By-elections for twenty eight state assembly constituencies were held in

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on 3 November 2020.

Background

In March 2020, Congress leader

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, 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

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MLAs ( Pradyuman Singh Lodhi (of Malhara), Sumitra Devi Kasdekar (of

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) and

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(of

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)) had resigned to join the BJP. In addition, 3 seats ( Joura,

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and

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) 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

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Election schedule

Results

Summary

Results by constituency

Source

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly after 2020 by-election

References

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