The counting of votes will take place from 8 am on Tuesday in the 19 districts where the by-elections were held on November 3, an official said on Monday. He said that the Election Commission guidelines would be concerning COVID-19 so that counting agents do not gather in large numbers in the counting centers.
The impact of the Jyotiraditya Scindia Factor in the changed political scenario in Madhya Pradesh will be known as counting of votes has begun on Tuesday for the by-elections for the 28 assembly seats in the state. The BJP needs to retain the power to win at least eight of these 28 seats and obtain a simple majority in the 230-member Assembly, which has an effective strength of 229.
The by-election results are also significant for former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, who lost power in the state seven months ago when a section of Congress legislators rebelled against him and joined the BJP after Scindia left the party.
The counting of votes started at 8 am on Tuesday in the 19 districts where the by-elections were held on November 3. He said that the Election Commission guidelines would be concerning COVID-19 so that counting agents do not gather in large numbers in the counting centres.
As per the Election Commission's instructions, a candidate, his poll agent, and counting agent can remain present in the counting hall. "As per the Election Commission's instructions, results can be displayed from the controlling unit on the larger unit," the official said.
Despite the COVID-19 epidemic, there was a total of 70.27 percent turnout during the by-elections, contested by 355 candidates, including 12 ministers. In these 28 constituencies, the official said the average voting percentage in the 2018 assembly elections was 72.93 percent in the Gwalior-Chambal region.
For the first time in Madhya Pradesh, by-elections were held in 28 assembly seats of the 230-member House. By-elections in these 25 seats were necessary as the sitting Congress MLAs resigned and joined the BJP. They contested by-elections as BJP candidates.
In the remaining three assembly constituencies, by-elections were held due to the demise of the sitting MLAs. Another Congress MLA recently resigned. The BJP currently has 107 MLAs, while the Congress has 87 MLAs in the House.
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