Bhopal: The ruling BJP looks headed for a landslide victory in Madhya Pradesh, winning 19 of the 29 Lok Sabha seats so far, with Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Virendra Kumar emerging victorious.
According to the Election Commission of India website, the BJP is leading in 10 other seats with a margin of 63,000 to 8.21 lakh between its candidates.
Notably, the BJP has managed to make a dent in Chhindwara, a long-standing Congress stronghold, which it had failed to achieve in the 2019 elections when it had won 28 seats.
If BJP manages to win all 29 seats, it will become the first political party in Madhya Pradesh to achieve such a feat after 40 years. In undivided MP, Congress had won all 40 Lok Sabha seats in 1984.This is the second time since 1952 that the BJP has won the Chhindwara seat. On Tuesday, BJP's Bunty Vivek Sahu defeated sitting MP Nakul Nath by a margin of 1,13,618 votes.
The saffron party had managed to win Chhindwara constituency for the first time 26 years ago when former chief minister and senior BJP leader Sunderlal Patwa defeated Kamal Nath in the 1997 by-election.
Sahu got 6,44,738 votes and Nath, son of Congress's Kamal Nath, got 5,31,120 votes.
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.
The Indore contest also took the lead as NOTA set a record with 2.18 lakh voters choosing the 'none of the above' option.Indore constituency came into limelight when Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew from the fray at the last moment, a move that knocked the party out of the prestigious contest. Bam later joined BJP.
Hurt by Bam's move, Congress appealed to the voters to use NOTA.
Among the prominent candidates, Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Virendra Kumar emerged victorious from Guna, Mandla and Tikamgarh constituencies respectively.
In Vidisha, former MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading over his Congress rival Pratapbhanu Sharma by 8.21 lakh votes.In Rajgarh, veteran Congress leader Digvijay Singh is trailing his nearest BJP rival Rodmal Nagar by 1.45 lakh votes.
Madhya Pradesh BJP President Vishnu Dutt Sharma won the Khajuraho seat by 5,41,229 votes.
While the Congress has not fielded its candidate from Khajuraho as part of the India alliance agreement, the nomination of Samajwadi Party's Meira Yadav was rejected by the returning officer on technical grounds.
Sharma got 7,72,774 votes, while Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kamlesh Kumar got 2,31,545 votes.
Scindia won the Guna seat by a margin of 5,40,929 votes and defeated Congress's Yadvendra Rao Deshraj Singh by 9,23,302 votes.
Currently a BJP Rajya Sabha member, Scindia had won from Guna in 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2014 as a Congress candidate.He lost to BJP's KP Yadav in 2019 and later joined the BJP in March 2020 after defecting from the state. Congress leadership.
Union Minister Kulaste defeated Congress's Omkar Singh Markam from Mandla (ST) seat by a margin of 1,03,846 votes. Kulaste got 7,51,375 votes, while Markam got 6,47,529 votes.
Union Minister Virendra Kumar won the Tikamgarh (SC) seat for the fourth consecutive time. He defeated his Congress rival Pankaj Ahirwar by a margin of 4,03,312 votes.In Ratlam (ST) seat, BJP's Anita Nagar Singh Chauhan defeated Congress leader and former Union Minister Kantilal Bhuria by 2,07,232 votes and became the first woman to win this seat.
Anita, wife of Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Nagar Singh Chauhan, got 7,95,863 votes, while Bhuria, who had won from Ratlam five times earlier, got 5,88,631 votes.
The saffron party has so far won Morena, Guna, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Dewas, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore and Betul seats.
She is leading in Bhind, Gwalior, Sidhi, Shahdol, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Khargone and Khandwa.
According to the Election Commission of India website, the BJP is leading in 10 other seats with a margin of 63,000 to 8.21 lakh between its candidates.
Notably, the BJP has managed to make a dent in Chhindwara, a long-standing Congress stronghold, which it had failed to achieve in the 2019 elections when it had won 28 seats.
If BJP manages to win all 29 seats, it will become the first political party in Madhya Pradesh to achieve such a feat after 40 years. In undivided MP, Congress had won all 40 Lok Sabha seats in 1984.This is the second time since 1952 that the BJP has won the Chhindwara seat. On Tuesday, BJP's Bunty Vivek Sahu defeated sitting MP Nakul Nath by a margin of 1,13,618 votes.
The saffron party had managed to win Chhindwara constituency for the first time 26 years ago when former chief minister and senior BJP leader Sunderlal Patwa defeated Kamal Nath in the 1997 by-election.
Sahu got 6,44,738 votes and Nath, son of Congress's Kamal Nath, got 5,31,120 votes.
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.
The Indore contest also took the lead as NOTA set a record with 2.18 lakh voters choosing the 'none of the above' option.Indore constituency came into limelight when Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew from the fray at the last moment, a move that knocked the party out of the prestigious contest. Bam later joined BJP.
Hurt by Bam's move, Congress appealed to the voters to use NOTA.
Among the prominent candidates, Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Virendra Kumar emerged victorious from Guna, Mandla and Tikamgarh constituencies respectively.
In Vidisha, former MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading over his Congress rival Pratapbhanu Sharma by 8.21 lakh votes.In Rajgarh, veteran Congress leader Digvijay Singh is trailing his nearest BJP rival Rodmal Nagar by 1.45 lakh votes.
Madhya Pradesh BJP President Vishnu Dutt Sharma won the Khajuraho seat by 5,41,229 votes.
While the Congress has not fielded its candidate from Khajuraho as part of the India alliance agreement, the nomination of Samajwadi Party's Meira Yadav was rejected by the returning officer on technical grounds.
Sharma got 7,72,774 votes, while Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kamlesh Kumar got 2,31,545 votes.
Scindia won the Guna seat by a margin of 5,40,929 votes and defeated Congress's Yadvendra Rao Deshraj Singh by 9,23,302 votes.
Currently a BJP Rajya Sabha member, Scindia had won from Guna in 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2014 as a Congress candidate.He lost to BJP's KP Yadav in 2019 and later joined the BJP in March 2020 after defecting from the state. Congress leadership.
Union Minister Kulaste defeated Congress's Omkar Singh Markam from Mandla (ST) seat by a margin of 1,03,846 votes. Kulaste got 7,51,375 votes, while Markam got 6,47,529 votes.
Union Minister Virendra Kumar won the Tikamgarh (SC) seat for the fourth consecutive time. He defeated his Congress rival Pankaj Ahirwar by a margin of 4,03,312 votes.In Ratlam (ST) seat, BJP's Anita Nagar Singh Chauhan defeated Congress leader and former Union Minister Kantilal Bhuria by 2,07,232 votes and became the first woman to win this seat.
Anita, wife of Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Nagar Singh Chauhan, got 7,95,863 votes, while Bhuria, who had won from Ratlam five times earlier, got 5,88,631 votes.
The saffron party has so far won Morena, Guna, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Dewas, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore and Betul seats.
She is leading in Bhind, Gwalior, Sidhi, Shahdol, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Khargone and Khandwa.
