The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 44.87 in the fourteenth Madhya Pradesh Assembly the election for which was held on November 25 and counting of ballots was held on December 8, while the Opposition Congress secured 36.37 votes.
The BJP retained the power in State with a huge margin of 8.5 per cent votes.
Various political parties secured 3 crore 38 lakh 49 thousand 550 votes in elections for 14th Vidhan Sabha in Madhya Pradesh.
These include the ones cast under NOTA. Total number of voters in the state was 4 crore 66 lakh 31 thousand 759.
In all, 6 nationally recognised, 9 State-level and 51 other political parties had contested election. Besides, 1092 independent candidates were also in the election fray.
The winner of the election in 2013, the BJP, secured 1, 51, 89, 894 votes of the total votes polled while the runner up Congress secured 1, 23, 14, 196. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) secured third place both in terms of getting votes and assembly seats, it secured 21,27,959 votes.
The independents garnered 18, 20, 224 votes and secured three seats.
Besides the political parties the debutant Non Of The Above (NOTA) option also secured 6, 43, 144 votes. The per cent of the NOTA votes comes to 1.9.