Kamal Nath, the chief minister face for Congress, was leading with close to 2,000 votes in Chhindwara constituency in early trends. However, the firecrackers were kept in the box as Congress seemed to have failed to topple the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party that took lead in 150 out of 230 seats.
While Kamal Nath got 14,485 votes in the first two rounds of 22, BJP's Vivek Bunty Sahu was second placed with 8,507 votes, according to ECI website.
The fight is going to be between Kamal Nath and Sahu as other candidates such as Bahujan Samaj Party's Thakur Trivikram Hirpachi or Ahina Samaj PArty's Rajesh Tantrik were left far behind.
As Madhya Pradesh went to polls on November 17, the Congress chief ministerial face and PCC President Kamal Nath had said he has faith in the people and that they will side with the truth.
He had alleged BJP to deploy money and liquor on the polling day and had hoped that people will vote for Congress to form government in Madhya Pradesh.