Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections News

The Congress managed to win only 66 seats in the recently held Assembly elections, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party registered a landslide victory by winning 163 seats in the 230-member assembly.

The four assembly constituencies in MP where the Congress has replaced its candidates are - Sumawali, Pipariya, Badnagar and Joara. 

PM Modi has penned a letter addressed to the people of Madhya Pradesh, praising CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while simultaneously appealing for votes in his own name. This dual message has left political pundits pondering the underlying motive.

MP Polls: By replacing Shukla with Pathak in Sidhi, the BJP aims to alleviate the resentment among the tribal populace in the region that escalated after the unfortunate incident.

Uma Bharti has expressed her disappointment over not receiving an invitation to join the "Jan Ashirwad Yatra," which commenced as a statewide campaign by the BJP. 

Reacting to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal projecting himself as 'chacha' (uncle) to voters during his visit to the BJP-ruled state, Jyotiraditya Scindia said everybody knows how he has treated Delhi.

Addressing a party meeting in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal assured various 'guarantees' including free power, medical treatment and construction of quality schools.

Amit Shah released the Madhya Pradesh government's 'report card' from 2003-2023 and said the BJP government in these years successfully removed the BIMARU (laggard) category tag from the state.

In what appears to be a change in strategy, the BJP on Thursday released its first list of 39 candidates, including five women, in Madhya Pradesh even before the announcement of the poll schedule.

While 39 candidates were named in the first list for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, 21 candidates made it to the first list for the Chhattisgarh polls.

The party's decision to deploy five leaders to lead the campaign is seen as a major blow to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who solely led the Yatra in 2018

Bageshwar Dham's head priest Dhirendra Krishna Shastri is on a visit to Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara on an invitation extended by senior Congress leader Kamal Nath.

Akhand Pratap Singh Yadav's inclusion in AAP ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections is a big boost for Arvind Kejriwal's party as he has been a member of the Assembly thrice and has served as a minister in the state during the Congress and BJP regimes.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will release the first installment of Rs 1000 to women under the “Ladli Behna Yojna” scheme in Jabalpur today, which aims to woo the 38 per cent of women voters.

The war of words between Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Govind Singh and Kamal Nath loyalist MLA Sajjan Singh Verma took place after a meeting on MP poll preparations was held last month, which was attended by Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan government’s tenure will end in January 2024 and the elections are likely to be held by the end of 2023. 

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday lashed out at Congress leader Kamal Nath over his "needs good workers, not MLAs" statement. 

The BJP has been in power in the state for almost 20 years. In the 230-member MP Assembly, the BJP has 127 members and opposition Congress 96.

BJP also set the target of bagging 51 per cent vote share in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections next year.

Apart from MLAs facing criminal charges, there's a large chunk of the newly-elected members in Madhya Pradesh Assembly who are crorepatis.