Shivraj Singh Chouhan was Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister from 2005 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2023. He became the Chief Minister for the first time in 2005 after replacing Babulal Gaur. He remained the CM till December 2018 when the Congress party became the single largest party in the state and Kamal Nath became the Chief Minister. However, the Congress government in the state was short-lived and Shivraj Singh Chouhan again became the CM in March 2020 after the Jyotiraditya Scindia's rebellion. He was the longest-serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader has been representing the Budhni constituency in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly since 2006 winning it in a bypoll. He won the seat in 2008, 2013 and 2018 also by defeating Congress candidates Mahesh Singh Rajput, Dr Mahendra Singh Chauhan and Arun Subhashchandra Yadav respectively. In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections, Chouhan again won the Budhni seat by defeating Congress candidate Vikram Mastal Sharma with a margin of 1,04,974 votes. The BJP again won the decisive mandate in the state but Chouhan was replaced with Dr Mohan Yadav. Chouhan first represented Budhni in 1990 when he won the seat by defeating Congress candidate Hari Singh with a margin of over 22,000 votes. Chouhan won the Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency in 1991 (bypoll), 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. Chouhan won a bypoll from Vidisha in 1991 after BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee retained his Lucknow seat and left Vidisha. He was also the former vice president of the BJP from 2019 to 2020. Chouhan is again contesting from the Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 93 constituencies are going for polls in the third phase on May 7. Voters in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu will use their franchise in the third phase.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The voters in 93 constituencies will use their franchise on May 7 in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. 11 states and Union Territories including Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar will go to polls in the third phase.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Vidisha is among the high-profile seats going to polls in the third phase (May 7), known for its connections to BJP stalwarts Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Sushma Swaraj. Shivraj Singh Chouhan won the seat five consecutive times from 1991.
PM Modi highlighted his work with Chouhan when they were both CMs, and said he wanted to "take him along". Chouhan, who was replaced by Mohan Yadav as MP CM, will contest from his home turf Vidisha in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the BJP will win all seats in Madhya Pradesh in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections, including Chhindwara which has been a Congress stronghold for years.
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In another attack at the Grand Old Party, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that not democracy but the Congress party is in danger of ‘disappearing into oblivion’.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh will be held in four phases on April 19, April 26, May 7 and May 13. The counting of votes will be held on June 4.
On March 22, 2024, the court had granted Chouhan and the other two exemption till June 7 from appearing before it. It also asked them to furnish certain undertakings.
Polling in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases beginning from April 19. The counting of votes is scheduled for June 4. Madhya Pradesh has a total of 29 parliamentary seats.
The BJP has released its second list of 72 candidates for Lok Sabha elections. In the latest list, BJP has named five candidates from Madhya Pradesh.
BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that under the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party has experienced repeated electoral defeats.
Vidisha Lok Sabha Election 2024: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee won the Vidisha constituency in the 1991 parliamentary polls but left the seat as he decided to retain Lucknow. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj represented the seat twice in 2014 and 2019.
The BJP launched its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Several sitting MPs were retained while several others were replaced. Check full list of candidates from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Extending the festivities, Madhya Pradesh will observe Women Empowerment Week from January 10 to 15. Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed his joy, conveying, "Today, on the 10th of January, sisters will receive Rs 1,250 in their accounts. Best wishes to all the sisters!"
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on several occasions, since he was replaced by the first-time CM Mohan Yadav, expressed his disappointment. Once he said sometimes one waits for coronation but he gets exile.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan was made the Chief Minister for the first time in November 2005 replacing ex-CM Babulal Gaur, and he took the oath of the post for the fourth time in March 2020, when the Kamal Nath-led Congress government was toppled.
He said the present ruling dispensation will implement all these schemes as there is BJP's government in the state and not of the Congress.
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, MLA from Budhni Assembly and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for 16 and a half years, now has to vacate the CM House for the new CM Mohan Yadav.
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