A unique contest is underway for the Hoshangabad seat in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election. Sitarasharan Sharma, former speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and incumbent MLA from Hoshangabad, faces his brother Girija Shankar Sharma. While Mr. Sitasharan Sharma is a BJP candidate, Mr. Girija Shankar represents Congress.
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In what has proved to be a triangular fight, Mr. Sitarasharan has emerged in first place, currently polling at 72,391 votes as per data from the website of the Election Commission of India. His brother is in third place, with 32,944 votes. The second spot has been taken by Bhagvati Prasad Chourey at 56,831 (as of 3:20 p.m. on December 3, 2023.) The true challenger to the incumbent BJP MLA may thus prove to be Mr. Chourey, although a margin of around 15,560 exists at the time of writing. Mr. Sitasharan has held the Hoshangabad seat since 2013.
