Assembly Election Results 2023: What comes next for the MPs who won?

The Assembly election results for four states are out, while the counting of votes is underway for Mizoram on Monday (4 December). The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won all three states in the Hindi heartland – Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress found solace in the southern state of Telangana. While most of the bigwigs fielded by the political parties in the fray were successful in bagging their seats, some sitting legislators, including the incumbent Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra, failed to mark a victory. The saffron party and the Congress had also given tickets to several Members of Parliament (MPs) in the state polls. How did they fare? What happens to those who won the Assembly elections? We explain. Assembly Election Results: MPs in the fray As many as 21 sitting MPs from the BJP contested Assembly elections in the four states that voted last month. It is a mixed outcome for the party, as only 11 of these lawmakers won, while the remaining lost, as per Times of India (TOI). The Congress had also given tickets to sitting MPs in Telangana and Chhattisgarh Assembly polls. Here’s how they performed. Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2023 Four out of the seven MPs fielded by the saffron party won their seats, while the others registered a loss. Diya Kumari, a member of the erstwhile royal family of Jaipur, is seen as a contender for the chief ministerial post in the desert state. Kumari, the sitting MP from Rajsamand, secured a thumping victory from the Vidhyadhar Nagar seat, defeating the Congress’ Sitaram Agarwal by a margin of 71,368 votes in the Rajasthan Assembly elections. Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won by 50,167 votes from the Jhotwara constituency against the Congress candidate Abhishek Choudhary. Baba Balaknath, who is another choice for the BJP for the top job in Rajasthan, is the sitting MP from Alwar. He won from the Tijara constituency by 6,173 votes, trouncing Congress’ Imran Khan. Rajya Sabha MP Kirori Lal Meena contested from the Sawai Madhopur seat, winning by 22,510 votes against the Congress candidate Danish Abrar. The Grand Old Pary leader Kumari Rita Chaudhary defeated the BJP MP from Jhunjhunu, Narendra Kumar, by 18,717 votes from the Mandawa seat. Ajmer MP Bhagirath Choudhary suffered a loss from Kishangarh, with Congress candidate Vikash Choudhary clinching the seat. Independent candidate Jiva Ram Choudhary won the Sanchore seat against BJP MP from Jalore, Devji Patel, and Congress’ Sukhram Vishnoi. Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) Lok Sabha MP Hanuman Beniwal won by 2,059 votes from the Khinwsar seat against BJP’s Rewant Ram Danga. Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2023 Union Minister and BJP MP Narendra Singh Tomar won by 24,461 votes against Balveer Singh Dandotiya of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from the Dimani constituency. [caption id=“attachment_13463542” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Senior BJP leaders, including Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, celebrating the party’s victory in MP. PTI[/caption] Union Minister of State for Food Processing Prahlad Patel won Narsingpur for the BJP by 31,310 votes, defeating Congress candidate Lakhan Singh Patel. Jabalpur MP Rakesh Singh bagged the Jabalpur-West Assembly seat by 30,134 votes against Tarun Bhanot of the Grand Old Party. Hoshangabad MP Uday Pratap Singh of the saffron party defeated Congress’ Sunita Patel from the Gadarwara by over 56,000 votes. BJP MP Riti Pathak won from the Sidhi seat by 35,418 votes. The Congress candidate, Gyan Singh, secured the second position. Faggan Singh Kulaste, the MoS for rural development, lost to Congress’ Chainsingh Warkade from the Niwas seat by 9,723 votes. Four-time Lok Sabha MP Ganesh Singh failed to secure the Satna seat, with the Congress candidate Dabbu Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha claiming victory by 4,041 votes. ALSO READ: BJP wins in Hindi heartland: How this sets the tone for 2024 Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results 2023 Vijay Baghel – the BJP Lok Sabha MP from Durg – was defeated by his uncle and outgoing Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel from the Patan seat by 19,723 votes. [caption id=“attachment_13463562” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] BJP MP Vijay Baghel lost from the Patan seat. PTI File Photo[/caption] Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh bagged the Bharatpur-Sonhat seat by 4,919 votes against Congress candidate Gulab Kamro. Bilaspur MP and BJP Chhattisgarh president Arun Sao won by a massive margin of 45,891 seats from the Lormi constituency against Congress’ Thaneshwar Sahu. LS MP Gomati Sai won by only 255 votes from Pathalgaon, defeating Congress’ Rampukar Singh Thakur. The Congress MP from Bastar, Deepak Baij, lost to BJP’s Vinayak Goyal from the Chitrakot Assembly seat. Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023 Malkajgiri MP and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Anumula Revanth Reddy is being credited for the Grand Old Party’s resounding success in the southern state. Reddy, who is the frontrunner for the CM post, fought against the outgoing Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) CM K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) from the Kamareddy seat. However, both the heavyweights lost the constituency to the BJP’s Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy. The Telangana Congress chief won from his home turf of Kodangal against BRS’ Patnam Narender Reddy by over 32,000 votes. Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy of the Congress bagged the Huzurnagar seat by 44,888 votes, defeating BRS candidate Saidi Reddy Shanampudi. Congress’ Bhuvanagiri MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy won from the Nalgonda seat by a huge margin of 54,332 votes against BRS’ Kancharla Bhupal Reddy. All three BJP MPs lost in the Telangana polls. BJP MP and former state unit chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar was defeated by BRS leader Gangula Kamalakar from the Karimnagar seat by just 3,163 votes. BJP’s Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind lost from the Koratla seat against BRS’ Kalvakuntla Sanjay by 10,305 votes. Adilabad Lok Sabha MP Soyam Bapurao lost to BRS leader Anil Jadhav by over 22,000 votes from the Boath constituency. What next for MPs who won? Those MPs who won in the Assembly elections have to make a choice now – Parliament or Vidhan Sabha. They have to choose which seat they will keep within the next 14 days. “If they don’t, on expiry of 14 days, they will lose their membership of Parliament. However, they can continue as member of the state Legislative Assembly,” Constitution expert and former Lok Sabha secretary general PDT Achari told PTI, citing the Prevention of Simultaneous Membership Rule issued by the President in 1950 under Article 101 of the Constitution. As per TOI, all three MPs of the Congress, who won the Telangana Assembly election, are likely to retain their Assembly seats and resign from their Lok Sabha membership. It remains to be seen what other MPs will do. With inputs from agencies