Madhya Pradesh Election Result LIVE Updates: The counting began at sharp 8am on Sunday. The early trends showed a neck-to-neck fight between Shivraj-led BJP and Kamal Nath-led Congress. However, over the day, the trends completely inclined towards BJP.
Let's take a look at some of the hot seats where both the parties fielded their veteran candidates:
Final Updates:
SEAT Winners
1. Budhni: BJP Shivaj Singh Chouhan (1 lakh+ vote margin)
2. Dimani: BJP Narendra Singh Tomar (24k vote margin)
4. Narsinghpur: BJP Prahald Singh Patel (31K+ vote margin)
5. Chhindwara: Congress Kamal Nath (35k+ vote margin)
6. Indore-1: BJP Kailsh Vijaywargiya (57k+ vote margin)
7. Jabalpur West: BJP Rakesh Singh ( 30k vote margin)
8. Raghogarh: Congress Jaivardhan Singh ( 4500 vote margin)
9. Lahar: Congress Chainsingh Warkade (9723 vote margin)
10. Rau: BJP Madhu Verma (35k+ vote margin)
11. Satna: Congress Dabbu Siddharth Kushwaha (4K vote margin)
12. Sidhi: BJP Riti Pathak (35k vote margin)
Updates at 6:40 PM:
1. Dimani: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar won Dimani seat. Speaking to media, Tomar has thanked the public for the astounding support.
2. Raghogarh: Congress sitting MLA Jaivardhan Singh leading by 4500+ votes.
3. Budhni: CM Shivraj leads with unprecedented margin of 1.4 lakh votes against Congress' Vikram Mastal.
4. Chhindwara: Kamal Nath maintains the lead, however the margin reduces tomere 35k from 1lakh+ votes.
5. Datia: Congress' Bharti Rajendra on way to defeat Home Minister Narottam Mishra by 6600+ votes.
6. Indore-1: BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya leads by 57k+ votes.
7. Jabalpur West: Jabalpur Member of Parliament Rakesh Singh maintains his lead by 30k votes over Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla.
8. Lahar: BJP's Ambrish Sharma 'Guddu' gains pace, leads by nearly 13k votes against Congress LoP Dr Govind Singh.
9. Niwas: Congress leader Chainsingh Warkade maintains lead by 9k+ votes, on way to defeat Minister of State Faggan Singh Kulaste.
10. Rau: BJP's Madhu Verma emerged as a surprise, as he leads by 35k+ votes against Congress MLA Jitu Patwari.
11. Satna: Congress sitting MLA Dabbu Siddharth Kushwaha marches towards victory as margin rises to 4600+ votes against BJP MP Ganesh Singh.
12. Sidhi: BJP's Member of Parliament Riti Pathak strongly leads with 22k + votes.
13. Narsinghpur: Union Minister Prahlad Patel leading in Narsinghpur by 31k votes.
Updates at 3:30PM:
1. Dimani: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar won Dimni seat by whopping 24429 votes after all 19 rounds concluded. Speaking to media, Tomar has thanked the public for the astounding support.
2. Raghogarh: Congress sitting MLA Digvijaya Singh leading with 4k+ votes.
3. Budhni: CM Shivraj leads with unprecedented 89k-margin against Congress' Vikram Mastal.
4. Chhindwara: Kamal Nath heads to victory with 1lakh + votes.
5. Datia: Congress' Bharti Rajendra leaves Home Minister Narottam Mishra behind with 620+ votes.
6. Indore-1: BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya leads by 40k+ votes.
7. Jabalpur West: Jabalpur Member of Parliament Rakesh Singh leads by 30k votes against Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla.
8. Lahar: BJP's Ambrish Sharma 'Guddu' leads with 5k+ votes against Congress LoP Dr Govind Singh.
9. Niwas: Congress leader Chainsingh Warkade raced ahead by 9k+ votes, on way to defeat Minister of State Faggan Singh Kulaste.
10. Rau: BJP's Madhu Verma surprised with 21k+ lead against Congress MLA Jitu Patwari.
11. Satna: Congress sitting MLA Dabbu Siddharth Kushwaha leads against BJP MP Ganesh Singh by 582 votes.
12. Sidhi: BJP's Member of Parliament Riti Pathak leads with 13k+ votes.
Updates at 1:25 PM
Dimni: BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya has surged ahead by1667 votes, surpassing Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and leaving behind Congress' Ravindra Singh Tomar.
Rau: BJP's Madhu Verma is leading by 14000+ votes, Jitu Patwari trailing behind.
Narshinghpur: Union Minister Prahlad Patel leading with 13000+ votes.
Updates at 12:50 pm
Dimni: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar continues to lead with 635 votes, surpassing BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya and leaving behind Congress' Ravindra Singh Tomar.
Updates at 11:20 am
Rau: Congress MLA Jitu Patwari who was leading in early morning, in now trailing behind opponent Madhu Verma, as per trends in round 5.
Dimni: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, too, has bounced back, leaving behind Congress' Ravindra Singh Tomar.
Indore-1: Kailash Vijaywargiya continues the lead against Congress sitting MLA from Indore-1 Sanjay Shukla.
Budhni: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading against Bollywood actor Vikram Mastal in Budhni seat of Bhopal division.
Chhindwara: Congress state chief and former chief minister Kamal Nath, too, is ahead in his home constituency Chhindwara. He is in race with BJP's Bunty Sahu, just like previous 2018 assembly elections.
Rau: Congress sitting MLA from Rau seat of Indore division and former sports minister in Nath-cabinet Jitu Patwari is leading against BJP's Madhu Verma.
Datia: Sitting MLA from Datia Home minister Narottam Mishra is lagging behind Rajendra Bharti. However, it is too early to predict anything as in 2018 assembly elections too, Mishra was trailing behind till late afternoon and then won with a small margin of 1800 votes.
Sidhi: One of the controversial seats of Madhya Pradesh after Sidhi urination case. The BJP replaced the sitting MLA Kedarnath Shukla with Member of Parliament Riti Pathak. And the decision seemed to be right, atleast as per the early trends, which show Pathak on lead.
Dimni: BJP fielded its veteran Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar from Gwalior-Chambal's Dimni seat. Currently, he is trailing behind Congress candidate Ravindra Singh Tomar.
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