State assembly elections: Madhya Pradesh polling on Friday

After over a month-long frenzy campaign for the Assembly elections that ended on Tuesday, Madhya Pradesh's electorate are set to elect the next government as the state goes to the polls on Friday.

According to the Election Commission (EC), a total of 64,626 polling stations have been set up for the 230 Assembly constituencies in the state, including 17,032 'sensitive' booths. Voting will start at 7 a.m. and conclude at 7 p.m, barring the Maoist-affected Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori regions, where polling will end at 3 p.m.

Here are key stats:


KEY CONTESTS - MADHYA PRADESH

CHHINDWARA
Former CM Kamal Nath (Cong) vs Vivek Bunty Sahu (BJP)

BUDHNI
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP) vs actor Vikram Mastal (Cong) vs Mirchi Baba (SP)

DIMANI
Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar (BJP) vs Ravindra Singh Tomar Bhidosa (Congress)

NIWAS
Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste (BJP) vs Chainsingh Warkade (Cong)

BHOJPUR
Sunderlal Patwa’s son Surendra Patwa (BJP) vs Rajkumar Patel (Cong)

INDORE-1
Kailash Vijayvargiya (BJP) vs Sanjay Shukla (Cong)

DATIA
Narottam Mishra (BJP) vs Bharti Rajendra (Cong)

LAHAR
Digvijaya Singh’s loyalist Govind Singh (Cong) vs Ambrish Sharma ‘Guddu’ (BJP)

RAGHOGARH
Digvijaya Singh’s son Jaivardhan Singh (Cong) vs Heerendra Singh Bunty Peelaghata (BJP)

CHURHAT
Late Arjun Singh’s son Ajay Arjun Singh (Cong) vs Sharadendu Tiwari (BJP)

SHIVPURI
Devendra Kumar Jain ‘Patte Wale’ (BJP) and KP Singh ‘Kakka Joo’ (Cong)

HOSHANGABAD
Girijashankar Sharma (Cong) vs Sitasharan Sharma (BJP)

TIMARNI
Sanjay Shah (BJP) vs Abhijeet Shah (Cong)