By-elections for twenty eight state assembly constituencies were held in Madhya Pradesh on 3 November 2020. The ruling BJP won 19 out of the 28 seats, gaining 18 seats and retaining its majority in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The opposition Congress won nine seats, losing 18 seats following the election.
Background
In March 2020, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, along with 22 Congress MLAs, defected to the BJP. This resulted in the toppling of the Kamal Nath ministry and the ascendancy of Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government. By 23 July 2020, another three Congress MLAs (Pradyuman Singh Lodhi (of Malhara), Sumitra Devi Kasdekar (of Nepanagar) and Narayan Patel (of Mandhata)) had resigned to join the BJP.
In addition, three seats (Joura, Agar and Biaora) became vacant due to the deaths of their respective sitting MLAs. The elections were scheduled to be held on or before September 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Election schedule
EventDateDay Date for nominations 9 October 2020 Friday Last date for filing nominations 16 October 2020 Friday Date for scrutiny of nominations 17 October 2020 Saturday Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 19 October 2020 Monday Date of poll 3 November 2020 Tuesday Date of counting 10 November 2020 Tuesday Date before which the election shall be completed 12 November 2020 Thursday
Results Summary PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%ContestedWon+/−Bharatiya Janata Party49.5281918Indian National Congress40.528918Bahujan Samaj Party5.75280Communist Party of India0.080Shiv Sena0.130Samajwadi Party0.250All India Forward Bloc0.000Others (Not including NOTA)2.950None of the Above0.88Total/Turnout70.86Source:ECI
Results by constituency Source rowspan ="2" Assembly constituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes14JouraSubedar Singh Rajodha BJP67,599Pankaj UpadhyayINC54,12113,47825SumaoliAjab Singh KushwahINC86,909Adal Singh Kansana BJP75,96210,94736MorenaRakesh MavaiINC53,301Raghuraj Singh Kansana BJP47,5505,75147DimaniRavindra Singh Tomar BhidosaINC72,445Girraj Dandotiya BJP45,97826,46758AmbahKamlesh JatavBJP51,588Satyaprakash SakhawarINC37,69613,892612MehgaonO. P. S. Bhadoria BJP73,599Hemant Satyadev KatareINC61,56312,036713GohadMevaram JatavINC63,643Ranvir Jatav BJP51,74411,899815GwaliorPradhumn Singh Tomar BJP96,027Sunil SharmaINC62,90433,123916Gwalior EastSatish SikarwarINC75,342Munnalal Goyal (Munna Bhaiya) BJP66,7878,5551019DabraSuresh RajeINC75,689Imarti Devi BJP68,0567,6331121BhanderRaksha Santram Saroniya BJP57,043Phool Singh BaraiyaINC56,8821611223KareraPragilal JatavINC95,728Jasmant Jatav BJP65,08730,6411324PohariSuresh Dhakad Rathkheda BJP66,344Kailash KushwahBSP43,84822,4961428BamoriMahendra Singh Sisodia BJP1,01,124Kanhaiyalal Rameshwar AgrawalINC47,97153,1531532Ashok Nagar Jajpal Singh "Jajji" BJP78,479Asha DohareINC63,84914,6301634MungaoliBrajendra Singh Yadav BJP83,153Kanhairam LodhiINC61,68421,4691737SurkhiGovind Singh Rajput BJP93,294Parul Sahu Keshri INC52,30340,9911853MalharaPradyuman Singh Lodhi BJP67,532Ram Siya BhartiINC49,96517,5671987AnuppurBisahu Lal Singh BJP75,600Vishvnath SinghINC40,73634,86420142SanchiDr. Prabhuram Choudhary BJP1,16,577Madanlal ChoudharyINC52,76863,80921161BiaoraAmlyahat-Ramchandra DangiINC95,397Narayansingh Panwar BJP83,29512,10222166AgarVipin WankhedeINC88,716Manoj Manohar Utwal BJP86,7181,99823172HatpipliyaManoj Narayansingh Choudhari BJP 84,405 Ku. Rajvir Singh Rajendra Singh Baghel INC 70,50113,90424175MandhataNarayan Singh Patel BJP80,394Uttampal SinghINC58,26522,12925179NepanagarSumitra Devi Kasdekar BJP98,881Ramkishan PatelINC72,42526,34026202BadnawarRajvardhan Singh Dattigaon BJP99,137Kamalsing PatelINC67,00432,13327211SanwerTulsi Ram Silawat BJP1,29,676Premchand GudduINC76,41253,26428226SuwasraHardeep Singh Dang BJP1,17,955Bhai Rakesh PatidarINC88,51529,440
See also 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis
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