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{{short description|Upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Speculation|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| seats_before2 = 96
| seats_for_election = All 230 seats in the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 116
| leader_since1 = 2005
| leader_since2 = 2018
| image1 = [[File:Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Cropped 3).jpg|101px]]
| leader1 = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| image2 = [[File:Kamal Nath 2012.jpg|104px]]
| seats_before1 = 130
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| leader2 = [[Kamal Nath]]
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance
| type = Legislative
| previous_year = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| before_election = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| title = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
|party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| country = India
| election_date = By November 2023
| map_image = File:Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Madhya Pradesh.svg
| last_update = 5 June 2021
| last_election2 = 40.89%, 114 seats
| last_election1 = 41.02%, 109 seats
| leaders_seat2 = [[Chhindwara Assembly constituency|Chhindwara]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Budhni Assembly constituency|Budhni]]
| image1_size = x150px
| image2_size = x150px
}}

Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in or before [[2023 elections in India|November 2023]] to elect all 230 members of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=MP: उपचुनाव के बाद अब मिशन 2023 पर फोकस, विपक्ष का किला ढहाने को बीजेपी-कांग्रेस ने बनाए प्लान|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/bhopal-mp-plan-b-of-bjp-and-plan-c-of-congress-ready-for-assembly-election-2023-mpas-mpsg-3356074.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=News18 India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=RSS looks for bigger role in 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/rss-looks-for-bigger-role-in-2023-madhya-pradesh-assembly-elections/articleshow/80101492.cms|access-date=2021-05-14|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List Of Upcoming Elections in India 2020 - 2021 {{!}} Elections.in|url=https://www.elections.in/upcoming-elections-in-india.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Elections in India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Not leaving MP in lifetime; let’s get to work for 2023: Kamal Nath|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/11/11/not-leaving-mp-in-lifetime-lets-get-to-work-for-2023-kamal-nath.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref>

== Background ==
The tenure of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] is scheduled to end on 6 January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Terms of the Houses|url=https://eci.gov.in/elections/term-of-houses/|access-date=2021-10-03|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> The [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|previous assembly elections]] were held in November 2018. After the election, [[Indian National Congress]] formed the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|state government]], with [[Kamal Nath]] becoming the [[List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]].<ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=2018-12-17|title=Kamal Nath sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kamal-nath-sworn-in-as-madhya-pradesh-chief-minister/article25763032.ece|access-date=2022-02-13|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

=== Political developments ===
{{See also|2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis}}
In March 2020, 22 [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] MLAs resigned from the assembly, and defected to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] along with [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-10|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia, 22 MLAs quit Congress, leave Madhya Pradesh govt on brink of collapse|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/jyotiraditya-scindia-22-mlas-quit-congress-leave-madhya-pradesh-government-on-brink-of-collapse-8137101.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Firstpost|language=en}}</ref> resulting in the collapse of the state government and resignation by Chief Minister Kamal Nath.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-20|title=Kamal Nath resigns as Madhya Pradesh CM hours before trust vote deadline|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kamal-nath-resigns-as-madhya-pradesh-cm-hours-before-trust-vote-deadline/story-63b5Tih3b3GXqtxy0LQbIO.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Subsequently [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] formed the state government, with [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] becoming Chief Minister.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-23|title=Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan sworn in as Chief Minister|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/madhya-pradesh-shivraj-singh-chouhan-sworn-in-as-chief-minister-816902.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> Most of the defected MLAs got re-elected on BJP symbol in the [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections|by-election]], thus enabling full majority to BJP government.

==Schedule==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Poll Event
! Schedule
|-
| Notification Date
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Last Date for filing nomination
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Scrutiny of nomination
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Date of Poll
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Date of Counting of Votes
| '''TBD'''
|}

==Parties and alliances==
=== {{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]}} ===

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|+
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|50px]]
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| [[File:Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Cropped 3).jpg|50px]]
| ''230''
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}} ===

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|+
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
| [[Kamal Nath]]
| [[File:Kamal Nath 2012.jpg|50px]]
| ''230''
|}

===Others ===
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|+
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}};color:white" ! |'''1.'''
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AAP to contest Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, field candidates in all 230 seats |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aap-to-contest-madhya-pradesh-polls-field-candidates-in-all-230-seats-2330438-2023-02-04 |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg|50px]]
| [[File:AAP Symbol.png|50px]]
| Rani Agarwal
| ''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}};color:white" ! |'''2.'''
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| [[File: Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|50px]]
| ''TBD''
| ''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg|50px]]
|Jaswinder Singh
|TBD
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};color:white" |'''4.'''
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|[[File:CPI-banner.svg|50px]]
|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|50px]]
|Arvind Srivastava
|TBD
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}};color:white" ! |'''5.'''
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
| [[File:SP Flag.png|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50px]]
|Ramayana Singh Patel<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=With an eye on expansion, SP begins spade work for MP polls |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/samajwadi-party-to-contest-all-230-seats-in-madhya-pradesh-assembly-elections-2023-aims-to-expand-outside-uttar-pradesh-sp-madhyapradesh-assemblyelections2023-101681321634348.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
| ''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}};color:white" ! |'''6.'''
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIMIM will contest in MP poll|url=https://theprint.in/india/like-gujarat-aap-and-aimim-will-be-factors-in-2023-mp-polls-too-cong-bjp-say-no-role-for-them-in-state/1260004/?amp|website=The Print}}</ref>
|[[File:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen logo.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg|50px]]
| ''TBD''
| ''TBD''
|-
|}

==Surveys==
=== Opinion polls ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:16px;"
! rowspan="2" class="wikitable" |Polling firm/Commissioner
! rowspan="2" class="wikitable" |Sample Size
! rowspan="2" class="wikitable" |Date published
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| style="background:gray;" |
! rowspan="2" |Lead
|-
! class="wikitable" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! class="wikitable" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! class="wikitable" |Others
|-
|ABP-CVoter<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=ABP News |title=ABP-Cvoter Survey: Congress, BJP Likely To Get Equal Vote Share In MP, Independents Key |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/abp-cvoter-survey-madhya-pradesh-election-2023-congress-bjp-vote-share-support-of-independents-key-1611911 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=ABP Live |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=ABP News |title=ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: Close Contest On Cards Again In Madhya Pradesh |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/abp-cvoter-survey-madhya-pradesh-election-2023-close-contest-congress-bjp-kamal-nath-shivraj-1611922 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=ABP Live |language=en}}</ref>
|17,113
|27 June 2023
|44%
|44%
|12%
|0%
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:16px;"
! rowspan="2" class="wikitable" |Polling firm/Commissioner
! rowspan="2" class="wikitable" |Sample Size
! rowspan="2" class="wikitable" |Date published
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| style="background:gray;" |
! rowspan="2" |Majority
|-
! class="wikitable" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! class="wikitable" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! class="wikitable" |Others
|-
|ABP-CVoter<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
|17,113
|27 June 2023
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|108-120
|106-118
|1-4
|Hung
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Madhya Pradesh elections}}
{{Next Indian elections}}

[[Category:Future elections in India|Madhya]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:2023 State Assembly elections in India]]

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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