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Congress has surged ahead going by the current trends coming
in from Madhya Pradesh. (Image: Twitter)
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Early trends coming in from Madhya
Pradesh show an extremely close contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) and Congress as the two parties are constantly overtaking each
other.
Trends from the 230 seats in Madhya
Pradesh show Congress leading in 116 constituencies at the moment while BJP is
leading in 101 seats.
Several state ministers,
including Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya, are trailing from their respective
seats while Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is still holding the fort.
Several top BJP leaders and other
state ministers are not faring well so far.
In the 2013 assembly elections,
BJP had won 165 seats while the Congress had 58. A party needs 116 seats in the
230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly to for the government.
As many as 2,907 candidates were
in fray for the November 28 assembly polls as CM Shivraj Chouhan is attempting
a fourth term in office, while challenger Congress expects to return to power
after a 15-year gap.
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