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Bhopal: Voting for the single-phase election in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly was underway since 7 a.m. on Friday. People were coming out in good numbers to cast their votes in large numbers, said the Election Commission. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is contesting from his hometown Budhni in Sehore district, cast his vote along with his wife Sadhna Singh, and son Kartikey Chouhan.
BJP’s national General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya cast his vote along with his wife Asha Vijayvargiya in Indore-1. Vijayvargiya is contesting from Indore-3 seat against Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla. He is contesting the election after 10 years.
State Home Minister Narottam Mishra and Union Minister Prahlad Patel, who are contesting from Datia and Narsinghpur Assembly constituencies respectively, voted with family members.
Former Chief Minister and Madhya Pradesh Congress President Kamal Nath, who is contesting the election from his bastion Chhindwara, cast his vote with his son and Chhindwara Indwara MP Nakul Nath.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Madhya Pradesh, Anupam Rajan while talking to the media on Friday said, “Voting is going on peacefully in all 64,626 polling stations of Madhya Pradesh. Better arrangements have been made at polling stations for the convenience of voters.”
Voting started at 7 a.m. sharp at polling booths. There are a total 64,626 polling booths in 230 Assembly seats, out of which, 17,032 have been categorised as sensitive polling booths. As per EC, 11.9 percent of polling has been recorded till 9.30 am in Madhya Pradesh.
