BJP releases first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh assembly polls

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Lok Sabha Elections. In Madhya Pradesh, BJP came to power after Jyotiraditya Scindia rebelled and walked out of Congress leader Kamal Nath led government, leading to the latter's downfall. BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan was made Chief Minister following the developments.

In Chhattisgarh, BJP won only 15 of the 90 seats in the Chhattisgarh Assembly while the Congress bagged 68, during the 2018 assembly elections, following which Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel has remained Chief Minister. In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP managed to turn things around in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, when it won nine of the 11 constituencies in Chhattisgarh and 28 of the 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh. The BJP has admitted to the fact that results of the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram assembly elections stands as a litmus test ahead of the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, where BJP is looking to win a third straight term.

Notably, of all the five states that go into elections during November-December 2023, BJP was only able to come to power in Madhya Pradesh, after usurping the elected Kamal Nath government. In 2018, the Congress emerged as the largest party in the state by winning 114 seats in the 230-member house in Madhya Pradesh. BJP, on Thursday, released their first list of 39 candidates for this state assembly elections.