Madhya Pradesh Election 2023: Women's votes key factor, says Devendra Fadnavis

Madhya Pradesh Election 2023: Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said that women's votes will be the deciding factor in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls

Madhya Pradesh Election 2023: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that women's votes will be the deciding factor in the just-concluded Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls and they showed tremendous enthusiasm towards the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, reported the PTI.

Assembly polls to 230 seats in MP took place on Friday, while votes will be counted on December 3.

Interacting with reporters at a programme in Nagpur, Devendra Fadnavis, who addressed several rallies in MP, also said 40 seats will see close fights and this too would be a deciding factor, as per the PTI.

Of the 5,60,58,521 voters in MP, 2,87,82,261 are males and 2,71,99,586 are females.

Asked whether he would be contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Devendra Fadnavis said that he will stand for Assembly polls from Nagpur in Maharashtra, according to the PTI.

Answering a query, the Deputy CM said the state government was working on a legislation on the lines of the Telangana Public Security Act, which gives authorities provisions for effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of individuals and associations.

The state government is working on the Maratha quota issue and it will fulfil the commitment given to the community by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, he said in reply to another query.

Devendra Fadnavis also said Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the Konsari steel plant in Gadchiroli in December.

The district will attract investment of Rs 2 lakh crore in the time to come, he added.

Meanwhile, the polling for assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh for all 230 seats concluded on Friday, and the state saw a polling percentage of 76.22 percent, according to the latest data from the Election Commission, according to the ANI.

The state has surpassed the polling percentage of the 2018 assembly polls when it saw 74.97 percent polling.

The male voting percentage was 75.84 percent, for females it was 74.01 percent, and for third gender, it was 25 percent in the 2018 elections.

In terms of constituencies, the highest voting percentage is in Ratlam's Sailana assembly constituency at 90 per cent, Seoni's Barghat constituency recorded 88.20 percent polling; and Mandsaur's Malhargarh constituency saw a voting percentage of 87.08 percent, the ANI reported

Seoni district recorded the highest polling percentage of 85.68 percent, while in the state capital Bhopal, the voting percentage was 66 per cent.

(with PTI and ANI inputs)

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