh of BSP.
Reacting to the exit polls, former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan reaffirmed that the NDA will win 400 seats and the BJP will alone win more than 370 seats.
All eyes are on the counting day when the winners of all 543 Lok Sabha seats will be announced and it will also be clear who will form the government at the centre. Vote counting will commence at 8 am on June 4, with results expected to be announced on the same day. Although initial trends may surface in the early, a more definitive outcome is anticipated later in the afternoon.
The key candidates in the fray in Raipur, one of the key constituencies in Chhattisgarh, are BJP candidate Brijmohan Agrawal and Indian National Congress candidate Vikas Upadhyay Shankar Lalwani
The counting of votes to elect 11 MPs in Chhattisgarh will begin at 8 am on Tuesday amid tight security. First, the postal ballots will be counted and then the counting of votes from EVM machines will begin,
Polling in Madhya Pradesh was conducted in four phases April 19, April 26, May 7 and May 13. Votes will be counted on June 4.
The counting of votes to elect 29 MPs in Madhya Pradesh will begin at 8 am on Tuesday amid tight security. The results are expected to be announced the same day.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh, the saffron party, BJP, won 9 out of 11 seats in the state. The Indian National Congress claimed victory on two seats.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saw a clean sweep by clinching victory on 28 out of the 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh. Congress only won the Chhindwara seat.
Among the key constituencies in Chhattisgarh are Raipur, Bilaspur, and Durg. Notably, Durg is home to four opposition Congress candidates, including former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress contenders Bhupesh Baghel for the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat, Devendra Yadav for Bilaspur, Tamradhwaj Sahu for Mahasamund, and Rajendra Sahu for Durg, all hail from Durg district. Baghel currently serves as MLA for the Patan assembly seat in Durg, while Yadav holds the Bhilai Nagar assembly seat. Tamradhwaj Sahu, a former home minister in the previous Congress government in Chhattisgarh, previously contested and lost the assembly polls from Durg Rural.
Similarly, BJP hopefuls Vijay Baghel for the Durg Lok Sabha seat and Saroj Pandey for Korba both originate from Durg. Vijay Baghel is the incumbent MP for Durg, a seat previously held by Pandey from 2009 to 2014.
Bhopal, Guna, Vidisha and Gwalior are some of the high-profile seats in Madhya Pradesh. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan contested elections from Guna and Vidisha, respectively. Meanwhile, the Congress fielded former chief minister and its Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh from the Rajgarh seat. Other key candidates in MP include Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath from the Chhindwara seat and Alok Sharma from the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency who is up against INC’s Arun Shrivastava.
The total number of constituencies in Chhattisgarh are 11. The full list of constituencies is as follows – Bastar, Bilaspur, Durg, Janjgir Champa, Kanker, Korba, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja.
The total number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh are 29. The full list of constituencies are as follows – Balaghat, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Damoh, Dewas, Dhar, Guna, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Khajuraho, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandla, Mandsour, Morena, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Shahdol, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha.
Counting of votes to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) on 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh and 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh will begin on Tuesday morning. The results are expected to be declared by the end of the day.