BHOPAL, Nov 10 - The BJP has so far won 12 seats on Tuesday out of the 28 assembly constituencies where bypolls were held in Madhya Pradesh, giving it enough numbers to achieve majority in the House and provide stability to its government in the state, where it came to power in March.
On the other hand, the Congress, which lost power eight months ago following a revolt by a section of its MLAs, has bagged three seats so far.
The BJP is leading in seven seats, while the Congress in ahead in five. Voting for by-elections on 28 constituencies was held on November 3 and counting of ballots was taken up on Tuesday.
In the 230-member House, the BJP tally has increased to 119 (well above simple majority mark of 116) with the addition of these 12 seats, providing stability to the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.
Before the bypolls, the BJP�s tally in the House stood at 107.
The seats that the BJP has won so far are: Bhander, Bamori, Ashok Nagar, Mungaoli, Surkhi, Anuppur, Sanchi, Hatpipalya, Mandhata, Nepanagar, Badnawar and Suwasara, a poll official said.
The Congress has won Morena, Biora and Agar assembly segments, he said.
Prominent BJP minister Dr Prabhuram Choudhary won the bypolls from Sanchi with a margin of 63,809 votes - the highest so far.
The lowest victory margin recorded so far is 161 in Bhander where BJP candidate Raksha Saronia defeated Dalit leader Phool Singh Bariaya of the Congress.
Besides Choudhary, other ministers who won are Govind Singh Rajput (from Surkhi seat), Mahendra Singh Sisodia (Bamori), Bisahulal Singh (Anuppur), Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon (Badnawar), Hardeep Singh Dung (Suwasara) and Brajendra Singh Yadav (Mungaoli).
The BSP candidate lost the bypoll in Morena after leading in initial states.
So far, the BJPs vote share is 49.53 per cent while that of the Congress is 40.30 per cent, the official added.
Reacting to the results so far, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the outcome proves voters supported the decision taken by Congress MLAs to pull down the previous Kamal Nath dispensation. � PTI
