Mungaoli, Kolaras (Madhya Pradesh) bypoll results 2018: As it happened

Ankita Bhandari Feb 28, 2018, 23:15 PM IST,

In closely-fought contests, the Congress on Wednesday retained the Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly seats in bypolls in Madhya Pradesh.

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  • Congress wins Kolaras bypolls by 8083 votes. Congress gets 82515 votes, while BJP gets 74432 votes.

  • Congress' Mahendra Singh Yadav has won Kolaras seat by nearly eight thousand votes.

  • "People have taken a decision. It's victory of truth and development. Madhya Pradesh ki janta ne mann bana liya hai BJP ki rawangi ka (People of Madhya Pradesh have decided to let BJP go). The government which had not seen the face of Mungaoli in 14 years camped there with their entire cabinet during election," says Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.

  • In the 19th round in Kolaras seat, Congress leads by 6600 votes.

  • In the 17th round of Kolaras seat, Congress gets 1400 votes.

  • Congress' Bijendra Singh Yadav wins Mungaoli seat by 2124 votes. He has got 70808 votes, while BJP candidate Sahab Yadav has got 68684 votes.

     

  • Congress' Bijendra Singh Yadav wins Mungaoli seat by defeating BJP candidate Sahab Yadav by more than two thousand votes.

  • Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav ahead of 4300 votes in Kolaras.

  • Congress' Bijendra Singh Yadav takes an edge in the 18th round of Mungaoli counting. After lagging behind, in the 17th round, he had left BJP's Sahab Yadav behind.

  • After 13 rounds in Kolaras, Congress candidates are ahead with about 4,000 votes. There is a total of 23 rounds of counting.
     

  • The Congress has returned in the 16th round. It has got 484 votes.

     

  • After 13th and 14th round of vote count, BJP again leads in the 15th round. Overall, Congress is leading with 2501 votes in Mungaoli.
     

  • The BJP that has been in power for 15 years in the state pitched for development in the Congress bastion.

    Having lost two assembly bypolls to the Congress last year, the BJP was keen on recovering lost ground.

  • Both the seats fall under Jyotiraditya Scindia's parliamentary constituency Guna and were earlier held by the Congress. 

  • While Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan led the BJP campaign with a host of ministers, Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia led the opposition attack.

  • Both Mungaoli and Kolaras saw high-voltage campaigns from the ruling BJP and the Congress which is keen to retain both seats. 

  • BJP inching closer to Congress in Mungaoli. In the 13th and 14th round, BJP gains back momentum as it surges ahead of Congress. 

    In total, Congress is leading with 3222 votes.

  • A total of 23 rounds of counting will take place in Kolaras while in Mungaoli, the fate of the contestants would be finally known after 19 rounds.

  • In Mungaoli, Congress' Brijendra Singh Yadav is leading over his rival BJP candidate by 5,244 votes after the completion of 11th round of counting.

  • In Kolaras constituency, Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav maintained his lead, established in the first round. He was ahead by 3,425 votes after the end of the tenth round of counting, said an election official.

  • Congress candidates maintained leads in both the Assembly seats of Madhya Pradesh where by-elections were held last week, an official said.

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  • In Mungaoli, Congress is heading with a huge margin after round 11. 

    Congress is ahead by 1642 votes in round 11. In total, the party is ahead by 5244 votes. 

  • In Kolaras, Congress leads with 1179 votes after 10 round. In total, the party is ahead by 3328 votes

  • In Ashoknagar, Congress candidate leads with 859 votes in the 9th round. 

    The party is surging ahead with total 4251 votes.

  • In Mungaoli, Congress leads by 3384 votes after the seventh round. 

    In the seventh round, Congress got 4783 votes whereas BJP got 3300 votes. 

  • In all the rounds of vote count, Congress is ahead by 20,000 votes

  • BJP takes a lead in Kolaras assembly constituency by 377 votes against Congress after seventh round of vote count

  • After the fifth round, Congress candidates are leading by 2142 votes in Kolaras and 2197 votes in Mungaoli. 

  • Kolaras Bypoll Results 2018 - List of Candidates    
    Candidate Party No. of Votes
    DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN PATTEWALE Bharatiya Janata Party 9648
    MAHENDRA-RAMSINGH YADAV KHATORA Indian National Congress 10928
    DASHRATH SINGH YADAV Jai Lok Party 282
    AFZAL SHAH Independent 39
    IMRAN KHAN Independent 41
    DEVENDRA Independent 60
    DEVENDRA (Auto Rickshaw) Independent 38
    DEVENDRA SINGH YADAV Independent 43
    DAUJA RAM JATAV Independent 33
    PAVAN KUMAR Independent 44
    MANOJ KUMAR JATAV (SURYAWANSHI) Independent 36
    MAHENDRA SINGH YADAV Independent 60
    MAHENDRA SINGH YADAV(Water Melon) Independent 103
    MAHENDRA SINGH YADAV DADA Independent 234
    MAHENDRA SINGH YADAV(Bangles) Independent 50
    MAHENDRA SINGH YADAV DADA(Ring) Independent 373
    MUKESH RAJORIYA (JATAV) Independent 221
    RAM SAHAY YADAV Independent 161
    LAKHPAT SINGH Independent 41
    VANVARI LAL JATAV Independent 63
    SHANKAR SINGH JATAV Independent 39
    HARIOM KEWAT (MANJHI) Independent 75
    NOTA NOTA 118

     

    Mungaoli Bypoll Results 2018 - List of Candidates    
    Candidate Party No. of Votes
    BAI SAHAB RAO DESHRAJ SINGH YADAV Bharatiya Janata Party 13365
    BRAJENDRA SINGH YADAV Indian National Congress 14940
    UDHAM SINGH KUSHWAH Mahanwadi Party 302
    PRAVEEN LODHI Pichhara Samaj Party United 56
    RAJKUMAR NARWARIYA Rashtriya mahan Gantantra Party 31
    AKALVATI AHIRWAR Independent 33
    ANARAT SINGH AHIRWAR Independent 39
    ABHAY SINGH Independent 45
    ASHISH ANAND PALIWAL Independent 72
    JAGDISH Independent 53
    LALARAM TADAIYA Independent 199
    MO. SALIM Independent 139
    SAVITRI LODHI Independent 332
    NOTA NOTA 553
      Total 30159
  • Congress again takes lead in Mungaoli, racing ahead by 671 votes 

  • Congress retakes lead in Mungaoli after round 5, party candidate Brijendra Singh Yadav leading by 671 votes

  • BJP candidate Bai Sahab takes lead in Mungaoli constituency, is ahead by 41 votes against Congress' Brijendra Singh Yadav.

  • BJP candidate Bai Sahab Yadav takes lead in Mungaoli by 41 votes

  • After round four, Congress ahead by 1330 votes in Mungaoli

  • After fourth round in Mungaoli, Congress' Brijendra Yadav is leading against BJP's Bai Sahab by 1516 votes. 

  • Congress is leading by 1280 votes in Kolaras and by 1372 votes in Mungaoli.

  • From Mungaoli, Congress's Brajendra Singh Yadav is leading ahead by 1381 votes after round three of vote count. 

    In Kolaras, Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav is leading by 766 votes after round 2 of vote count.

  • Congress’s Mahendra Singh Yadav is leading against BJP’s Devendra Jain by over 750 votes

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  • In Mungaoli, Congress candidate Brijendra Singh Yadav is ahead by over 1381 votes.

  • In Kolaras, Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav's races ahead by over 1300 votes after the completion of third round of vote count

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  • Second round of counting ends in Mungaoli. Congress is leading ahead by 297 votes. 

    Congress's Brijendra Singh Yadav: 3,295 votes 
    BJP's Bai Sahab: 2,998 votes

  • The Congress has taken a massive lead on Kolaras Assembly seat and is ahead in Mungaoli constituency as well.

    In Kolaras, the Congress is leading by 690 votes. In Mungaoli, the party is leading by 174 votes.

  • Congress candidate Brijendra Singh Yadav ahead by 31 votes in Mungaoli seat. 

  • In the first round of counting in Kolaras, at least 41 voters opted for NOTA (None of the Above) option. 

  • Congress leads in both Kolaras and Mungaoli constituencies. In Mungaoli, Cong candidate Brijendra Singh Yadav is leading with 21 votes.

  • In Kolaras, Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav has an edge over BJP's Devendra Jain; the party is leading ahead by 514 votes.

  • In second round of counting in Mungaoli's Ashoknagar, BJP candidate Bai Sahab Yadav is ahead by 302 votes

  • In Kolaras's Shivpuri, Congress ahead by 832 votes against BJP. 

    In the first round, Congress got 3,544 votes whereas BJP got 2,835 votes.

  • After the first round of counting in Mungaoli, BJP surges ahead by 105 votes. 

    BJP got 3905 votes whereas Congress candidate got 3800 votes.

  • Media entry banned at Kolaras counting centre by EC officials

  • In the second round of vote counting in Mungaoli's Ashoknagar, BJP candidate Bai Sahab Yadav ahead by 302 votes against Congress candidate 

  • After the first round in Mungaoli, BJP leads by 105 votes. BJP got 3,905 votes whereas Congress gets 3,800 votes in the Congress candidate's account.

  • BJP candidate Bhai Sahab Yadav is leading from Mungaoli

  • Congress leads by 832 votes in Kolaras assembly seat. In the first round, Congress received 3544 votes whereas BJP got 2835 votes

  • In Kolaras, Congress candidare Mahendra Singh Yadav gets 247 votes polled by EVMs whereas BJP candidate Devendra Jain gets 201 votes

  • Congress gets edge in Kolaras, tough competition between BJP and Congress in Mungaoli 

  • In Kolaras's Shivpuri, couting of all 14 postal ballots completed. Counting of votes polled using EVMs begins, the first trend to come shortly

  • EVM machine arrives at counting tables in Kolaras and Mungavale amid heavy security. Counting to begin shortly. 

    The counting of postal ballots is completed.

  • In Kolaras's Ashoknagar, out of 23 postal ballots, 21 votes have declared invalid by Election Commission officials

  • Counting of postal ballots begins for Kolaras and Mungavale seats 

  • At least 13 candidates including the Congress' Brijendra Singh Yadav, BJP's Bai Sahab Yadav were in fray in Mungaoli while 22 candidates including Congress' Mahendra Singh Yadav and BJP's Devendra Jain contested in Kolaras.

  • The fate of 13 candidates in Mungaoli, including BJD's Rita Sahu, BJP’s Ashok Panigrahi and Congress' Pranaya Sahu, would be decided today.

  • In Kolaras bypoll, the contest is between the Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav and BJP's Devendra Jain. For Mungaoli Assembly seat, Congress candidate Brijendra Singh Yadav and BJP's Baisahab Yadav are in the fray. 

    Overall, 13 candidates are in the fray in Mungaoli and 22 in Kolaras.

  • The bypolls were necessitated due to the death of Congress' MLA Mahendra Singh Kalukheda in Mungaoli and its Kolaras MLA Ram Singh Yadav. Both the constituencies are in the Guna Lok Sabha constituency, represented by Jyotiraditya Scindia.

  • In Madhya Pradesh, the bypolls are being viewed as a prestige battle for Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia. The results are expected to set the tone of 2019 Lok Sabha Polls

     

  • Counting of votes begins for Madhya Pradesh's Kolara and Mungaloi Assembly bypolls 

Bhopal: The Opposition Congress on Wednesday retained the Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly seats in by-elections in Madhya Pradesh, though with reduced victory margins.


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In Kolaras (in Shivpuri district), Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav defeated the BJP's Devendra Jain by 8,086 votes, an Election Commission (EC) official said.


The Congress candidate got 82,523 votes, while his BJP rival polled 74,437 ballots. In 2013, Congress had won this seat by a margin of 24,953 votes.


In Mungaoli (Ashok Nagar district), Congress nominee Brajendra Singh Yadav emerged victorious by defeating his BJP rival Bai Sahab Yadav by 2,124 votes. Brajendra Singh Yadav got 70,808 votes, while the BJP candidate bagged 68,684. The Congress had won this seat by a margin of 20,765 votes in the 2013 Assembly polls.


The bypolls, held on February 24, 2018, were necessitated by the death of Congress MLAs Mahendra Singh Kalukheda (Mungaoli) and Ram Singh Yadav (Kolaras).

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