2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	red
Previous Election:	2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	2013
Next Year:	2023
Election Date:	28 November 2018
Opinion Polls:	Surveys and polls
Seats For Election:	All 230 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	116
Turnout:	75.63% (3.56%)^[1]
Party1:	Indian National Congress
Leader1:	Kamal Nath
Image1:	Kamal Nath 2012.jpg
Leader Since1:	2018
Alliance1:	UPA
Leaders Seat1:	Chhindwara (By-elected)^[2]
Last Election1:	58
Seats1:	114
Seat Change1:	56
Popular Vote1:	15,595,696
Percentage1:	40.89%
Swing1:	4.60%
Party2:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader2:	Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Leader Since2:	2005
Alliance2:	NDA
Home State2:	Madhya Pradesh
Leaders Seat2:	Budhni
Last Election2:	165
Seats2:	109
Seat Change2:	56
Popular Vote2:	15,643,623
Percentage2:	41.02%
Swing2:	3.86%
Party3:	Bahujan Samaj Party
Leader3:	Mayawati
Image3:	Mayawati.jpg
Leader Since3:	2003
Leaders Seat3:	Did Not Contest
Percentage3:	5.01%
Popular Vote3:	1,911,642
Seats3:	2
Last Election3:	4
Seat Change3:	2
Swing3:	1.2%
Map Size:	300px
Map2 Image:	Bharat Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2018.svg
Map2 Caption:	Structure of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election
Map2 Size:	300px
CM
Before Election:	Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Before Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
After Election:	Kamal Nath
After Party:	INC

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. The election was a direct political battle between the BJP and the INC. One of the main centers of attraction was the contest between Congress heavy-weight Arun Yadav and the then Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. While the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had tried to win for consecutive 4th term, the INC fought for winning the state after 2003. The election led to a hung assembly, with the INC emerging as the single largest party and the BJP winning the popular vote.^[3] After the results, Congress and BSP formed the government with Kamal Nath becoming the chief minister.

Background

The tenure of Madhya Pradesh^[4] Legislative Assembly elected in 2013 ended on 7 January 2019.^[5]

Schedule

Election dates were announced on 6 October 2018 and voting was held on 28 November 2018.

Results were declared on 11 December 2018.

Event	Date	Day
Date for Nominations	2 Nov 2018	Friday
Last Date for filing Nominations	9 Nov 2018	Friday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	12 Nov 2018	Monday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	14 Nov 2018	Wednesday
Date of poll	28 Nov 2018	Wednesday
Date of counting	11 Dec 2018	Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed	13 Dec 2018	Thursday

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

The opinion polls show a tough election battle between the BJP and the INC.

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Polling agency	BJP	INC	Others	Lead
9 November 2018	Timesnow - CNX^[6]	122	90	18	32
9 November 2018	ABP News- CSDS^[7]	116	105	09	11
9 November 2018	Cvoter^[8]	107	116	07	9
2 November 2018	ABP News- C Voter Survey	106	118	06	12
25 October 2018	IndiaTV - CNX^[9]	128	85	17	43
17 October 2018	ABP News- C Voter^[10]	108	122		14
10 October 2018	News Nation^[11]	111	109	10	2
9 October 2018	Times Now - Chrome DM^[12]	108	103	19	5
9 October 2018	Times Now - Warroom Strategies	142	77	11	65
14 August 2018	ABP News- C Voter^[13]	106	117	7	11
4 April 2018	IBC24^[14]	101	119	10	18
Average as on 9 November 2018		114	106	10	08

Exit polls

Most exit polls predicted a "tight finish" between the BJP and the INC. According to the poll of polls, BJP had a small edge over the Congress. However, no party would get a majority.

Polling agency	BJP	INC	Others	Lead
CNX– Times Now^[15]	126	89	15	37
News 24-Pace Media^[16]	103	115	12	12
News Nation^[17]	110	107	13	03
C Voter – Republic TV	106	118	06	12
Jan Ki Baat– Republic TV	118	105	07	13
CSDS – ABP News	94	126	10	32
Axis My India – India Today	111	113	06	02
VDPA Associates	135	88	07	47
India News- NETA	106	112	12	06
News 18- Surjit Bhalla^[18]	130	90	10	40
Today's Chanakya	103	125	02	22
Poll of Polls	113	108	09	05

Results

Seats and vote-share

The election led to a hung assembly, with the INC emerging as the largest party, with 114 seats, but failing to win a majority.^[19] The seat and vote share was as follows -:^[20]

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
		15,595,696	40.89%	4.60%	114	56
		15,643,623	41.02%	3.86%	109	56
		1,911,642	5.01%	1.29%	2	2
		496,025	1.30%	0.1%	1	1
		2,218,230	5.82%	0.42%	4	1
		542,295	1.42%
Total		38,137,528	100.00		230	±0
Valid votes		38,137,528	99.86
Invalid votes		51,706	0.14
Votes cast / turnout		38,189,234	75.63
Abstentions		12,306,017	24.37
Registered voters		50,495,251

Region-wise break up

Region	Total seats					SP
	22	bgcolor=#ff9933	19	3	0	0	0
	25	bgcolor=#ff9933	17	7	1	0	0
	26	bgcolor=#ff9933	14	10	0	1	1
	34	7	bgcolor=#00BFFF	26	0	1	0
	46	17	bgcolor=#00BFFF	28	1	0	0
	50	24	bgcolor=#00BFFF	26	0	0	0
	11	bgcolor=#ff9933	7	4	0	0	0
	16	4	bgcolor=#00BFFF	10	2	0	0
Total	230	109	114	4	2	1

Division-wise results

Division	Total seats					SP
	13	2	bgcolor=#00BFFF	10	0	1	0
	21	5	bgcolor=#00BFFF	16	0	0	0
	26	bgcolor=#ff9933	14	10	0	1	1
	22	bgcolor=#ff9933	19	3	0	0	0
	8	bgcolor=#ff9933	5	3	0	0	0
	38	13	bgcolor=#00BFFF	24	1	0	0
	11	bgcolor=#ff9933	7	4	0	0	0
	25	bgcolor=#ff9933	17	8	0	0	0
	29	bgcolor=#ff9933	16	12	1	0	0
	37	11	bgcolor=#00BFFF	24	2	0	0
Total	230	109	114	4	2	1

Constituency-wise results

District	Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin		Remarks
	No.	Name		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
Sheopur	1	Sheopur	79.52	Babu Jandel		98,580	55.17	Durga Lal Vijay		56,870	31.83	41,710	23.34
	2	Vijaypur	78.54	Sitaram Aadivashi		63,331	36.5	Ramniwas Rawat		60,491	34.86	2,840	1.64
Morena	3	Sabalgarh	75.72	Baijnath Kushwah		54,606	35.6	Lal Singh Kewat		45,869	29.91	8,737	5.69
	4	Joura	72.18	Banavareelal Sharma		56,187	34.45	Maneeram Dhakad		41,014	25.14	15,173	9.31
	5	Sumawali	71.7	Adal Singh Kansana		65,455	41.07	Ajab Singh Kushwah		52,142	32.72	13,313	8.35	Resigned in 2020
	6	Morena	63.69	Raghuraj Singh Kansana		68,965	45.62	Rustam Singh		48,116	31.83	20,849	13.79	Resigned in 2020
	7	Dimani	70.15	Girraj Dandotiya		69,597	49.23	Shiv Mangal Singh Tomar		51,120	36.16	18,477	13.07	Resigned in 2020
	8	Ambah (SC)	59.01	Kamlesh Jatav		37,343	29.89	Neha Kinnar		29,796	23.85	7,547	6.04	Resigned in 2020
Bhind	9	Ater	61.77	Arvind Singh Bhadoria		58,928	43.45	Hemant Satyadev Katare		53,950	39.78	4,978	3.67
	10	Bhind	58.57	Sanjeev Singh		69,107	46.72	Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi		33,211	22.45	35,896	24.27
	11	Lahar	63.43	Dr. Govind Singh		62,113	40.11	Rasal Singh		53,040	34.25	9,073	5.86
	12	Mehgaon	63.69	O. P. S. Bhadoria		61,560	37.90	Rakesh Shukla		35,746	22.01	25,814	15.89	Resigned in 2020
	13	Gohad (SC)	59.26	Ranvir Jatav		62,981	48.58	Lalsingh Arya		38,992	30.07	23,989	18.51	Resigned in 2020
Gwalior	14	Gwalior Rural	69.12	Bharat Singh Kushwah		51,033	32.84	Sahab Singh Gujjar		49,516	31.86	1,517	0.98
	15	Gwalior	63.21	Pradhumn Singh Tomar		92,055	52.40	Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya		71,011	40.42	21,044	11.98	Resigned in 2020
	16	Gwalior East	58.01	Munnalal Goyal		90,133	51.92	Satish Singh Sikarwar		72,314	41.65	17,819	10.27	Resigned in 2020
	17	Gwalior South	60.36	Praveen Pathak		56,369	36.98	Narayan Singh Kushwah		56,248	36.90	121	0.08
	18	Bhitarwar	71.46	Lakhan Singh Yadav		66,439	42.57	Anoop Mishra		54,309	34.79	12,130	7.78
	19	Dabra (SC)	68.53	Imarti Devi		90,598	60.61	Kaptan Singh Sehsari		33,152	22.18	57,446	38.43	Resigned in 2020
Datia	20	Sewda	71.58	Ghanshyam Singh		64,810	52.71	Radhelal Baghel		31,542	25.65	33,268	27.06
	21	Bhander (SC)	69.49	Raksha Saroniya		73,578	62.12	Rajni Prajapati		33,682	28.44	39,896	33.68	Resigned in 2020
	22	Datia	77.2	Dr. Narottam Mishra		72,209	49.0	Bharti Rajendra		69,553	47.2	2,656	1.8
Shivpuri	23	Karera (SC)	73.57	Jasmant Jatave Chitree		64,201	37.01	Rajkumar Omprakash Khatik		49,377	28.47	14,824	8.54	Resigned in 2020
	24	Pohari	75.88	Suresh Rathkheda Dhakad		60,654	37.06	Kailash Kushwah		52,736	32.22	7,918	4.84	Resigned in 2020
	25	Shivpuri	71.14	Yashodhara Raje Scindia		84,570	51.5	Siddarth Ladha		55,822	34.0	28,748	17.5
	26	Pichhore	85.24	K. P. Singh		91,463	47.06	Preetam Lodhi		88,788	45.69	2,675	1.37
	27	Kolaras	75.98	Birendra Raghuvanshi		72,450	42.11	Mahendra Singh Yadav		71,730	41.69	720	0.42
Guna	28	Bamori	79.6	Mahendra Singh Sisodia		64,598	41.54	Brijmohan Singh		36,678	23.59	27,920	17.95	Resigned in 2020
	29	Guna (SC)	71.11	Gopilal Jatav		84,149	56.81	Chandra Prakash Ahirwar		50,482	34.08	33,667	22.73
	30	Chachoura	80.88	Lakshman Singh		81,908	49.79	Mamta Meena		72,111	43.84	9,797	5.95
	31	Raghogarh	77.12	Jaivardhan Singh		98,268	61.64	Bhupendra Singh Raghuvanshi		51,571	32.35	46,697	29.29
Ashoknagar	32	Ashok Nagar (SC)	74.41	Jajpal Singh Jajji		65,750	47.48	Ladduram Kori		56,020	40.46	9,730	7.02	Resigned in 2020
	33	Chanderi	76.02	Gopal Singh Chauhan		45,106	34.33	Bhupendra Dwivedi		40,931	31.15	4,175	3.18
	34	Mungaoli	74.98	Brajendra Singh Yadav		55,346	39.99	Dr. Krishna Pal Singh		53,210	38.44	2,136	1.55	Resigned in 2020
Sagar	35	Bina (SC)	73.46	Mahesh Rai		57,828	45.71	Shashi Katoria		57,196	45.34	632	0.37
	36	Khurai	81.62	Bhupendra Bhaiya		78,156	50.71	Arunodaya Chaubey		62,861	40.79	15,295	9.92
	37	Surkhi	75.74	Govind Singh Rajput		80,806	55.33	Sudheer Yadav		59,388	40.66	21,418	14.67	Resigned in 2020
	38	Deori	74.79	Harsh Yadav		70,099	47.49	Teji Singh Rajput		65,795	44.58	4,304	2.91
	39	Rehli	76.61	Gopal Bhargava		94,305	55.78	Kamlesh Sahu		67,063	39.67	26,888	16.11
	40	Naryoli (SC)	66.87	Pradeep Lariya		74,360	50.36	Surendra Chaudhary		65,460	44.34	8,900	6.02
	41	Sagar	65.5	Shailendra Jain		67,227	50.96	Navy Jain		49,861	37.79	17,366	13.17
	42	Banda	74.67	Tarbar Singh		84,456	51.95	Harvansh Singh Rathore		60,292	37.08	24,164	14.87
Tikamgarh	43	Tikamgarh	74.71	Rakesh Giri		66,958	44.62	Yadvendra Singh		62,783	41.83	4,175	2.79
	44	Jatara (SC)	71.94	Harishankar Khatik		63,315	45.56	R. R. Bansal		26,600	19.14	36,715	26.42
Niwari	45	Prithvipur	79.41	Brajendra Singh Rathore		52,436	35.36	Dr. Shishupal Yadav		44,816	30.22	7,620	5.14
	46	Niwari	75.67	Anil Jain		49,738	36.71	Meera Deepak Yadav		40,901	30.19	8,837	6.52
Tikamgarh	47	Khargapur	73.15	Rahul Singh Lodhi		63,066	39.49	Chandra-Surendra Singh Gour		51,401	32.19	11,665	7.3
Chhatarpur	48	Maharajpur	67.49	Neeraj Vinod Dixit		52,461	36.53	Manavendra Singh		38,456	26.78	14,005	9.75
	49	Chandla (SC)	62.38	Rajesh Kumar Prajapati		41,227	31.16	Anurag Hariprasad		40,050	30.27	1,177	0.89
	50	Rajnagar	66.29	Vikram Singh		40,362	28.06	Arvind Pateriya		39,630	27.55	732	0.51
	51	Chhatarpur	71.79	Alok Chaturvedi		65,774	44.84	Archna Guddu Singh		62,279	42.46	3,495	4.38
	52	Bijawar	70.2	Rajesh Shukla		67,623	46.78	Pueshpendra Nath Pathak		30,909	21.38	36,714	25.4
	53	Malhara	71.86	Kunwar Pradyumna Singh Lodhi		67,184	45.16	Lalita Yadav		51,405	34.55	15,779	10.61
Damoh	54	Pathariya	74.43	Rambai Govind Singh		39,267	23.94	Lakhan Patel		37,062	22.59	2,205	1.35
	55	Damoh	75.11	Rahul Singh		78,997	45.05	Jayant Malaiya		78,199	44.59	798	0.46
	56	Jabera	77.10	Dharmendra Bhav Singh Lodhi		48,901	29.05	Pratap Singh		45,416	26.98	3,485	2.07
	57	Hatta (SC)	70	Ramkali Tantuway		76,607	48.41	Harishankar Choudhri		56,702	35.83	19,905	12.58
Panna	58	Pawai	77.83	Prahlad Lodhi		79,647	39.83	Pandit Mukesh Nayak		55,967	27.99	23,680	11.84
	59	Gunnaor (SC)	72.35	Shivdayal Bagri		57,658	37.55	Rajesh Kumar Verma		55,674	36.26	1,984	1.29
	60	Panna	74.02	Brijendra Pratap Singh		68,359	40.21	Shivjeet Singh		47,651	28.03	20,708	12.18
Satna	61	Chitrakoot	71.68	Neelanshu Chaturvedi		58,465	40.9	Surendra Singh Gaharwar		48,267	33.77	10,198	7.13
	62	Raigaon (SC)	73.5	Jugul Kishor Bagri		65,910	45.13	Kalpana Verma		48,489	33.2	17,421	11.93
	63	Satna	69.91	Dabbu Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha		60,105	37.24	Shankarlal Tiwari		47,547	29.46	12,558	7.58
	64	Nagod	78.12	Nagendra Singh		54,637	32.52	Yadvendra Singh		53,403	31.79	1,234	0.73
	65	Maihar	77.6	Narayan Tripathi		54,877	30.17	Srikant Chaturvedi		51,893	28.52	2,984	1.65
	66	Amarpatan	76.01	Ramkhelawan Patel		59,836	35.78	Dr. Rajendra Kumar Singh		56,089	33.54	3,747	2.24
	67	Rampur-Baghelan	75.15	Vikram Singh		68,816	38.46	Ramlakhan Singh Patel		53,129	29.69	15,687	8.77
Rewa	68	Sirmour	64.91	Divyaraj Singh		49,443	38.95	Dr. Aruna Vivek Tiwari		36,042	28.39	13,401	10.56
	69	Semariya	68.99	K.P. Tripathi		47,889	35.1	Triyugi Narayan Shukla		40,113	29.4	7,776	5.7
	70	Teonthar	68.74	Shyam Lal Dwivedi		52,729	40.63	Ramshankar Singh		47,386	36.51	5,343	4.12
	71	Mauganj	66.98	Pradeep Patel		47,753	35.38	Sukhendra Singh		36,661	27.16	11,092	8.22
	72	Deotalab	62.43	Girish Gautam		45,043	33.23	Seema Jalab Singh Sengar		43,963	32.43	1,080	0.8
	73	Mangawan (SC)	59.93	Panchu Lal Prajapati		64,488	48.54	Babita Saket		45,958	34.59	18,530	13.95
	74	Rewa	66.94	Rajendra Shukla		69,806	51.04	Abhay Mishra		51,717	37.81	18,089	13.23
	75	Gurh	71.23	Nagendra Singh		42,569	28.77	Kapidhwaj Singh		34,741	23.48	7,828	5.29
Sidhi	76	Churhat	69.19	Sharadendu Tiwari		71,909	45.47	Ajay Arun Singh		65,507	41.42	6,402	4.05
	77	Sidhi	68.28	Kedar Nath Shukla		69,297	45.3	Kamaleshwar Prasad Dwivedi		49,311	32.23	19,986	13.07
	78	Sihawal	66.32	Kamleshwar Patel		63,918	42.79	Shiva Bahadur Singh Chandel		32,412	21.7	31,506	21.09
Singrauli	79	Chitrangi (ST)	66.62	Amar Singh		86,585	55.23	Saraswati Singh		27,337	17.44	59,248	37.79
	80	Singrauli	67.53	Ramlallu Vaishya		36,706	24.63	Renu Shah		32,980	22.13	3,726	2.5
	81	Devsar (SC)	76.38	Subhash Ram Charitra		63,295	37.77	Banshmani Prasad Verma		52,617	31.4	10,678	6.37
Sidhi	82	Dhauhani (ST)	74.07	Kunwar Singh Tekam		57,995	35.85	Kamlesh Singh		54,202	33.5	3,793	2.35
Shahdol	83	Beohari (ST)	75.61	Sharad Kol		78,007	40.96	Tej Pratap Singh Uikey		45,557	23.92	32,450	17.04
	84	Jaisingnagar (ST)	78.53	Jaisingh Maravi		84,669	46.2	Dhyam Singh Marko		67,402	36.77	17,267	9.43
	85	Jaitpur (ST)	78.09	Manisha Singh		74,279	41.26	Uma Dhurwe		70,063	38.92	4,216	2.34
Anuppur	86	Kotma	73.33	Suneel Saraf		48,249	43.87	Dilip Kumar Jaiswal		36,820	33.48	11,429	10.39
	87	Anuppur (ST)	76.56	Bisahulal Singh		62,770	49.91	Ramlal Rautel		51,209	40.72	11,561	9.19	Resigned in 2020
	88	Pushprajgarh (ST)	79.71	Phundelal Singh Marko		62,352	42.22	Narendra Singh Maravi		40,951	27.73	21,401	14.49
Umaria	89	Bandhavgarh (ST)	77.97	Shivnarayan Singh		59,158	36.66	Dhyan Singh		55,255	34.24	3,903	2.42
	90	Manpur (ST)	77.07	Meena Singh		82,287	46.9	Gyanvati Singh		63,632	36.27	18,655	10.63
Katni	91	Barwara (ST)	74.9	Vijayraghvendra Singh		84,236	48.98	Moti Kashyap		62,876	36.56	21,360	12.42
	92	Vijayraghavgarh	77.07	Sanjay Satyendra Pathak		79,939	47.83	Padma Shukla		66,201	39.61	13,738	8.22
	93	Murwara	69.18	Sandip Shree Prasad Jaiswal		79,553	48.75	Mithilesh Jain		63,473	38.9	16,080	9.85
	94	Bahoriband	80.86	Pranay Prabhat Pandey		89,041	49.78	Kunwar Saurabh Singh		72,606	40.59	16,435	9.19
Jabalpur	95	Patan	79.19	Ajay Vishnoi		100,443	53.96	Neelesh Awasthi		73,731	39.61	26,712	14.35
	96	Bargi	78.52	Sanjay Yadav		86,901	50.13	Pratibha Singh		69,338	40.0	17,563	10.13
	97	Jabalpur East (SC)	67.93	Lakhan Ghanghoriya		90,206	57.64	Anchal Sonkar		55,070	35.19	35,136	22.45
	98	Jabalpur North	68.46	Vinay Saxena		50,045	35.23	Sharad Jain		49,467	34.82	578	0.41
	99	Jabalpur Cantonment	67.26	Ashok Rohani		71,898	56.86	Pandit Alok Mishra		45,313	35.83	26,585	21.03
	100	Jabalpur West	66.49	Tarun Bhanot		82,359	53.21	Harendrajeet Singh		63,676	41.14	18,683	12.07
	101	Panagar	75.36	Sushil Kumar Tiwari		84,302	46.14	Bharat Singh Yadav		42,569	23.3	41,733	22.84
	102	Sihora (ST)	76.29	Nandni Maravi		73,312	45.4	Khiladi Singh Aamro		66,489	41.17	6,823	4.23
Dindori	103	Shahpura (ST)	79.07	Bhoopendra Maravi		88,687	45.59	Omprakash Dhurwe		54,727	28.13	33,960	17.46
	104	Dindori (ST)	79.94	Omkar Singh Markam		85,039	45.8	Jay Singh Maravi		52,989	28.54	32,050	17.26
Mandla	105	Bichhiya (ST)	78.48	Narayan Singh Patta		76,544	40.91	Dr. Shivaraj Shah		55,156	29.48	21,388	11.43
	106	Niwas (ST)	79.01	Dr. Ashok Marskole		91,007	47.94	Rampyare Kulaste		62,692	33.02	28,315	14.92
	107	Mandla (ST)	78.81	Deosingh Saiyam		88,873	46.0	Sanjeev Chhotelal Uikey		76,668	39.69	12,205	6.31
Balaghat	108	Baihar (ST)	80.68	Sanjay Uikey		79,399	45.72	Anupama Netam		62,919	36.23	16,480	9.49
	109	Lanji	81.75	Hina Kaware		90,382	48.02	Ramesh Bhatere		71,686	38.09	18,696	9.93
	110	Paraswada	82.76	Ram Kishor Nano Kawre		57,395	33.65	Kankar Munjare		47,787	28.02	9,608	5.63
	111	Balaghat	79.7	Gaurishankar Bisen		73,476	41.91	Anubha Munjare		45,822	26.14	27,654	15.77
	112	Waraseoni	81.92	Pradeep Jaiswal		57,783	37.23	Dr. Yogendra Nirmal		53,921	34.74	3,862	2.49
	113	Katangi	80.91	Tamlal Sahare		69,967	45.74	K. D. Deshmukh		58,217	38.06	11,750	7.68
Seoni	114	Barghat (ST)	83.1	Arjun Singh Kakodiya		90,053	47.89	Naresh Warkade		82,526	43.88	7,527	4.01
	115	Seoni	79.95	Dinesh Rai Munmun		99,576	49.6	Mohan Singh Chandel		77,568	38.64	22,008	10.96
	116	Keolari	84.34	Rakesh Pal Singh (politician)		85,839	43.11	Rajneesh Harivansh Singh		79,160	39.76	6,679	3.35
	117	Lakhnadon (ST)	78.39	Yogendra Singh		82,951	39.46	Vijay Kumar Uikey		70,675	33.62	12,276	5.84
Narsinghpur	118	Gotegaon (SC)	81.15	N. P. Prajapati		79,289	49.74	Dr. Kailash Jatav		66,706	41.85	12,583	7.89
	119	Narsingpur	81.57	Jalam Singh Patel		87,837	50.93	Lakhan Singh Patel		72,934	42.29	14,903	8.64
	120	Tendukheda	82.18	Sanjay Sharma		70,127	50.29	Viswanath Singh		61,484	44.09	8,643	6.2
	121	Gadarwara	83.06	Suneeta Patel		79,342	50.75	Gautam Singh Patel		63,979	40.93	15,363	9.83
Chhindwara	122	Junnardeo (ST)	83.12	Sunil Uikey		78,573	45.7	Ashish Janak Lal Thakur		55,885	32.5	22,688	13.2
	123	Amarwara (ST)	87.61	Kamlesh Pratap Shah		71,662	35.53	Manmohan Shah Batti		61,269	30.38	10,393	5.15
	124	Chourai	86.77	Choudhary Sujeet Mer Singh		78,415	45.96	Pandit Ramesh Dubey		65,411	38.33	13,004	7.63
	125	Saunsar	87.31	Vijay Revnath Chore		86,700	51.12	Nanabhau Mohod		66,228	39.05	20,472	11.07
	126	Chhindwara	80.62	Deepak Saxena		104,034	50.47	Chandrabhan Singh Chaudhary		89,487	43.41	14,547	7.06	Resigned for Kamal Nath
	127	Parasia (SC)	81.22	Sohanlal Balmik		79,553	48.34	Tarachand Bawaria		66,819	40.6	12,734	7.74
	128	Pandhurna (ST)	84.69	Nilesh Pusaram Uikey		80,125	48.17	Tikaram Korachi		58,776	35.34	21,349	12.83
Betul	129	Multai	80.72	Sukhdev Panse		88,219	51.31	Raja Pawar		70,969	41.28	17,250	10.03
	130	Amla (SC)	76.59	Dr. Yogesh Pandagre		73,481	46.22	Manoj Malve		54,284	34.14	19,197	12.08
	131	Betul	80.51	Nilay Vinod Daga		96,717	51.44	Hemant Vijay Khandelwal		75,072	39.93	21,645	11.51
	132	Ghoradongri (ST)	84.46	Bramha Bhalavi		92,106	46.92	Geeta Ramjilal Uikey		74,179	37.79	17,927	9.13
	133	Bhainsdehi (ST)	84.61	Dharmu Singh Sirsam		104,592	52.1	Mahendra Singh Chauhan		73,712	36.72	30,880	15.38
Harda	134	Timarni (ST)	83.14	Sanjay Shah		64,033	45.15	Abhijeet Shah		61,820	43.59	2,213	1.56
	135	Harda	81.54	Kamal Patel		85,651	49.0	Dr. Ramkishore Dogne		78,984	45.19	6,667	3.81
Hoshangabad	136	Seoni-Malwa	84.75	Premshanker Kunjilal Verma		88,022	46.58	Omprakash Rajvanshi		76,418	40.44	11,604	6.14
	137	Hoshangabad	75.78	Dr. Sitasaran Sharma		82,216	52.34	Sartaj Singh		66,999	42.65	15,217	9.69
	138	Sohagpur	82.6	Vijaypal Singh		87,488	48.09	Satpal Paliya		76,071	41.81	11417	6.25
	139	Pipariya (SC)	81.74	Thakurdas Nagwanshi		84,521	49.97	Harish Tularam Beman		66,391	39.25	18,130	10.72
Raisen	140	Udaipura	78.38	Devendra Singh Patel		86,441	48.94	Ramkishan Patel		78,440	44.41	8,001	4.53
	141	Bhojpur	78.31	Surendra Patwa		92,458	52.81	Suresh Pachouri		62,972	35.97	29,486	16.84
	142	Sanchi (SC)	75.32	Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary		89,567	50.7	Mudit Shejwar		78,754	44.58	10,813	6.12	Resigned in 2020
	143	Silwani	78.3	Rampal Singh		64,222	41.42	Devendra Patel		57,150	36.85	7,072	4.57
Vidisha	144	Vidisha	75.22	Shashank Bhargav		80,332	52.51	Mukesh Tandon		64,878	42.41	15,454	10.1
	145	Basoda	77.06	Leena Jain		73,520	50.28	Nishank Kumar Jain		63,294	43.28	10,226	7.0
	146	Kurwai (SC)	74.77	Hari Singh Sapre		80,264	52.06	Subhash Bohat		63,569	41.24	16,695	10.82
	147	Sironj	78.55	Umakant Sharma		83,617	55.0	Umakant Sharma		48,883	32.16	34,734	22.84
	148	Shamshabad	75.38	Rajshri Singh		62,607	47.37	Jyotsna Yadav		55,267	41.82	7,340	5.55
Bhopal	149	Berasia (SC)	77.17	Vishnu Khatri		77,814	47.77	Jayshree Harikaran		64,035	39.31	13,779	8.46
	150	Bhopal Uttar	65.5	Arif Aqueel		90,403	58.77	Fatima Rasool Siddiqui		55,546	36.11	34,857	22.66
	151	Narela	65.89	Vishvas Sarang		108,654	53.24	Dr. Mahendra Singh Chouhan		85,503	41.89	23,151	11.35
	152	Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim	63.66	P. C. Sharma		67,323	48.97	Umashankar Gupta		60,736	44.18	6,587	4.79
	153	Bhopal Madhya	61.2	Arif Masood		76,647	53.2	Surendra Nath Singh		61,890	42.96	14,757	10.24
	154	Govindpura	60.9	Krishna Gaur		125,487	58.0	Girish Sharma		79,128	36.57	46,359	21.43
	155	Huzur	70.5	Rameshwar Sharma		107,288	51.35	Naresh Gyanchandi		91,563	43.82	15,725	7.52
Sehore	156	Budhni	83.64	Shivraj Singh Chouhan		123,492	60.25	Arun Subhashchandra		64,493	31.47	58,999	28.78
	157	Ashta (SC)	82.98	Raghunath Singh Malviya		92,292	44.74	Gopal Singh		86,248	41.81	6,044	2.93
	158	Ichhawar	86.43	Karan Singh Verma		86,958	50.42	Shailendra Patel		71,089	41.18	15,869	9.24
	159	Sehore	81.2	Sudesh Rai		60,117	38.0	Surendra Singh Thakur		39,473	24.95	20,644	13.05
Rajgarh	160	Narsinghgarh	80.44	Rajyavardhan Singh		85,335	49.64	Girish Bhandari		75,801	44.10	9,534	5.54
	161	Biaora	80.77	Govardhan Dangi		75,569	42.86	Narayan Singh Panwar		74,743	42.39	826	0.47
	162	Rajgarh	85.54	Bapusingh Tanwar		81,921	47.02	Amar Singh Yadav		50,738	29.12	31,183	17.9
	163	Khilchipur	86.72	Priyavrat Singh		101,854	56.38	Kunwar Hajarilal Dangi		72,098	39.91	29,756	16.47
	164	Sarangpur (SC)	82.33	Kunwarji Kothar		75,005	49.59	Kala Mahesh Malviya		70,624	46.69	4,381	2.9
Agar Malwa	165	Susner	84.64	Vikaram Singh Rana		75,804	42.1	Mahendra Bapu Singh		48,742	27.07	27,062	15.03
	166	Agar (SC)	82.97	Manohar Untwal		82,146	47.69	Vipin Wankhede		79,656	46.24	2,490	1.45	Died in January 2020
Shajapur	167	Shajapur	83.26	Hukum Singh Karada		89,940	48.85	Arun Bhimawad		44,961	24.42	44,979	24.43
	168	Shujalpur	82.14	Inder Singh Parmar		78,952	49.11	Ramveer Singh Sikarwar		73,329	45.61	5,623	3.5
	169	Kalapipal	81.55	Kunal Choudhary		86,249	52.1	Babulal Verma		72,550	43.83	13,699	8.26
Dewas	170	Sonkatch (SC)	83.92	Sajjan Singh Verma		86,396	48.92	Rajendra Phulachand Verma		76,578	43.36	9,818	5.56
	171	Dewas	75.81	Gayatri Raje Puar		103,456	55.07	Jaysingh Thakur		75,469	40.17	27,987	14.9
	172	Hatpipliya	85.57	Manoj Choudhary		83,337	52.15	Deepak Kailash Joshi		69,818	43.69	13,519	8.46	Resigned in 2020
	173	Khategaon	83.11	Aashish Govind Sharma		71,984	41.77	Om Patel		64,212	37.26	7,772	4.51
	174	Bagli (ST)	83.38	Pahad Singh Kannoje		89,417	48.33	Kamal Waskale		77,574	41.93	11,843	6.4
Khandwa	175	Mandhata	78.83	Narayan Patel		71,228	47.22	Narendra Singh Tomar		69,992	46.4	1,236	0.82
	176	Harsud (ST)	78.98	Kunwar Vijay Shah		80,556	52.0	Sukharam Salve		61,607	39.77	18,949	14.23
	177	Khandwa (SC)	68.77	Devendra Verma		77,123	45.47	Kundan Malviya		57,986	34.2	19,137	11.27
	178	Pandhana (ST)	80.61	Ram Dangore		91,844	46.17	Chhaya More		68,094	34.23	23,750	11.94
Burhanpur	179	Nepanagar (ST)	77.73	Sumitra Devi Kasdekar		85,320	46.69	Manju Rajendra Dadu		84,056	45.99	1,264	0.7
	180	Burhanpur	76.94	Thakur Surendra Singh Naval Singh		98,561	44.87	Archana Didi		93,441	42.54	5,120	2.34
Khargone	181	Bhikangaon (ST)	77.39	Dr. Dhyansingh Solanki		91,635	55.39	Dhool Singh Dawar		64,378	38.92	27,257	16.47
	182	Barwah	81.38	Sachin Birla		96,230	56.53	Hitendra Singh Solanki		65,722	38.61	30,508	17.92
	183	Maheshwar (SC)	81.28	Dr. Vijayalaxmi Sadho		83,087	49.05	Mev Rajkumar		47,251	27.89	35,836
	184	Kasrawad	83.42	Sachin Yadav		86,070	49.07	Atmaram Patel		80,531	45.91	5,539	3.16
	185	Khargone	80.41	Ravi Joshi		88,208	49.92	Balikrishan Patidar		78,696	44.53	9,512	5.42
	186	Bhagwanpura (ST)	76.56	Kedar Dawar		73,758	43.36	Jamnasingh Solanki		64,042	37.65	9,716	5.71
Barwani	187	Sendhawa (ST)	76.3	Gyarsilal Rawat		94,722	51.07	Antarsingh Arya		78,844	42.51	15,878	8.56
	188	Rajpur (ST)	80.09	Bala Bachchan		85,513	47.99	Antersingh Devisingh Patel		84,581	47.47	932	0.52
	189	Pansemal (ST)	77.97	Sushri Kirade		94,634	54.6	Viththal Patel		69,412	40.05	25,222	14.55
	190	Barwani (ST)	77.7	Premsingh Patel		88,151	48.14	Rajan Mandoloi		49,364	26.96	38,787	21.18
Alirajpur	191	Alirajpur (ST)	70.02	Mukesh Rawat		82,017	52.6	Nagar Singh Chouhan		60,055	38.51	21,962	14.09
	192	Jobat (ST)	52.71	Kalawati Bhuriya		46,067	33.53	Madhosingh Dawar		44,011	32.04	2,056	1.49
Jhabua	193	Jhabua (ST)	65.17	Guman Singh Damor		66,598	37.81	Dr. Vikrant Bhuriya		56,161	31.88	10,437	5.93	Elected to Lok Sabha in 2019
	194	Thandla (ST)	87.5	Veer Singh Bhuriya		95,720	47.61	Kalsingh Bhabar		64,569	32.12	31,151	15.49
	195	Petlawad (ST)	80.46	Val Singh Maida		93,425	46.9	Nirmala Dilipsingh Bhuriya		88,425	44.39	5,000	2.51
Dhar	196	Sardarpur (ST)	81.48	Pratap Grewal		96,419	58.61	Sanjay Singh Baghel		60,214	36.6	36,205	22.01
	197	Gandhwani (ST)	75.57	Umang Singhar		96,899	57.53	Sardarsingh Medha		58,068	34.48	38,831	23.05
	198	Kukshi (ST)	75.32	Surendra Singh Baghel		108,391	65.63	Virendra Singh Baghel		45,461	27.53	62,930	38.1
	199	Manawar (ST)	79.45	Dr. Hiralal Alawa		101,500	58.43	Ranjana Baghel		61,999	35.69	39,501	22.74
	200	Dharampuri (ST)	79.47	Panchilal Meda		78,504	50.65	Gopal Kannoj		64,532	41.64	13,972	9.01
	201	Dhar	73.54	Neena Vikram Verma		93,180	49.47	Prabha Balamkundsingh		87,462	46.43	5,718	3.04
	202	Badnawar	86.11	Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon		84,499	50.4	Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat		42,993	25.65	41,506	24.75	Resigned in 2020
Indore	203	Depalpur	82.55	Vishal Jagdish Patel		94,981	50.46	Manoj Nirbhaysingh		85,937	45.66	9,044	3.8
	204	Indore-1	69.11	Sanjay Shukla		114,555	50.24	Sudarshan Gupta		106,392	46.66	8,163	3.58
	205	Indore-2	64.75	Ramesh Mendola		138,794	63.94	Mohan Singh Sengar		67,783	31.23	71,011	32.71
	206	Indore-3	70.29	Akash Vijayvargiya		67,075	50.96	Ashwin Joshi		61,324	46.59	5,751	4.37
	207	Indore-4	67.7	Malini Gaur		102,673	61.12	Surjeet Singh		59,583	35.47	43,090	25.63
	208	Indore-5	65.67	Mahendra Hardia		117,836	48.3	Satyanarayan Patel		116,703	47.84	1,133	0.46
	209	Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow	79.3	Usha Thakur		97,009	49.86	Antar Singh Darbar		89,852	46.18	7,157	3.68
	210	Rau	74.53	Jitu Patwari		107,740	49.95	Madhu Verma		102,037	47.31	5,703	2.64
	211	Sanwer	80.89	Tulsi Silawat		96,535	48.38	Dr. Rajesh Sonkar		93,590	46.9	2,945	1.48	Resigned in 2020
Ujjain	212	Nagda-Khachrod	82.03	Dilip Gurjar		83,823	49.89	Dilip Singh Shekhawat		78,706	46.85	5,117	3.04
	213	Mahidpur	81.1	Bahadursingh Chouhan		70,499	44.69	Dinesh Jain		55,279	35.02	15,220	9.67
	214	Tarana (SC)	80.29	Mahesh Parmar		67,778	48.38	Anil Firojiya		65,569	46.81	2,209	1.57
	215	Ghatiya (SC)	80.22	Ramlal Malviya		79,639	48.47	Ajit Premchand Guddu		75,011	44.66	4,628	3.81
	216	Ujjain North	67.53	Paras Chandra Jain		77,271	52.49	Mhanat Rajendra Bharati		51,547	35.02	25,724	17.47
	217	Ujjain South	68.67	Dr. Mohan Yadav		78,178	46.71	Rajendra Vashishta		59,218	35.38	18,960	11.33
	218	Badnagar	82.78	Murli Morwal		76,802	49.39	Sanjay Sharma		71,421	45.93	5,381	3.46
Ratlam	219	Ratlam Rural (ST)	85.43	Dilip Kumar Makwana		79,806	49.3	Thawarlal Bhuriya		74,201	45.83	5,605	3.47
	220	Ratlam City	73.03	Chetanya Kasyap		91,986	63.66	Manoj Malve		48,551	33.6	43,435	30.06
	221	Sailana (ST)	89.0	Harsh Gehlot		73,597	44.73	Narayan Maida		45,099	27.41	28,498	17.32
	222	Jaora	84.21	Rajendra Pandey		64,503	36.49	K. K. Singh Kalukheda		63,992	36.2	511	0.29
	223	Alot (SC)	82.62	Manoj Chawla		80,821	49.42	Jitendra Thawarchand		75,373	46.08	5,448	3.34
Mandsaur	224	Mandsour	79.63	Yashpal Singh Sisodia		102,626	52.52	Narendra Nahata		84,256	43.12	18,370	9.4
	225	Malhargarh (SC)	86.5	Jagdish Dewda		99,839	51.03	Parshuram Sisodiya		87,967	44.96	11,872	6.07
	226	Suwasra	82.55	Hardeep Singh Dang		93,169	45.03	Radheshyam Nanelal Patidar		92,819	44.86	350	0.17
	227	Garoth	79.6	Devilal Dhakad		75,946	41.93	Subhash Kumar Sojata		73,838	40.76	2,108	1.17
Neemuch	228	Manasa	84.86	Anirudha Maroo		87,004	56.64	Umrao Singh Shivlal		61,050	39.74	25,954	16.9
	229	Neemuch	79.69	Dilip Singh Parihar		87,197	51.93	Satya Narayan		72,340	43.08	14,857	8.85
	230	Jawad	84.45	Om Prakash Sakhlecha		52,316	37.4	Rajkumar Rameshchandra		48,045	34.35	4,271	3.05

Government formation

The counting of votes started on 11 December 2018, results were fluctuating throughout the day. On 12 December 2018 final figure of the result was declared. The INC became the single largest party with 114 seats. BJP won 109 seats. INC claimed support of Samajwadi Party's 1 MLA, Bahujan Samaj Party's 2 MLA and 4 Independent MLA . Due to no majority Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh resigned on 12 December 2018. Kamal Nath took oath on 17 December 2018 as new Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh and with this, INC came back to the power in State after 15 years.However, after the resignation of 22 sitting MLAs from the INC, Kamal Nath resigned on 20 March 2020 and subsequently Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the BJP returned as the CM again on 23 March 2020.

By-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	29 April 2019	Chhindwara	Deepak Saxena		Kamal Nath
2	21 October 2019	Jhabua	Guman Singh Damor		Kantilal Bhuria
3	10 November 2020	Morena	Raghuraj Singh Kansana		Rakesh Mavai
4		Dimani	Girraj Dandotiya		Ravindra Singh Tomar
5		Ambah	Kamlesh Jatav		Kamlesh Jatav
6		Mehgaon	O.P.S. Bhadoria		O.P.S. Bhadoria
7		Gohad	Ranvir Jatav		Mevaram Jatav
8		Gwalior	Pradyumn Singh Tomar		Pradyumn Singh Tomar
9		Gwalior East	Munnalal Goyal		Satish Sikarwar
10		Dabra	Imarti Devi		Suresh Raje
11		Bhander	Raksha Santram Saroniya		Raksha Santram Saroniya
12		Karera	Jasmant Jatav		Pragilal Jatav
13		Pohari	Suresh Dhakad		Suresh Dhakad
14		Bamori	Mahendra Singh Sisodia		Mahendra Singh Sisodia
15		Ashok Nagar	Jajpal Singh Jajji		Jajpal Singh Jajji
16		Mungaoli	Brajendra Singh Yadav		Brajendra Singh Yadav
17		Surkhi	Govind Singh Rajput		Govind Singh Rajput
18		Anuppur	Bisahulal Singh		Bisahulal Singh
19		Sanchi	Prabhuram Choudhary		Prabhuram Choudhary
20		Agar	Manohar Untwal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vipin Wankhede
21		Hatpipliya	Manoj Choudhary		Manoj Choudhary
22		Badnawar	Rajvardhan Singh		Rajvardhan Singh
23		Sanwer	Tulsiram Silawat		Tulsiram Silawat
24		Suwasra	Hardeep Singh Dang		Hardeep Singh Dang
25		Joura	Banwari Lal Sharma		Subedar Singh Rajodha
26		Malhara	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi		Pradyuman Singh Lodhi
27		Nepanagar	Sumitra Kasdekar		Sumitra Kasdekar
28		Mandhata	Narayan Patel		Narayan Patel
29		Biaora	Goverdhan Dangi		Ramchandra Dangi
30		Sumaoli	Adal Singh Kansana		Ajay Singh Kushwaha
31	17 April 2021	Damoh	Rahul Lodhi		Ajay Tandon
32	30 October 2021	Prithvipur	Brijendra Singh Rathore		Shishupal Yadav
33		Raigaon	Jugal Kishore Bagri		Kalpana Verma
34		Jobat	Kalawati Bhuria		Sulochana Rawat

See also

• Elections in India
• 2018 elections in India
• 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis
• 2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections

External links

• Election Commission of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Madhya Pradesh: Women voted more than men in 44 constituencies . . Ramendra Singh . 13 December 2018 . 13 December 2018.
2. Web site: Madhya Pradesh: CM Kamal Nath takes oath as MLA. 10 June 2019. The Economic Times - The Times of India.
3. Web site: MP cliffhanger ends; Congress single-largest party with 114, BJP gets 109.. . 12 December 2018 . 12 December 2018.
4. Web site: MP Election 2018. Rajasthan Patrika. 16 November 2018.
5. Web site: Terms of the Houses. Election Commission of India. 11 May 2018.
6. Web site: BJP set to retain Madhya Pradesh: Times Now-CNX survey . 8 November 2018. The Economic Times.
7. Web site: ABP-CSDS Survey: BJP to Retain Chhattisgarh, Cong To Bag Rajasthan. The. Quint. 8 November 2018. BQ Prime.
8. Web site: Congress set to pocket Rajasthan, MP and Telangana; close fight in Chhattisgarh and Mizoram: C-Voter survey. 9 November 2018.
9. Web site: IndiaTV-CNX Opinion Poll on Madhya Pradesh Elections 2018: Shivraj Chouhan back as CM, BJP may get 128 seats . 11 October 2018. www.indiatvnews.com.
10. Web site: ओपिनियन पोल: MP में खत्म होगा कांग्रेस का वनवास, बहुमत के साथ बना सकती है सरकार. एबीपी. न्यूज़. 6 October 2018. www.abplive.com.
11. Web site: News Nation opinion poll: Congress to upset Raje in Rajasthan, BJP may retain Chhattisgarh; close fight in Madhya Pradesh. News Nation English.
12. Web site: EXCL SURVEY: BJP ahead in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh; Congress in Rajasthan. 9 October 2018. www.timesnownews.com.
13. Web site: Cong to Win Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh, Modi Factor to Swing BJP Fortunes in States in 2019: Survey. 14 August 2018. News18.
14. Web site: IBC24 News : Chhattisgarh News, Madhya Pradesh News, Chhattisgarh News Live, Madhya Pradesh News Live, Chhattisgarh News In Hindi, Madhya Pradesh In Hindi. www.ibc24.in.
15. Web site: Exit Polls: Full Table of All Exit Poll Results for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram. 7 December 2018. News18.
16. Web site: Exit Poll Results 2018: All you need to know. 7 December 2018. mint.
17. Web site: Exit polls: Cong to get Rajasthan, MP is close. Shemin. Joy,DHNS. Deccan Herald. 6 August 2023.
18. Web site: अर्थशास्‍त्री का दावाः एमपी, राजस्‍थान और छत्‍तीसगढ़ में BJP को मिलेगा पूर्ण बहुमत. 7 December 2018. News18 हिंदी.
19. Web site: The curse of 4,337 on Shivraj Singh Chouhan . 12 December 2018 . Rahul Kanwal . 2 June 2021.
20. Web site: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Result 2018 Live: Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (MLA) Elections Live . 2 June 2021.