Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: More than 76 percent voting, fate of 2533 candidates captured in EVM

Bhopal,(His). Voting for all 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh under the Assembly Elections 2023 was completed peacefully on Friday amid sporadic incidents. During this period, more than 76 percent voters exercised their franchise. With this, the fate of 2533 candidates who are trying their luck in the election fray for all the 230 seats of the state will be captured in EVMs.

According to the information given by the Election Office around 10.30 pm on Friday, peaceful voting took place from 7.00 am to 6.00 pm at 64,626 polling stations across the state. During this period, the total average voting in the state was 76.22 percent. These include 88.03 in Agarmalwa district, 60.10 in Alirajpur, 77.03 in Anuppur district, 78.77 in Ashoknagar, 85.23 in Balaghat, 74.93 in Barwani, 80.70 in Betul, 63.27 in Bhind, 66.00 in Bhopal, 76.68 in Burhanpur, 71.20 in Chhatarpur. , 82.80 in Chhindwara , 75.03 in Damoh, 75.30 in Datia, 81.22 in Dewas, 77.15 in Dhar, 82.51 in Dindori, 78.69 in Guna, 67.01 in Gwalior, 81.89 in Harda, 70.54 in Indore, 74.30 in Jabalpur, 76.72 in Jhabua, 76.72 in Katni. 75.33 percent voting Has happened.

Similarly, 74.93 in Khandwa, 78.89 in Khargone, 82.05 in Mandla, 83.28 in Mandsaur, 68.27 in Morena, 81.85 in Narmadapuram, 82.80 in Narsinghpur, 83.30 in Neemuch, 82.36 in Niwari, 74.07 in Panna, 79.4 in Raisen. 1, 84.29 in Rajgarh, 83.40 in Ratlam, 66.85 in Rewa, 75.64 in Sagar, 73.25 in Satna, 81.54 in Sehore, 85.68 in Seoni, 77.90 in Shahdol, 84.99 in Shajapur, 79.52 in Sheopur, 78.83 in Shivpuri, 69.73 in Sidhi, 7 in Singrauli. 4.43, in Tikamgarh Voting was 75.28 percent, 78.36 percent in Ujjain, 76.57 percent in Umaria and 79.20 percent in Vidisha.

In the Naxal-affected areas of Balaghat, Dindori and Mandla districts of the state, voting took place at some polling stations at 3 pm, while at the remaining polling stations till 6 pm. At present, data has not been received from all the polling stations, hence voting may increase further. After the end of the voting, the work of depositing the voting material in the strongbox set up at the district headquarters by the polling parties continued till late night amidst tight security arrangements.