A total of 10.4 million voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the first phase of MP urban body elections
Voting began Saturday morning for by-elections in Madhya Pradesh
Rahul Lodhi who represents Damoh constituency in the state's Bundelkhand region, resigned from the assembly.
The results have also come as a shot in the arm for former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who took a big political risk by quitting the Congress and joining the BJP in March
Congress has so far won one seat Biaora - and was leading in eight others
The BJP held sway over the party-ruled state with leads in all eight seats and the Congress trailing
With all the attention on Bihar, people have forgotten about the 56 other Assembly seats for which by-polls have been held. We look at the states where by-elections took place - and their important
Voting for bypolls in 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh began on Tuesday morning
The Election Commission on Saturday barred BJP candidate and Madhya Pradesh Minister Imarti Devi from campaigning in the state for one day on November 1 for violating the poll code
SC on Monday stayed the Madhya Pradesh HC order asking political parties to conduct their campaign for the November 3 assembly bypolls virtually instead of holding physical rallies due to COVID-19
With an eye on bypolls to 27 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, especially in Gwalior-Chambal region that accounts for 16 of these seats, the ruling BJP launched a three-day membership drive
Kamal Nath wrote to the Election Commission, suggesting that the upcoming Assembly bypolls should be conducted using ballot papers in view of Covid-19 pandemic
After two and a half months of taking oath, Chouhan has many challenges before him. The first is to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected more than 10,000 people in the state
'Heavens are not going to fall if Congress government is allowed to continue till by-polls,' said senior advocate Dushyant Dave
In Madhya Pradesh, the Congress just about managed to retain the Mungaoli assembly seat. It won the Kolaras seat a bit more comfortably
Some incidents of violence were reported from Ater seat