BUCKING the anti-incumbency of over 18 years largely with the power of the Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana, the ruling BJP retained power in Madhya Pradesh, defeating the Congress by over 90 seats on Sunday. The BJP which went into the polls without a CM-face, despite its longest serving chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan heading the government, had either won or was leading in 163 out of the total 230 seats against the Kamal Nath-led Congress, which could either win or was leading on just 66 seats, till filing of this report. The simple majority figure in the 230-strong Vidhan Sabha is 116.
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