By The BJP was leading in 17 seats and also the Congress in 9 in Madhya Pradesh as votes were counted for assembly by-elections in 58 seats across 11 states, in line with the committee web site on Tuesday.
India’s ruling party was conjointly ahead in seven seats and also the Congress in one in Gujarat, wherever by-elections were a command in eight seats, and 5 in the state, wherever polls were a command in seven constituencies. The Samajwadi Party was ahead in one associated a freelance candidate in another within the country’s most thickly settled state.
Counting for the polling continued Gregorian calendar month three began at eight am and progressed strictly in accordance with the Election Commission’s pointers, officers same. the quantity of individuals United Nations agency is a gift within the investigation halls was restricted and in-depth measures taken to make sure social distancing, they said.
It’s a high-stakes electoral battle, notably in Madhya Pradesh wherever the BJP-led Shivraj Singh Chouhan government is fast during a fierce contest for survival with the Congress. Elections were commanding for twenty-eight seats. The BJP that has 107 MLAs within the assembly, with an efficient strength of 229, desires a minimum of eight additional MLAs for an easy majority.
Votes were conjointly counted for by-elections in the province (five seats), Haryana (one), Chhattisgarh (one), Jharkhand (two), Karnataka (two), Nagaland (two), Odisha (two) and Telangana (one).
According to trends on the committee website, the BJP had won one seat in province associated was leading in 2 whereas the Congress was leading in one and freelance in one.
