Madhya Pradesh witnesses a high-decibel election campaign this year with the BJP seeking yet another term riding on welfare measures while the Congress seeking to punish the saffron party for staging the collapse of the Kamal Nath government in 2020. The state witnessed 76.22% voter turnout, the highest in its history keeping the political parties guessing the voters' mood. Voting was held for all 230 Assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh in a single phase and the counting of votes will take place on December 3.


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According to the exit polls, the BJP has an edge in the state agains the Congress but the contest is very close. Some exit polls gave an edge the Congress as well keeping the people guessing.




On the other hand, the Today's Chanakya has predicted a landslide victory for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh. It gave BJP 151 ± 12 seats, Congress 74 ± 12 Seats, and Others 5 ± 4 Seats.


CNX: BJP 140-159, Congress 70-89, Others 0-2


Matrize: BJP 118-130, Congress 97-107, Others 0-2


Today's Chanakya: BJP 151 ± 12, Congress 74 ± 12, Others 5 ± 4


PollStrat: BJP 106-116, Congress 111-121


Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had launched several welfare measures months ahead of the assembly polls including reservation for women and the Ladli Behan Yojana aimed at wooing the women voters. On the other hand, the Congress went into the polls challenging the BJP on issues like corruption, development, paper leaks and inflation. While senior leaders like Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, JP Nadda and Himanta Biswa Sarma campaigned for the BJP, the Congress party's poll blitzkrieg was led by Mallikarjun Kharge, Kamal Nath, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.