# 2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections

By-elections for twenty eight state assembly constituencies were held in Madhya Pradesh on 3 November 2020.

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

## Election schedule

| Event | Date | 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 | Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | 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 |||||||

### Results by constituency

Source
| Serial No | Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Margin |
| Serial No | AC No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | 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 |