Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Two seats—Budhni in Sehore and Vijaypur in Sheopur—voted to elect their respective leaders in byelections held on November 13. The vote counting has already started in these two seats on Saturday morning, and the final results are expected by evening.
Vijapur turned violent on polling day
Shivraj's Budhni witnessed a fight between Congress' Rajkumar Patel and BJP's Ramakant Bhargava. Similarly, Congress candidate Mukesh Malhotra is giving a tough fight to the BJP's Ramnivas Rawat in Vijaypur.
Several incidents of violence were reported from both the assembly constituencies on the day of voting. Gunshots were fired, and hooglianisim was reported in Vijaypur as the people queued up to exercise their franchise.
After the voting concluded, some goons entered a village in Vijaypur and set ablaze shanties of villagers and cattle fodder.
भा.ज.पा. प्रत्याशी रामनिवास रावत के गुंडे विजयपुर के ग्राम कोटका पोलिंग बूथ के सामने बंदूक और हथियार के साथ बैठकर आदिवासी भाइयों और बहनों को वोट डालने से रोक रहे हैं, और पूरा प्रशासन मौन रहकर इस शर्मनाक घटनाक्रम का गवाह बन रहा है।
— Jitendra (Jitu) Patwari (@jitupatwari) November 13, 2024
पूरे उपचुनाव में भाजपा की पुलिस और प्रशासन ने… pic.twitter.com/hqg90oaatI
Congress and BJP accused each other of resorting to violence to influence voting in their favour. Congress chief Jitu Patwari hit out at the BJP government and accused them of planning attacks by the goons.
"First the goons fired shots; now they are hurling abuses at women and hitting them with lathis," Patwari had posted on social media, tagging the Election Commission of India. He sought immediate action from the ECI.
विजयपुर में भाजपा के कार्यकर्ता कम और कलेक्टर-एसपी ज़्यादा मेहनत कर रहे हैं।
— Jitendra (Jitu) Patwari (@jitupatwari) November 13, 2024
मोहन यादव जी, अब मध्य प्रदेश में सरकार नहीं, सर्कस चला रहे हैं। pic.twitter.com/gfX0na1SQ7
Updates at 1:15pm
Congress candidate Mukesh Malhotra maintains his lead against BJP's Ramniwas Rawat by 4545 votes in Vijaypur after 19th round.
Even though Vijaypur is in the final leg of vote tally, counting in Budhni is going at a turtle's pace and only four rounds have been completed here.
Updates at 1pm
Congress continues to lead by a margin of 4747 votes after the 18th round of counting in Vijaypur.
Updates at 12:30pm
After maintaining lead in first three round, Congress candidate Rajkumar Patel is trailing behind BJP's Ramakant Bhargava in Budhni in round 4.
Congress candidate Mukesh Malhotra took lead in Vijaypur by 1842 votes. He received 76,191 votes against Rawat's 74,349 votes.
Updates at 12:15pm
After 12th round of voting, Congress candidate Mukesh Malhotra takes lead by 663 votes against BJP’s Ramnivas Rawat
Updates at 10:30am
BJP's Ramnivas Rawat is leading against congress' Mukesh Malhotra by 5478 votes in Vijaypur.
On the contrary, Congress candidate Rajkumar Patel is leading by 953 votes in Budhni seat, giving a neck-to neck fight to BJP's Ramakant Bhargava.
मतदाता सूची का विशेष संक्षिप्त पुनरीक्षण-2025
— Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh (@CEOMPElections) November 19, 2024
मतदाता सूची में नाम जुड़वाने की अंतिम तारीख
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