A Legislative Assembly election was held on 25 November 2013 in Madhya Pradesh, India, with the result announced on 8 December. Along with four other state assembly elections, these were the first elections in which the Election Commission of India (ECI) implemented a "None of the above" (NOTA) voting option, allowing the electorate to register a neutral vote but not to outright reject candidates. In a first, the Election Commission of India also appointed Central Awareness Observers, whose main task was to oversee voter awareness and facilitation.
Opinion polls All major pre-poll surveys predicted BJP's win.
Survey by BJP Congress BSP Others India Today Group-ORG Poll 143 78 – 9 ABP News-Dainik Bhaskar-Nielsen 155 65 – 10 CSDS-CNN-IBN-The Week 148–160 52–62 3–7 10–18 Actual Results 165 58 4 3
List of declared candidates A total of 2,586 candidates filled their nomination for 230 seats spread across 51 districts.
Prominent BJP candidates included former CM Babulal Gaur (Govindpura constituency in Bhopal), Gopal Bhargava (Rehli in Sagar), Kailash Vijayvargiya (Mhow in Indore) and former PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s nephew Anoop Mishra (Bhitarvar in Gwalior).
Prominent Congress candidates included former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri (Bhojpur), leader of the opposition in the assembly Ajay Singh (Churhat), Digvijaya Singh’s son Jaivardhan Singh (Raghogarh), and Sachin Yadav, son of former Deputy CM, Subhash Yadav (Kasravad).
# Constituency Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Others 001 Sheopur Brijraj Singh Chouhan Durgalal Vijay 002 Vijaypur Ram Niwas Rawat Sitaram Aadivashi 003 Sabalgarh Suresh Choudhary Maherban Singh Rawat 004 Joura Banwari Lal Subedar Singh Sikar 005 Sumawali Adal Singh Kansana Satyapal Singh 006 Morena Dinesh Gurjar Rustam Singh 007 Dimani Ravindra Singh Tomar Bhidausa Shivamangal Singh 008 Ambah Amarsingh Sakhwar Banshi Lal Jatav 009 Ater Satyadev Katare Arvind Singh Bhadoriya 010 Bhind 011 Lahar Govind Singh Rasal Singh 012 Mehgaon OPS Bhadoria Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi 013 Gohad (SC) Mewaram Jatav Lalsingh Arya 014 Gwalior Rural Ramsevak Singh (Babuji) Bharat Singh Kushwaha 015 Gwalior Pradyumn Singh Tomar Jaibhan Singh Pavaia, ex-MP 016 Gwalior East Munnalal Goyal Maya Singh 017 Gwalior South Ramesh Goyal Narain Singh Kushwah 018 Bhitarwar Lakhan Singh Yadav Anoop Mishra 019 Dabra Imarti Devi Suresh Raje 020 Sewda Pradeep Aggarwal 021 Bhander (SC) Arun Kumar Bharti 022 Datia Dr. Narottam Mishra 023 Karera (SC) Smt. Shakuntala Khatik Om Prakash Khatik 024 Pohari Hari Vallabh Shukla Prahlad Bharti 025 Shivpuri Yashodhara Raje, MP 026 Pichhore K.P. Singh Kakkajoo 027 Kolaras Ram Singh Devendra Jain 028 Bamori Mahendra Singh Sisodia 029 Guna (SC) Neeraj Nigam Panna Lal Shakya 030 Chachoura Shivnarayan Meena Mamta Meena 031 Raghogarh Radheyshyam Dhakar 032 Ashok Nagar (SC) Gopilal Jatav 033 Chanderi 034 Mungaoli Deshraj Singh 035 Bina (SC) Nirmala Sapre Mahesh Rai 036 Khurai Arunodaya Choubey Bhupendra Singh, MP 037 Surkhi Govindsingh Rajput Parul Sahu 038 Deori Ratan Singh Silarpur, ex-MLA 039 Rehli Gopal Bhargav 040 Naryoli 041 Sagar Shailendra Jain 042 Banda Narayan Prajapati 043 Tikamgarh Yadvendra Singh K.K. Srivastava 044 Jatara (SC) Harishankar Khatik 045 Prithvipur Brajendra Singh Anita Nayak 046 Niwari 047 Khargapur Rahul Singh 048 Maharajpur Mahendra Chaurasiya Kunwar Manvendra Singh 049 Chandla (SC) R.D. Prajapati 050 Rajnagar Kunwar Vikram Singh Nati Raja Dr. Ramkrishna Kushmaria 051 Chhatarpur Alok Chaturvedi Lalita Yadav 052 Bijawar Rajesh Shukla Pushpendra Nath Pathak 053 Malhara Tilak Singh Lodhi Rekha Yadav 054 Pathariya Lakhan Patel 055 Damoh Jayant Malaiya 056 Jabera Pratap Singh Dashrath Singh 057 Hatta (SC) 058 Pawai Pandit Mukesh Nayak Brijendra Pratap Singh 059 Gunnaor (SC) 060 Panna Sushree Kushum Mehdele 061 Chitrakoot Prem Singh Surendra Singh Gaharwar 062 Raigaon (SC) Pushpraj Bagari 063 Satna Rajaram Tripathi Shankarlal Tiwari 064 Nagod Yadvendra Singh Gagnendra Pratap Singh 065 Maihar Narayan Tripathi 066 Amarpatan Dr. Rajendra Kumar Singh 067 Rampur-Baghelan Kamlendra Singh Kamlu Harsh Singh 068 Sirmour Dr Vivek Tiwari Divyaraj Singh 069 Semariya 070 Teonthar Ramakant Tiwari 071 Mauganj Laxman Tiwari 072 Deotalab Girish Goutam 073 Mangawan (SC) Trivedi Prasad Maitraiy 074 Rewa Rajendra Shukla 075 Gurh Nagendra Singh 076 Churhat Ajay Arjun Singh Sarvendu Tiwari 077 Sidhi Kamleshwar Dwivedi Kedarnath Shukla 078 Sihawal Vishwamitra Pathak 079 Chitrangi (ST) Jagannath Singh 080 Singrauli Ramlallu Vaishya 081 Devsar (SC) Rajendra Meshram 082 Dhauhani (ST) R.D. Singh Kunwar Singh Tekam 083 Beohari (ST) Ram Pal Singh Ram Prasad Singh Paraste 084 Jaisingnagar (ST) Dhyan Singh Marko Pramila Singh 085 Jaitpur (ST) Lallan Singh Jaisingh Maravi 086 Kotma Rajesh Soni 087 Anuppur (ST) Bisahulal Singh Ramlal Rotal 088 Pushprajgarh (ST) Phundelal Singh Marko 089 Bandhavgarh (ST) Pyarelal Baiga 090 Manpur (ST) Sakuntala Pradhan Meena Singh 091 Barwara (ST) Basanth S (Bijay Raghvendra Singh) 092 Vijayraghavgarh Sanjay Pathak Padma Shukla 093 Murwara 094 Bahoriband Dr. Nishith Patel Prabhat Pandey 095 Patan Ajay Vishnoi 096 Bargi Suraj Tiwari 097 Jabalpur Purv (SC) Lakhan Ghanghoria Anchal Sonkar 098 Jabalpur Uttar Naresh Sarraf Sharad Jain 099 Jabalpur Cantt. Ashok Rohani 100 Jabalpur Paschim Tarun Bhanot Harendra Singh Babbu 101 Panagar 102 Sihora (ST) Jamuna Maravi 103 Shahpura (ST) Ganga Bai Ureti Om Prakash Dhurve 104 Dindori (SC) Omkar Singh Markam Jai Singh Maravi 105 Bichhiya (ST) Narayan Singh Patta Pandit Singh Dhurve 106 Niwas Patiram Pandro Rampyare Kulaste 107 Mandla Sanjeev Chhotelal Uike Sampatia Uike 108 Baihar Sanjay Uike Bhagat Singh Netam 109 Lanji Heena Kavre Ramesh Bhatere 110 Paraswada Madhu Bhagat Ramkishore Kanware 111 Balaghat Gourishankar Bisen 112 Waraseoni Pradeep Amritlal Jaiswal Dr. Yogendra Nirmal 113 Katangi K.D. Deshmukh, MP 114 Barghat Arjun Singh Kakodiya Kamal Maskule 115 Seoni Naresh Diwakar 116 Keolari Rajanish Singh Dr. Dhal Singh Bisen 117 Lakhnadon Shashi Thakur 118 Gotegaon Narmada Prasad Prajapati 119 Narsingpur Sunil Jaiswal 120 Narsingpur 121 Gadarwara Sadhana Sthapak 122 Junnardeo Mathan Shah 123 Amarwara Kamlesh Pratap Shah 124 Churai 125 Saunsar Nanabhau Mohod 126 Chhindwara Deepak Saxena 127 Parasia Sohanlal Valmiki Tarachand Bavariya 128 Pandhurna Jatin Uike 129 Multai Sukhdeo Panse Chandrashekhar Deshmukh 130 Amla Sunita Bhele Chetram Manekar 131 Betul Hemant Wagdre Rajeev Khandelwal 132 Ghoradongri Sajjan Singh Uike 133 Bhainsdehi Dharmu Singh Siryam Mahenra Singh Chouhan 134 Timarni Sanjay Shah 135 Harda R.K. Dogne Kamal Patel 136 Seoni – Malwa Hajarilal Raghuwanshi Sartaj Singh 137 Hoshangabad Dr. Sitasharan Sharma 138 Sohagpur Vijay Pal Singh 139 Pipariya Mamta Nagoatra Thakur Das Nagvanshi 140 Udaipura Bhagwan Singh Rajpoot Ramkishan Patel 141 Bhojpur Surendra Patwa 142 Sanchi Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary Dr. Gauri Shankar Shejwar 143 Silwani Rampal Singh 144 Vidisha Shashank Bhargav Kalyan Singh 145 Basoda Hari Singh Raghuvanshi 146 Kurwai Panbai Panthi Veer Singh Panwar 147 Sironj Laxmikant Sharma 148 Shamshabad Jyotsana Yadav Surya Prakash Meena 149 Berasia Mahesh Ratnakar Vishnu Khatri 150 Bhopal Uttar Arif Aqueel Aarif Beg, ex-MP 151 Narela, Bhopal Vishwas Sarang 152 Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim Sanjeev Saxena Umashankar Gupta 153 Bhopal Madhya 154 Govindpura Govind Goyal Babulal Gaur 155 Huzur Jitendra Kumar Daga 156 Budhni Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM 157 Ashta Kailash Parmar Ranjeet Singh Gunwan 158 Ichhawar Shailendra Patel Karan Singh Verma 159 Sehore Usha Saxena 160 Narsinghgarh Girish Bhandari Mohan Sharma 161 Biaora Govardhan Dangi 162 Rajgarh Amar Singh Yadav 163 Khilchipur Priyavrat Singh Kunwar Hajarilal Dangi 164 Sarangpur Krishna Mohan Malviya Kunwar Kothar 165 Susner Vallab Bhai Ambavatia 166 Agar Madhu Gehlot 167 Shajapur Karada Hukum Singh 168 Shujalpur Mahendra Joshi Jaswant Singh Hada 169 Kalapipal 170 Sonkatch Arjun Verma Rajendra Verma 171 Dewas Surekha Verma Tukojirao Panwar* 172 Hatpipliya Thakur Rajendra Singh Baghel Deepak Joshi 173 Khategaon Shyam Holani Ashish Sharma 174 Bagali Ter Singh Devda Champalal Devda 175 Mandhata Lokendra Singh Tomar 176 Harsud Surajbhan Singh Solanki Vijay Shah 177 Khandwa Devendra Verma 178 Pandhana Nandu Bare 179 Nepanagar Ramkishan Patel Rajendra Dadu 180 Burhanpur Archana Chitnish 181 Bhikangaon Jhuma Solanki Nanda Brahmane 182 Badwah Rajendra Singh Solanki Hitendra Singh Solanki 183 Maheshwar Sunil Khande Rajkumar Mev 184 Kasrawad Sachin Yadav Atmaram Patel 185 Khargone Ravi Joshi Balkrishna Patidar 186 Bhagwanpura Vijay Singh Solanki Gajendra Patel 187 Sendhawa Antar Singh Arya 188 Rajpur Bala Bachchan 189 Pansemal Deewan Singh 190 Badwani Ramesh Patel Prem Singh 191 Alirajpur Nagar Singh 192 Jobat Madhav Singh Dabar 193 Jhabua 194 Thandla Gour Singh Vasuniya 195 Petlawad Walsingh Meda Nirmala Bhuriya 196 Sardarpur Pratap Grevval Vel Singh Bhuriya 197 Gandhwani Umang Singhar 198 Kukshi Surendra Singh Honey Baghel Mukam Singh Kirade 199 Manawar 200 Dharampuri Panchilal Meda 201 Dhar Neena Verma 202 Badnawar Rajvardhan Singh Premsingh Bhairo Singh Shekhawat 203 Depalpur Satynaran Patel Manoj Patel 204 Indore – 1 Dipu Yadav Sudarshan Gupta 205 Indore – 2 Chhotu Shukla Ramesh Mendola 206 Indore – 3 Ashwin Joshi Usha Thakur 207 Indore – 4 Suresh Minda Malini Gaur 208 Indore – 5 Pankaj Sanghavi Mahendra Hardia 209 Dr. Ambedkarnagar (Mhow) Antar Singh Darbar Kailash Vijayvargiya 210 Rau Jitu Patwari Jitu Jirati 211 Sanwer Tulsiram Silawat Rajesh Sonkar 212 Nagada – Khachrod Dilip Singh Gurjar 213 Mahidpur Dr. Kalpana Parulekar Bahadur Singh 214 Tarana Rajendra Malviy Anil Firojiya 215 Ghatiya Ram Lal Malviya Satish Malaviya 216 Ujjain Uttar Vivek Yadav Paras Jain 217 Ujjain Dakshin jai singh Dr Mohan Yadav 218 Badnagar 219 Ratlam Rural Mathuralal Damar 220 Ratlam City Chetanya Kasyap Aditi Davesar Himmat Kothari 221 Sailana Sangeeta Charel 222 Jaora Rajendra Pandey 223 Alot 224 Mandsaur Mahendra Singh Gurjar 225 Malhargarh Jagdish Deoda 226 Suwasra 227 Garoth Subhash Kumar Sojatia 228 Manasa Vijendra Singh Malaheda (Vijju) 229 Neemuch Nand Kishor Patel 230 Jawad Om Prakash Saklecha * = Puar died of cardiac arrest on 20 June 2015.
Campaign On 10 November, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who won an election from the Budhni seat in 2008, decided to run again from two seats, Budhni and Vidisha.
A large number of rallies took place prior to elections addressed by various local and national level party leaders including BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the forthcoming general election, Narendra Modi and Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi.
BJP leader and chief ministerial candidate Shivraj Singh Chouhan used 3D Virtual Live Technology to address various rallies simultaneously from one place. This technology was previously used by the then Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi during 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election
BJP extensively campaigned on social media including Twitter and Facebook to attract young and first time voters. BJP's mobile app was also released in a view of upcoming state and General Elections on various platforms including Android, iOS, and Symbian.
ECI also made people aware of the newly introduced NOTA button on EVMs.
Controversies On 5 November, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly speaker and Jabalpur Cantonment MLA, Ishwar Das Rohani died following a heart attack.
Polls were conducted peacefully and no major untoward incident was reported, however, the Election Commission said minor incidents of violence were reported from Bhind and Morena districts.
An assistant poll official in Katni district’s Vijayraghavgarh seat, KB Shrivastava, died of a heart attack while on duty. A case was registered against state minister Ranjana Baghel in Dhar district for allegedly bribing voters.
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