Madhya Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 45.40 per cent while neighbouring Chhattisgarh saw 38.22 per cent polling in the second phase till 1 pm on Friday, the Election Commission informed.
Voting for Madhya Pradesh's all 230 assembly seats began at 7 a.m. today. The voters can cast their ballots until 6 p.m., except in the Baihar, Lanji, and Parswara assembly seats of Balaghat district and some booths in Mandla and Dindori districts, where voting will be held until 3 p.m.
As the clock ticks down to the commencement of polling for the high-stakes Madhya Pradesh assembly election 2023 on Friday, a spotlight shines on crucial constituencies that hold the destiny of prominent leaders from both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress.
Indore Police have registered cases against the workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress following the clashes over distributing gifts among the public ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.
To encourage the general public to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Assembly election a huge 400 square feet rangoli was made at the Boat Club in Bhopal on Wednesday.
In a post on X in Hindi, the Scindia, a former Congress leader, said the general secretary of the grand old party who accused his family of having a tradition of 'betrayal' is a "part-time leader".
Listing out of the key takeaways and works done by the BJP government in election-bound Madhya Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday urged people to vote the saffron party back to power, adding that it would carry forward its efforts to make MP the "best state" if elected.
Ramping up his electioneering for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi fired a sharp barb at the Congress, saying that the grand old party's president (Mallikarjun Kharge) is controlled by a remote.
"Lagao jitna zor tanashahi ke liye, hum bhi ladte rahenge apni begunahi ke liye (Use as much force as you want for dictatorship, We will also keep fighting for our innocence)," Kharge said while addressing a poll campaign in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior East constituency.