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).


Kolaras and Mungaoli went to polls on February 24 and recorded a turnout of 70.4% and 77.05% respectively. 


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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