Madhya Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 27.62 per cent while neighbouring Chhattisgarh saw 19.65 per cent polling in the second phase till 11 am on Friday, the Election Commission informed on Friday.
Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Virendra Kumar on Friday said that the day of voting is no less than a festival and cast his vote at a polling booth in Tikamgarh district while polling is underway for the 230-member Assembly in Madhya Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended his greetings to first-time voters in Madhya Pradesh where polling is underway for the 230-member Assembly.
At a rally on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi reiterated his call for a caste census and termed the exercise an "X-ray" that would give details of various communities in the country.
In his last public gathering for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, the UP CM accused the Congress of hindering the development of the resource-rich region of Chhindwara.
Addressing a public rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated Jhabua district, PM Modi also promised to provide free education to girls from KG to their post-graduation and to open medical colleges in tribal districts once the BJP government is formed in the state.
Addressing a public rally in Guna's Raghogarh, Amit Shah promised that the BJP would bear the cost for the darshan of Lord Ram Lalla if its government is formed in Madhya Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the Congress in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and alleged that the party will "reverse the development journey" in the state
Launching an all-out attack on the Congress in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the grand old party followed the "laapata (missing) model" when it ruled the state.
Hitting out at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over the ED's claim that he received crores from the promoters of the Mahadev betting app, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said the ruling Congress was meeting its expenses for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections with