2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections

2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections
28 vacant seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Turnout	70.86%
	Election results (by Constituencies)
Chief Minister before election; Shivraj Singh Chouhan ; BJP	Chief Minister ; Shivraj Singh Chouhan ; BJP

Last updated December 12, 2025

By-elections for twenty eight state assembly constituencies were held in Madhya Pradesh on 3 November 2020. The ruling BJP won 19 out of the 28 seats, gaining 18 seats and retaining its majority in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The opposition Congress won 9 seats, losing 18 seats following the election.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Background

In March 2020, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, along with 22 Congress MLAs, defected to the BJP. This resulted in the toppling of the Kamal Nath ministry and the ascendancy of Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government. By 23 July 2020, another 3 Congress MLAs (Pradyuman Singh Lodhi (of Malhara), Sumitra Devi Kasdekar (of Nepanagar) and Narayan Patel (of Mandhata)) had resigned to join the BJP.^[6]

In addition, 3 seats (Joura,^[7] Agar ^[6] and Biaora ^[8]) became vacant due to the deaths of their respective sitting MLAs. The elections were scheduled to be held on or before September 2020,^[2] but got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Election schedule

Event	Date^[1]	Day
Date for Nominations	9 October 2020	Friday
Last Date for filing Nominations	16 October 2020	Friday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	17 October 2020	Saturday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	19 October 2020	Monday
Date of poll	3 November 2020	Tuesday
Date of counting	10 November 2020	Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed	12 November 2020	Thursday

Results

Summary

Party		Popular vote		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,229,584	49.5	28	19	18
	Indian National Congress	1,825,488	40.5	28	9	18
	Bahujan Samaj Party	259,155	5.75	28	0
	Communist Party of India		0.08		0
	Shiv Sena		0.13		0
	Samajwadi Party		0.25		0
	All India Forward Bloc		0.00		0
	Others (Not including NOTA)		2.95		0
	None of the Above		0.88
	Total/Turnout	4,512,231	70.86
Source:ECI^[9]^[10]

Results by constituency

Source ^[11]

Serial No	Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner-up				Margin
Serial No	AC No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes	Margin
1	4	Joura	Subedar Singh Rajodha		BJP	67,599	Pankaj Upadhyay		INC	54,121	13,478
2	5	Sumaoli	Ajab Singh Kushwah		INC	86,909	Adal Singh Kansana		BJP	75,962	10,947
3	6	Morena	Rakesh Mavai		INC	53,301	Raghuraj Singh Kansana		BJP	47,550	5,751
4	7	Dimani	Ravindra Singh Tomar Bhidosa		INC	72,445	Girraj Dandotiya		BJP	45,978	26,467
5	8	Ambah	Kamlesh Jatav		BJP	51,588	Satyaprakash Sakhawar		INC	37,696	13,892
6	12	Mehgaon	O. P. S. Bhadoria		BJP	73,599	Hemant Satyadev Katare		INC	61,563	12,036
7	13	Gohad	Mevaram Jatav		INC	63,643	Ranvir Jatav		BJP	51,744	11,899
8	15	Gwalior	Pradhumn Singh Tomar		BJP	96,027	Sunil Sharma		INC	62,904	33,123
9	16	Gwalior East	Satish Sikarwar		INC	75,342	Munnalal Goyal (Munna Bhaiya)		BJP	66,787	8,555
10	19	Dabra	Suresh Raje		INC	75,689	Imarti Devi		BJP	68,056	7,633
11	21	Bhander	Raksha Santram Saroniya		BJP	57,043	Phool Singh Baraiya		INC	56,882	161
12	23	Karera	Pragilal Jatav		INC	95,728	Jasmant Jatav		BJP	65,087	30,641
13	24	Pohari	Suresh Dhakad Rathkheda		BJP	66,344	Kailash Kushwah		BSP	43,848	22,496
14	28	Bamori	Mahendra Singh Sisodia		BJP	1,01,124	Kanhaiyalal Rameshwar Agrawal		INC	47,971	53,153
15	32	Ashok Nagar	Jajpal Singh "Jajji"		BJP	78,479	Asha Dohare		INC	63,849	14,630
16	34	Mungaoli	Brajendra Singh Yadav		BJP	83,153	Kanhairam Lodhi		INC	61,684	21,469
17	37	Surkhi	Govind Singh Rajput		BJP	93,294	Parul Sahu Keshri		INC	52,303	40,991
18	53	Malhara	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi		BJP	67,532	Ram Siya Bharti		INC	49,965	17,567
19	87	Anuppur	Bisahu Lal Singh		BJP	75,600	Vishvnath Singh		INC	40,736	34,864
20	142	Sanchi	Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary		BJP	1,16,577	Madanlal Choudhary		INC	52,768	63,809
21	161	Biaora	Amlyahat-Ramchandra Dangi		INC	95,397	Narayansingh Panwar		BJP	83,295	12,102
22	166	Agar	Vipin Wankhede		INC	88,716	Manoj Manohar Utwal		BJP	86,718	1,998
23	172	Hatpipliya	Manoj Narayansingh Choudhari		BJP	84,405	Ku. Rajvir Singh Rajendra Singh Baghel		INC	70,501	13,904
24	175	Mandhata	Narayan Singh Patel		BJP	80,394	Uttampal Singh		INC	58,265	22,129
25	179	Nepanagar	Sumitra Devi Kasdekar		BJP	98,881	Ramkishan Patel		INC	72,425	26,340
26	202	Badnawar	Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon		BJP	99,137	Kamalsing Patel		INC	67,004	32,133
27	211	Sanwer	Tulsi Ram Silawat		BJP	1,29,676	Premchand Guddu		INC	76,412	53,264
28	226	Suwasra	Hardeep Singh Dang		BJP	1,17,955	Bhai Rakesh Patidar		INC	88,515	29,440

References

1 2 3 "Voting on 28 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh bypolls on November 3: EC". Hindustan Times. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
1 2 "MP: उपचुनाव को लेकर चुनाव आयोग ने शुरू की तैयारियां, 5 महीने में 13 लाख आए इस तरह के आवेदन" [MP: Election Commission has started preparations for the by-election, 13 lakh applications [for adding names to the voter list] came in 5 months]. News18 India (in Hindi). June 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
↑ "Triangular contest expected as BSP to contest in all 24 seats in Madhya Pradesh bypolls". The New Indian Express.
↑ "Madhya Pradesh BJP may give Congress rebels bye-poll tickets, says state party chief". Scroll.in. 20 May 2020.
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1 2 "Manohar Untwal: Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Manohar Untwal dies aged 53". The Times of India. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
↑ "Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Banwari Lal Sharma dies after battle with cancer" . Retrieved 16 November 2020.
↑ "Congress MLA Govardhan Dangi dies of Covid, first in MP". The Times of India. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
↑ "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 25 January 2022.
↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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[:2-1] 1 2 3 "Voting on 28 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh bypolls on November 3: EC". Hindustan Times. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[:1-2] 1 2 "MP: उपचुनाव को लेकर चुनाव आयोग ने शुरू की तैयारियां, 5 महीने में 13 लाख आए इस तरह के आवेदन" [MP: Election Commission has started preparations for the by-election, 13 lakh applications [for adding names to the voter list] came in 5 months]. News18 India (in Hindi). June 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[:0-3] "Triangular contest expected as BSP to contest in all 24 seats in Madhya Pradesh bypolls". The New Indian Express.

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[5] "Election Commission of India". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

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[MyUser_Https:_November_16_2020c-7] "Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Banwari Lal Sharma dies after battle with cancer" . Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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[10] "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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