2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections


By-elections for twenty eight state assembly constituencies were held in Madhya Pradesh on 3 November 2020. The ruling BJP won 19 out of the 28 seats, gaining 18 seats and retaining its majority in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The opposition Congress won 9 seats, losing 18 seats following the election.

Background

In March 2020, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, along with 22 Congress MLAs, defected to the BJP. This resulted in the toppling of the Kamal Nath ministry and the ascendancy of Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government. By 23 July 2020, another 3 Congress MLAs, Sumitra Devi Kasdekar and Narayan Patel ) had resigned to join the BJP.
In addition, 3 seats became vacant due to the deaths of their respective sitting MLAs. The elections were scheduled to be held on or before September 2020, but got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Election schedule

EventDateDay
Date for Nominations9 October 2020Friday
Last Date for filing Nominations16 October 2020Friday
Date for scrutiny of nominations17 October 2020Saturday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures19 October 2020Monday
Date of poll3 November 2020Tuesday
Date of counting10 November 2020Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed12 November 2020Thursday

Results

Results by constituency

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