Amid the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia expressed confidence in the BJP’s victory in the third phase of voting in Madhya Pradesh on May 7, stating that “the flag of the BJP will be deployed in all seats.
“There are 7 seats of the state in this phase. In this phase too, the BJP flag will be unfurled in all 7 seats,” Scindia said.
In another development, polling parties were on Monday sent along with electronic voting machines (EVMs) to polling stations for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 to be held on Tuesday, May 7.
The teams, along with election materials and EVMs, left from Lal Parade Ground in the state capital Bhopal towards the 2,097 polling stations in the parliamentary seat of Bhopal.
Bhopal Collector and District Election Officer Kaushlendra Vikram Singh took stock of the election material distribution site in the morning.
Madhya Pradesh has a total of 29 Lok Sabha constituencies, making it the sixth largest state in terms of parliamentary representation. Of them, 10 seats are reserved for SC and ST candidates, while the remaining 19 are unreserved.
Guna has been the stronghold of the Scindia for decades. However, in the 2019 general elections, Jyotiraditya lost the seat to Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, his former aide who contested as a BJP candidate. The Union Minister was in the Congress at that time.
The Union Minister is pitted against Rao Yadavendra Singh Yadav of the Congress.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh will be held in four phases. The first phase of voting was held on April 19 and the second phase concluded on April 26.
The third phase of voting will take place on May 7 and the fourth phase on May 13. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 28 of the 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress won only 1 seat. In the 2014 elections, the BJP won 27 seats, while the Congress won 2 seats.
(With contributions from ANI)