11 Dec, 13:51 (IST)

Here is the list of winning candidates from Budhni:

11 Dec, 11:02 (IST)

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has been the BJP's star candidate for the last three elections, is the BJP candidate from Budhni, a seat that he has held for the past three terms.

11 Dec, 09:10 (IST)

The fate of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan's bid for his fourth term in office will be known today with the counting of votes for the state's 230 assembly seats that is currently underway. The challenger Congress expects to return to power after a 15-year gap.

11 Dec, 08:51 (IST)

The counting of votes in Budhni Vidhan Sabha is currently underway. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is leading as per early trends.

Bhopal, December 11: The counting of votes for all the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh is currently underway amid high security. Incumbent Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is contesting from the Budhni constituency, where the Congress party has fielded former Union Minister and Congress leader Arun Yadav. Meanwhile, opposition leader Ajay Singh is pitted against BJP's Shardendu Tiwari for the third time this year. MP Exit Poll Results 2018.

The Chief Minister's ancestral village Jait is located in the Budhni constituency. He was first elected from here in 1990. In the 2013 assembly elections, the Congress had fielded Mahendra Singh Chauhan from the seat. Chouhan had won the election last time with 128730 votes. Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018 Results: Exit Poll Predictions, Counting Schedule And Everything About MP Vidhan Sabha Poll Results.

Chouhan, born on 5 March 1959 is the 17th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He is seeking a fourth term for himself and the BJP. He replaced Babulal Gaur as chief minister on 29 November 2005 and since then has been in power in Madhya Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, around five crore eligible voters will decide the fate of 2,899 candidates contesting for 230 seats of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.

Chouhan expressed confidence in the party's victory in the ongoing assembly polls. The Chief Minister had said that he has set a target of bagging 200 seats, for which lakhs of volunteers are working day and night. "I am 100 per cent sure that BJP will come to power for the fourth time and will have an absolute majority. We have set a target of 200 seats this time and lakhs of volunteers are working to achieve this goal", he had said.