Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has won from his traditional Budhni seat by a margin of 58,999 votes, defeating former Union minister and senior Congress leader Arun Yadav.
Chouhan's BJP and the opposition Congress are locked in a neck-and-neck contest in the state in the Assembly polls.
Chouhan had won the seat in 2013 with a margin of 84,805 votes.
The BJP has won 109 seats out of the total 230, while the Congress has won 114.
First Published: IST
