Bhopal: In the Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, BJP has won all 29 seats in the state including Congress stronghold Chhindwara, and out of the total 369 candidates in the fray, 311 have forfeited their deposits, officials said. Gave. Friday.
An official said more than 84 per cent of the candidates lost their deposits, which ranged from Rs 12,500 to Rs 25,000.
With all 29 seats, the BJP became the first political party in Madhya Pradesh to achieve such a feat after 40 years. BJP's victory margin in 26 constituencies was between 1 lakh and 5 lakh votes, while in Bhind, Gwalior and Morena constituencies it was less than 1 lakh.The BJP received 59.3 percent vote share, which is about 1.3 percent more than the 2019 election results.
Twenty-eight of the total 369 candidates, including all 29 from the BJP, 27 from the Congress and two from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), did not lose their deposits, Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said over phone.
Although this time the vote share of Congress reduced by 2.1 percent, but the deposit of none of its candidates was saved. Its vote share declined from 34.5 percent in 2019 to 32.4 percent.
According to another Election Commission official, a candidate has to secure one-sixth of the total valid votes polled in the constituency.
The most spectacular victory was recorded by the sitting BJP MP from Indore, Shankar Lalwani, who won the seat by the largest ever margin of 11,75,092 votes.Congress did not contest the Indore seat after its candidate Akshay Kanti Bam switched to BJP. The deposits of all the other 13 candidates in Indore were forfeited. BSP candidate Laxman Solanki got 51,659 votes and stood second in Indore, but his deposit was forfeited.
The Election Commission official said that SC, ST and OBC candidates will have to keep Rs 12,500 as security deposit, while general category candidates will have to pay Rs 25,000.
It is difficult to ascertain the total amount of security deposits seized, he said.Two BSP candidates – Narayan Tripathi from Satna and Ramesh Garg from Morena – succeeded in saving their deposits. Tripathi got over 1.85 lakh votes, while Garg got over 1.79 lakh votes.
An official said more than 84 per cent of the candidates lost their deposits, which ranged from Rs 12,500 to Rs 25,000.
With all 29 seats, the BJP became the first political party in Madhya Pradesh to achieve such a feat after 40 years. BJP's victory margin in 26 constituencies was between 1 lakh and 5 lakh votes, while in Bhind, Gwalior and Morena constituencies it was less than 1 lakh.The BJP received 59.3 percent vote share, which is about 1.3 percent more than the 2019 election results.
Twenty-eight of the total 369 candidates, including all 29 from the BJP, 27 from the Congress and two from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), did not lose their deposits, Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said over phone.
Although this time the vote share of Congress reduced by 2.1 percent, but the deposit of none of its candidates was saved. Its vote share declined from 34.5 percent in 2019 to 32.4 percent.
According to another Election Commission official, a candidate has to secure one-sixth of the total valid votes polled in the constituency.
The most spectacular victory was recorded by the sitting BJP MP from Indore, Shankar Lalwani, who won the seat by the largest ever margin of 11,75,092 votes.Congress did not contest the Indore seat after its candidate Akshay Kanti Bam switched to BJP. The deposits of all the other 13 candidates in Indore were forfeited. BSP candidate Laxman Solanki got 51,659 votes and stood second in Indore, but his deposit was forfeited.
The Election Commission official said that SC, ST and OBC candidates will have to keep Rs 12,500 as security deposit, while general category candidates will have to pay Rs 25,000.
It is difficult to ascertain the total amount of security deposits seized, he said.Two BSP candidates – Narayan Tripathi from Satna and Ramesh Garg from Morena – succeeded in saving their deposits. Tripathi got over 1.85 lakh votes, while Garg got over 1.79 lakh votes.
