Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Bharatiya Janata Party won from the Lok Sabha constituency of Vidisha by a margin of 8.21 lakh votes, according to data from the Election Commission of India.
Chouhan got approximately 11,16,460 votes, while Congress' Pratap Bhanu bagged 2,95,052 votes, according to the data. The BJP-led NDA was ahead in all 29 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh.
The BJP-led NDA is ahead in approximately 292 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies, whereas the INDIA alliance is leading in more than 232 seats, as per the latest ECI data, which differ from the exit polls' forecasts of a significantly larger win for the NDA.
In the constituency of Vidisha, formerly known as Bhelsa, all eyes are on the contest between Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Pratap Bhanu Sharma of Indian National Congress. While Chouhan has won the seat five consecutive times before he became the chief minister of the state, Sharma has won the seat two times.
Chouhan will also be contesting against Sapaks Party's Seema Sharma.
The 'Mamaji' of Madhya Pradesh, Chouhan could be returning to his old constituency after 20 years, when he was the CM of Madhya Pradesh. On the other hand, it has been more than three decades since Pratap Bhanu Sharma had a win from the constituency.
Another interesting aspect of the constituency is that it has links with the former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the former External Affairs Minister late Sushma Swaraj.
This constituency has been dominated by the BJP, with the party winning in both 2019 and 2014 elections. It was Ramakant Bhargava that won with a margin of 5,03,084 votes in the 2019 election. Sushma Swaraj in 2014 stood victorious for the second time in a row, with a vote share of 66.53%.
The constituency saw a voter turnout of 74.48% in the third phase of elections held on May 11. Among the voters, 70.78% were male, while female voter turnout was 65.91%.
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