BJP cruised to a two thirds majority in MP assembly, winning 163 of 230 seats!?
Reportedly the BJP’s impressive performance in politically crucial Malwa-Nimar and Gwalior-Chambal regions is one of the key factors behind the saffron party’s resounding victory in madhya pradesh elections. The bjp on sunday cruised to a two-thirds majority in the mp assembly, winning 163 of the 230 seats, restricting the congress to just 66.The saffron party won 48 of the total 66 segments in the Malwa-Nimar region spread across 15 districts, a gain of 20 seats compared to 2018, decimating the Congress’ tally to 17. Sailana segment in Ratlam district is won by Bharat Adivasi party, a new entrant in the state politics. In the 2018 assembly elections, Malwa-Nimar and gwalior Chambal belts had hugely favoured congress, which won 114 seats in the state at that time to grab power.In the last elections, congress had won 35 constituencies from the Malwa Nimar belt whereas BJP’s tally fell to 28 from 57 seats it had won in 2013. bjp national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who won from Indore-1 seat, has been a prominent data-face from Malwa Nimar.The bharatiya janata party won more than half of the 34 seats in the Gwalior-Chambal region, where former congress politician and present Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia holds pockets of influence, but several of those who had joined the party in 2020 after revolting against the congress bit the dust. In the 2018 elections, congress had won 26 out of 34 seats in the Gwalior-Chambal region when Scindia was in the party. In the 2023 elections, the congress ceded 10 seats to bjp in the absence of Scindia.The bjp now has 18 MLAs from gwalior Chambal, a gain of 11 including one from BSP. Among prominent data-faces in this region, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar won Dimani seat in Morena district but senior bjp leader and state home minister Narottam Mishra suffered a defeat on the home turf of Datia. This time, the bjp added a varying number of seats to its tally in all major regions of madhya pradesh including Bundelkhand, Vindhya, Mahakoshal and the central region (Bhopal and Narmadapuram divisions).
On the other hand, the Congress’ vote share remained almost the same at 40.40 per cent as against 40.89 per cent (2018) as its tally plunged from 114 to 66 seats.