Madhya Pradesh: Congress on Sunday released the list of 144 candidates for the upcoming Assembly Election. State Congress President and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath will contest from Chhindwara while former CM Digvijay Singh's brother Lakshman Singh has been fielded from Chachoura.
Earlier on Monday (October 9), the Election Commission announced the date for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. According to the announcement made during the press conference, the election will be held in a single phase on November 17. The results for the same will be declared on December 3.
Here is the list of constituencies and candidates
- Sheopur - Babu Jhandel
- Vijaypur - Ramiwas Rawat
- Sabalgarh - Baijnath Kushwah
- Joura - Pankaj Upadhyay
- Ater - Hemant Katare
- Lahar - Dr. Govind Singh
- Mehgaon - Rahul Bhadauria
- Gwalior Rural - Sahab Singh Gurjar
- Gwalior East - Satish Sikarwar
- Gwalior South - Praveen Pathak
- Bhitarwar - Lakhan Singh Yadav
- Dabra - SC Suresh Raje
- Sewda - Ghanshyam Singh
- Bhander - SC Phool Singh Bariyya
- Datia - Awadhesh Nayak
- Karera - SC Pragilal Jatav
- Pohari - Kailash Kushwah
- Shivpuri - K P Singh
- Picchore - Shailendra Singh
- Kolaras - Baijnath Yadav
- Bamori - Rishi Agarwal
- Chachoura - Lakshman Singh
- Raghogarh - Jaivardhan Singh
- Ashok Nagar - SC Haribabu Rai
- Chanderi - Gopal Singh Chauhan
- Mungaoli - Rao Yadvendra Yadav
- Surkhi - Neeraj Sharma
- Deori - Harsh Yadav
- Naryaoli - SC Surendra Chaudhary
- Banda - Tarwar Singh Lodhi
- Tikamgadh - Yadvendra Singh
- Jatara - SC Smt. Kiran Ahirwar
- Prithvipur - Nitendra Singh Rathore
- Khargapur - Smt. Chanda Singh Gaur
- Maharajpur - Neeraj Dikshit
- Chandla - SC Harprasad Anuragi
- Rajnagar - Vikramt Singh Nati Raja
- Chhatarpur - Alok Chaturvedi
- Bijawar - Charan Singh Yadav
- Malhara - Sadhvi Ram Siya Bharti
- Pathariya - Rao Brajendra Singh
- Jabera - Pratap Singh Lodhi
- Hatta - SC Pradeep Khatik
- Pawai Mukesh Nayak
- Gunnaor - SC Jeevan Lal Siddharth
- Chitrakoot Neelanshu Chaturvedi
- Raigaon - SC Ms. Kalpana Verma
- Satna Siddharth Kushwah
- Nagod Dr Rashmi Singh Patel
- Amarpatan Rajendra Kumar Singh
- Teonthar Ramashankar Singh Patel
- Mauganj Sukhendra Singh "Banna"
- Mangawan - SC Ms. Babita Saket
- Gurh Kapidhwaj Singh
- Churhat - Ajay Singh Rahul
- Sihawal - Kamleshwar Patel
- Chitrangi - ST Manik Singh
- Singrauli - Smt. Renu Shah
- Jaitpur - ST Ms. Uma Dhurvey
- Anuppur - ST Ramesh Singh
- Pushprajgarh - ST Fundelal Marko
- Barwara - ST Vijay Raghvendra Singh
- Patan - Neelesh Awasthi
- Bargi - Sanjay Yadav
- Jabalpur Purba - SC Lakhan Gahngahuria
- Jabalpur Uttar - Vinay Saxena
- Jabalpur Paschim - Tarun Bhanot
- Sihora - ST Ms. Ekta Thakur
- Shahpura - ST Bhupendra Maravi
- Dindori - ST Omkar Singh Markam
- Bichhiya - ST Narayan Singh Patta
- Baihar - ST Sanjay Uikey
- Lanji - Ms. Heena Kanware
- Paraswada - Madhu Bhagat
- Balaghat - Anubha Munjare
- Katangi - Bodh Singh Bhagat
- Barghat - ST Arjun Singh Kakodia
- Seoni - Anand Panjwani
- Keolari - Rajneesh Singh
- Lakhnadon - ST Yogendra Singh Baba
- Gotegaon - SC Shekhar Chaudhary
- Narsingpur - Lakhan Singh Patel
- Tendukheda - Sanjay Sharma
- Chhindwara - Kamal Nath
- Multai Sukhdev Panse
- Betul - Nilay Daga
- Ghoradongri - ST Rahul Uike
- Bhainsdehi - ST Dharmu Singh Sirsam
- Timarni - ST Abhijeet Shah
- Harda - Ram Kishore Dogne
- Udaipura - Devendra Patel Gadarwas
- Silwani - Devendra Patel
- Vidisha - Shashank Bhargav
- Basoda - Nishank Jain
- Shamshabad - Sindhu Vikram Singh
- Berasia - SC Smt. Jayshree Harikiran
- Narela - Manoj Shukla
- Bhopal - Madhya Arif Masood
- Budhni - Vikram Mastal
- Ashta - SC Kamal Chauhan
- Sehore - Shashank Saxena
- Rajgadh - Bapu Singh Tanwar
- Khilchipur - Priyvrat Singh
- Susner - Bheru Singh Bapu
- Agar - SC Vipin Wankhede
- Shajapur - Hukum Singh Karada
- Kalapipal - Kunal Chaudhary
- Sonkatch - SC Sajjan Singh Verma
- Hatpipiliya - Rajveer Singh Baghel
- Mandhata - Uttam Pal Singh
- Pandhana - ST Ms. Rupali Bare
- Bikhangaon - ST Smt. Jhuma Solanki
- Badwah - Narendra Patel
- Maheshwar - SC Dr. Vijay Laxmi Sadho
- Kasrawad - Sachin Yadav
- Khargone - Ravi Joshi
- Bhagwanpura - ST Kedar Dawar
- Rajpur - ST Bala Bachchan
- Badwani - ST Rajan Mandloi
- Alirajpur - ST Mukesh Patel
- Jobat - ST Smt. Sena Patel
- Jhabua - ST Dr Vikrant Bhuria
- Thandla - ST Veer Singh Bhuria
- Petlawad - ST Wal Singh Meda
- Sardarpur - ST Pratap Grewal
- Gandhwani - ST Umang Singhar
- Kukshi - ST Surendra Singh Baghel Honey
- Dharampuri - ST Panchilal Meda
- Depalpur - Vishal Patel
- Indore 1 - Sanjay Shukla
- Indore 2 - Chintamani Chaukse Chintu
- Indore 4 - Raja Mandhwani
- Rau - Jitu Patwari
- Sanwer - SC Smt. Reena Baurasi Setiya
- Nagada - Khachrod Dilip Singh Gurjar
- Mahidpur - Dinesh Jain Boss
- Tarana - SC Mahesh Parmar
- Ghatiya - SC Ramlal Malviya
- Ujjain Uttar - Smt. Maya Rajesh Trivedi
- Sailana - ST Harsh Vijay Gehlot
- Alot - SC Manoj Chawla
- Mandsour - Vipin Jain
- Suwasra - Rakesh Patidar
- Manasa - Narendra Nahata
What happened in the last assembly elections?
The election to the 230-member assembly in Madhya Pradesh is mainly fought between the ruling BJP and Congress. In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress had won 114 seats, while the BJP got 109. However, the Congress government fell after many MLAs under the leadership of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who later became a Union minister, joined the BJP. The BJP returned to power in March 2020 with Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister for a fresh term. The BJP's current strength in the assembly is 127.
Apart from Madhya Pradesh, the party has also declared candidates for 30 seats in Chhattisgarh and 55 in Telangana. Meanwhile, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already announced candidates for 136 out of 230 assembly constituencies in the state. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will contest from his traditional Budhni seat.
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