MP Exit Poll Results 2023 Live Updates: Exit polls predict that the Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win big in Madhya Pradesh as per, with Congress on the passenger seat in the recently-concluded Assembly elections.
People in MP voted on 17 November, which saw a oter turnout of 71.16 percent, as per the Election Commission of India.
According to exit polls data from CVoter, India Today-Axis MyIndia, Republic's P-Marq and Matrize, and News24-Today's Chanakya, the seat projections for Madhya Pradesh are as following:
Most exit polls have predicted a victory for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh.
Meanwhile, out of the four polls we analysed, CVoter gave an edge to the Congress party.
In 2018, the Congress obtained 114 seats out of 230 and garnered support from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), and independent MLAs to form the government.
The government faced a collapse when 22 Congress MLAs resigned from the assembly and joined the BJP in 2020.
The key seats to watch out for are former CM Kamal Nath’s Chhindwara, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s Dimani, Churhat, state Home Minister and BJP leader Narottam Mishra’s Datia, CM Shivraj’s Budhni and BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's Indore 1.
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'People Will Approve Congress Govt': Kamal Nath
Former MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath posted on X, "I want to remind all Congress workers of their strength. You people are the power of Congress and it is because of your hard work and dedication that the public has voted overwhelmingly in support of the Congress Party. When the counting of votes begins on December 3, the people will approve the Congress government."
'Will Win 165 Seats': Narottam Mishra
"People have given us the mandate. We have complete faith on exit polls, will win 165 seats," Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra told PTI.
'People Fed Up With CM Chouhan': Digvijaya Singh
Meanwhile, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said his party will get "more than 130 seats."
"Exit poll results are very diverse. We cannot say anything about it. I can assure you that the Congress will get more than 130 seats in Madhya Pradesh...People want transformation...People are fed up with CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan...," Singh told news agency ANI.
'Was Never in Doubt': CM Shivraj Boasts Predicted Victory
As polls predicted BJP victory in MP, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that "we (BJP) knew that we will win."
"I already said this earlier that the love for PM and his leadership, Amit Shah's strategy, JP Nadda's chairmanship, hard work by workers, the double-engine government and the development that has taken place here, I was never in doubt that BJP will win. I always knew that we will win and we are winning," Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan told news agency PTI.