With the voting for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly will be held in a single phase on November 17, 2023, some 2533 candidates are contesting from different seats, the voting is going to start from 7 am till 6 pm in 2,049 polling stations across the state.
The main contest remains between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, though the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Gondwana Gantantra Party, the Aam Admi Party (AAP) and several independent candidates are in fray.
Of some 5.606 cr voters, the male are 2.882 cr females 2.723 cr and third gender 1,373 are eligible to exercise their franchise on November 17, 2023.
The alert BJP want to retain power, this time, learning from the past mistakes where the Congress formed the government in the state in 2018. The focus of BJP is mostly on the welfare schemes and the welfare schemes discontinued by the Congress on coming to power in year 2018.
While the Congress is focusing on large percentage of OBC voters and other welfare issues, targeted the BJP government over unemployment, price rise and alleged commission raj prevail in the state.
The rebellion in the Congress dethroned it in March 2020, then the Congress took support of the independent MLAs and Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.
The INDIA alliance was divided as far Madhya Pradesh assembly polls is concerned with the Congress is clear on the INDIA alliance which its leaders say was basically formed looking to the Lok Sabha polls to held in year 2024 and the alliance has nothing to do with the assembly polls in any state.
The entry of the AAP for first time in the MP assembly polls wants its presence in the state politics in the backdrop of winning the mayor post in Singrauli in the local bodies elections held recently.
The BJP depends on the popular image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Home Affairs senior leader Home Amit Shah to woo voters. While the Congress campaign was mostly done by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, senior leader Priyanka Gandhi, national president Mallikarjun Khadge.
The BSP and SP is focusing on the Bundelkhand area of Madhya Pradesh bordering to Uttar Pradesh.
