Madhya Pradesh bypolls highlights: BJP wins Khandwa LS, 2 assembly seats; Congress retains Raigaon

Congress candidate Rajnarayansingh Purni lost to BJP's Gyaneshwar Patil who secured victory by a massive margin of 82,140 votes. The bypoll in Khandwa was necessitated following the death of sitting BJP MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan.

BJP candidate Shishupal Yadav has emerged victorious in the Prithvipur assembly seat by 15,687 votes. Meanwhile, Congress' Kalpana Verma won the Raigaon seat against BJP's Pratima Bagari by 12,290 votes. 

Vote counting in Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency is still underway.

According to the latest trends on ECI website, BJP candidate Shishupal Yadav is leading by a huge margin of 15,687 votes in the Prithvipur assembly seat, while in Jobat, BJP's Sulochana Yadav has defeated Congress candidate Mahesh Rawat “Patel”.

Meanwhile, Congress candidate Kalpana Verma has maintained her lead in the Raigaon assembly seat by a margin of 12,290 votes, the trends showed.

From the Khandwa Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate Gyaneshwar Patil has maintained a clear lead.

“Results of bypolls in Madhya Pradesh are unprecedented for BJP. We are not only wining Khandwa LS seat but also Jobat Assembly seat where over 90% people are STs. BJP won it only two times in 70 years. The results put an stamp on work done by central and state governments,” says chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

BJP candidate from Jobat, Sulochana Rawat has won the assembly seat by a margin of 6,086 votes. BJP was focussing on this seat because it was a Congress dominated and tribal reserved seat.

Accoridng to the latest round of counting, BJP candidate Shishupal Yadav is leading with 4,489 votes in the Prithvipur assembly seat. Further, BJP's Sulochana Yadav has also maintaned her lead in Jobat, the trends further showed.

On the hand, Congress candidate Kalpana Verma has maintained her lead in the Raigaon assembly seat.

From Khandwa, a Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate Gyaneshwar Patil is leading, as per latest updates.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said that the results so far have been pleasant and encouraging for the Bharatiya Janata Party. “We're way ahead in Khandwa (Parliamentary constituency). I consider Jobat (Assembly constituency) results to be very important,” he added.

“It was told to the tribals that BJP is against them. We formed schemes & presented before them. I'm happy that we have the evidence of their acceptance in the poll results. BJP has a one-sided lead in Jobat. This is the blessing of our tribal brothers & sisters,” he further said.

According to latest trends, the BJP is ahead in two assembly seats (Jobat and Prithvipur) and one Lok Sabha seat (Khandwa). The Congress is leading in one assembly seat of Raigaon. 

After the 8th round of counting of votes in Raigaon, Congress's candidate Kalpana Verma has taken a lead of 1489 votes, said the latest trends.

In the Prithvipur Assembly seat in Niwari district, BJP's Shishupal Singh Yadav was ahead of his Congress rival Nitendra Singh Rathore by 430 votes, according to latest updates.

In the Khandwa Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate Gyaneshwar Patil was leading by 14,365 votes over his Congress rival Rajnarayan Singh Purni, an official PTI.

After seven rounds of counting, BJP candidate Sulochana Rawat maintains her lead on Jobat assembly seat with 5,583 votes.

BJP candidate Sulochana Rawat is leading with 3,590 votes from the tribal seat of Jobat in Madhya Pradesh. Rawat joined BJP recently.

According to latest updates, the BJP has maintained its lead on all the four seats, 1 assembly and 1 Lok Sabha.

According to the first round of counting, the BJP is leading in on all the four seats, four assembly and one Lok Sabha.

According to latest updates, the BJP has taken a lead in Madhya Pradesh's Jobat assembly seat. BJP candidate Sulochana Rawat is leading with a total of 1590 votes.

The BJP is leading in Raigaon assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh. BJP candidate Pratima Bagri is leading with 269 votes in Raigaon, according to latest trends

The BJP is leading in Khandwa Lok Sabha seat, reported news agency ANI.

During the voting held on Saturday, 63.88% voter turnout was recorded in the Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency. The assembly seats of Jobat, Prithvipur and Raigaon saw 55.30%, 78.14% and 69.01% turnout respectively.

On the eve of the counting of votes, both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress exuded confidence in their victory in the four bypolls. “We are going to win all the four seats. I am confident. Already the Congress has given a walkover (to BJP) in the Khandwa Lok Sabha seat. Their leaders did not even campaign there properly knowing that their defeat is imminent,” Madhya Pradesh BJP spokesperson Neha Bagga claimed. 

On the other hand, Congress said the party would win all four seats, including Khandwa with a comfortable margin. “We are going to win all the four seats for sure,” MP Congress spokesman Bhupendra Gupta said.

The early trends for Madhya Pradesh bypolls are expected to be known by 10am. The bypolls in all the four constituencies in MP, one Lok Sabha and three assembly seats, was necessitated due to the demise of the sitting representatives.

The counting of votes for bypolls for the Khandwa Lok Sabha seat and three assembly seats of Prithvipur, Raigaon (SC) and Jobat (ST) in Madhya Pradesh has begun. 

According to a release issued by the MP chief electoral officer on Monday evening, taking out victory processions during the counting of votes or after the announcement of results is not allowed. 

Returning officers will hand over the certificate to winning candidates, news agency PTI quoted the release as further mentioned.

Counting of votes in three assembly seats and Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency will begin shortly amid tight security.

As many as 48 candidates are in fray in Madhya Pradesh for the four seats including the Khandwa Lok Sabha seat and three assembly seats of Prithvipur, Raigaon (SC) and Jobat (ST).