Madhya Pradesh

• 22 Nov 2023

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023 : 77.15 Percent Voting Place in the State

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According to the information given by Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department on November 21, 2023, 77.15 percent voting took place in the elections held on November 17 in the state for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023.

Key Points:

• It may be noted that voting was held in one phase on November 17 for 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh. In comparison to the Assembly elections 2018 in the state, there has been an increase of 2.10 percent in the voting in the Assembly elections held this year in 2023.
• Excluding the voting percentage of postal ballot, 77.15 percent voting took place in the state this year, which includes 76.03 percent women and 78.21 percent male voters. Whereas in the assembly elections 2018, there was 75.05 percent voting in the state.
• Special points of Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023-
• Seoni district recorded the highest voting percentage of 86.29 percent. Whereas Alirajpur district had the lowest turnout of 61.81 percent.
• Highest voting took place in Sailana assembly constituency of Ratlam district. This time the voting percentage is 90.10, whereas in the year 2018 elections there was 88.35 percent voting.
• Jobat assembly constituency of Alirajpur district recorded the lowest turnout of 54 percent in the state. In the 2018 assembly elections, the voting percentage of Jobat Assembly was 52.31 percent, while in the year 2023 it has increased to 54.37 percent.
• In the Assembly Elections-2023, the voting percentage of Lakhnadaun Assembly Constituency of Seoni district of the state has increased the most. In the year 2018, the voting percentage here was 77.98, whereas in the year 2023 assembly elections, it has increased to 84.71. The voting percentage here has increased by 6.73 percent.
• In the 2023 assembly elections, there are 34 such constituencies out of 230 assembly constituencies in the state, in which the voting percentage of female voters has been higher than that of male voters. In Sinhawal assembly constituency no. 78 of Sidhi district, the voting percentage of women is 11.91 percent more than that of men.