2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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The 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was a state-level poll in India that determined the composition of the Madhya Pradesh legislature and led to a closely contested change in government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly election ⓘ
state election in India ⓘ
afterElectionChiefMinister Kamal Nath ⓘ
afterElectionChiefMinisterParty Indian National Congress ⓘ
beforeElectionChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ⓘ
beforeElectionChiefMinisterParty Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
chiefElectionCommissionBody Election Commission of India ⓘ
chiefMinisterAfterElectionTookOathDate 2018-12-17 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
electionDate 2018-11-28 ⓘ
electionType first-past-the-post ⓘ
electoralBody Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member constituencies ⓘ
governmentFormedBy Indian National Congress ⓘ
hasConstituenciesReservedFor Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
incumbentGovernmentBeforeElection Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
linked to: Madhya Pradesh
languageOfOfficialMaterials English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
largestPartyBySeats Indian National Congress ⓘ
legislativeTerm 15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
majorParty Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
Indian National Congress ⓘ
nextElection 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election ⓘ
notableFor end of three consecutive terms of Bharatiya Janata Party rule in Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
very narrow margin between Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 230 ⓘ
officeContested Member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
otherParty Bahujan Samaj Party ⓘ
Gondwana Gantantra Party ⓘ
Independent politicians ⓘ
Samajwadi Party ⓘ
partOf Indian state legislative elections, 2018 ⓘ
previousElection 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election ⓘ
resultDescription hung assembly ⓘ
secondLargestPartyBySeats Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
supportingPartiesOfGovernment Bahujan Samaj Party ⓘ
Independent politicians ⓘ
Samajwadi Party ⓘ
termLengthOfAssembly 5 years ⓘ
termStartOfAssembly 2019 ⓘ
triggeredChangeOfGovernment yes ⓘ
voteCountingDate 2018-12-11 ⓘ
votingEligibility citizens of India registered as voters in Madhya Pradesh ⓘ

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Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly → previousElection → 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election ⓘ
2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election → previousElection → 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election ⓘ