Bhopal: Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 118 seats and Congress in 71 in initial trends in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.
The BJP appeared all set to retain power in Madhya Pradesh, leading in 124 seats out of the 209 for which trends were available in the 230-member Assembly.
The Congress was leading in 62 seats. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was ahead in Budhni while Uma Bharti's Bharatiya Janshakti Party was trailing in all the 216 seats it contested. Bharti herself is trailing in Tikamgarh.
The Congress stalwarts who are trailing are leader of opposition Jamuna Devi (Kukshi), Subhash Yadav (Kahrawat), Hazari Lal Raghuvanshi (Seonimalwa).
BJP ministers Gauru Shankar Shejwar (Sanshi)and Kailash Chawla (Manasa) were also behind in the vote count.
The state had recorded a 60 per cent turnout of voters on November 27, just a day after the Mumbai terror attacks.
Counting of votes polled in 230 constituencies in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections commenced at 0800 hrs IST on Monday morning at 50 district headquarters amid tight security.
Uma Bharti of the Bharatiya Janashakti Party is trailing in Tikamgarh constituency by more than 1,000 votes.
Elaborate arrangements have been made at the counting venues, mostly government buildings, educational institutions and Krishi Upaj Mandis. In Bhopal, the old jail is the counting venue.
A record 69.35 per cent of 3.63 crore-strong electorate, including 1,71,66,252 women, voted at 47,214 booths in the single phase polling on November 27.
Repolling in 31 booths spread over 11 districts was held on November 30.
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