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 NERFINISHED
afterElectionChiefMinisterParty Indian National Congress NERFINISHED
beforeElectionChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhan NERFINISHED
beforeElectionChiefMinisterParty Bharatiya Janata Party NERFINISHED
chiefElectionCommissionBody Election Commission of India NERFINISHED
chiefMinisterAfterElectionTookOathDate 2018-12-17
country India
electionDate 2018-11-28
electionType first-past-the-post
electoralBody Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly NERFINISHED
electoralSystem single-member constituencies
governmentFormedBy Indian National Congress NERFINISHED
hasConstituenciesReservedFor Scheduled Castes NERFINISHED
Scheduled Tribes NERFINISHED
incumbentGovernmentBeforeElection Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh
jurisdiction State of Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED
languageOfOfficialMaterials English
Hindi
largestPartyBySeats Indian National Congress NERFINISHED
legislativeTerm 15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly NERFINISHED
locatedIn Madhya Pradesh
majorParty Bharatiya Janata Party NERFINISHED
Indian National Congress NERFINISHED
nextElection 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Gondwana Gantantra Party NERFINISHED
Independent politicians
Samajwadi Party NERFINISHED
partOf Indian state legislative elections, 2018
previousElection 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
resultDescription hung assembly
secondLargestPartyBySeats Bharatiya Janata Party NERFINISHED
supportingPartiesOfGovernment Bahujan Samaj Party NERFINISHED
Independent politicians
Samajwadi Party NERFINISHED
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