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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Madhya Pradesh on 17 November 2023 to elect all 230 members of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023.
The tenure of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 6 January 2024. The previous assembly elections were held in November 2018. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Kamal Nath becoming the Chief Minister.
In March 2020, 22 Congress MLAs resigned from the assembly, and defected to Bharatiya Janata Party along with Jyotiraditya Scindia, resulting in the collapse of the state government and resignation by Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Subsequently BJP formed the state government, with Shivraj Singh Chouhan becoming Chief Minister.
During the voting process in 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, murder of four people belonging to Rajput caste took place in Chakrampur village of Shivpuri district. This incident happened on 17 November 2023, when some people belonging to Kushwaha caste were allegedly trying to do frivolous voting in the favour of Indian National Congress, Kailash Kushwah on the Chakrampur polling booth in Shivpuri district. When stopped by Rajput people, who were supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, the people belonging to Kushwaha caste allegedly surrounded them and tried to burn them alive inside their vehicle, while they left the polling booth. On beling unsuccessful in their attempt, the perpetrators thrashed them badly leading to the death of four Rajput people belonging to same family.
This village falls under Pohari Assembly constituency and there was massive protest by the people belonging to Rajput caste after the incident.
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023.
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Union Minister for Co-operation and Home Affairs and former BJP President Amit Shah launched his party's campaign for 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on 30 July 2023 at a huge political rally in Indore. Shah called upon the party workers and the crowd to break all the previous records of victory in the elections.
The party announced its manifesto on 11 November 2023.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi launched her party's campaign at a huge rally in Jabalpur on 12 June 2023, hitting out at the BJP over scams and unfulfilled promises of jobs. She also announced the 5 guarantees of the Congress Party to the people of Madhya Pradesh.
The party released its manifesto which included seven rights and fifty-nine promises on 17 October 2023.
The party's campaign slogan for the election was "Congress ayegi, khushhali layegi" (Congress will usher in happiness).
The Election Commission of India has granted permission for individuals aged 80 and above and those with physical challenges to cast their votes from the comfort of their homes using ballot papers.
Exit polls were released on 30 November 2023.
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