Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2013

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2013
मध्य प्रदेश विधान सभा चुनाव, 2013

2008 ←

November 25, 2013 (2013-11-25)

All 230 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 116 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	71%
	First party	Second party

Leader	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	undeclared
Party	BJP	INC
Leader since	29 November 2005
Leader's seat	Budhni and Vidisha
Last election	143 seats	71 seats
Seats before	143	71
Seats after	165	58
Seat change	22	13

Madhya Pradesh

Chief Minister before election

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
BJP

Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
BJP

A Legislative Assembly election was held on 25 November 2013 in Madhya Pradesh, India, with the result announced on 8 December. Along with other provincial elections, these were the first five elections in which the Election Commission of India 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.

All major pre-poll surveys predicted BJP's win.

A total of 2,586 candidates filled their nomination for 230 seats spread across 51 districts.

Prominent BJP candidates include former CM, Babulal Gaur (Govindpura constituency in Bhopal), Kailash Vijayvargiya (Mhow in Indore) and former PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s nephew Anoop Mishra (Bhitarvar in Gwalior).

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