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Cross-voting in Madhya Pradesh for Ram Nath Kovind

| Thursday | 20th July, 2017

BHOPAL: At least three legislators in Madhya Pradesh seem to have cross-voted in favour of NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind during the Presidential elections held on Monday. "Congress party's 56 MLAs voted for Meira Kumar," state PCC chief spokesman KK Mishra told TOI. The Presidential election results saw Ram Nath Kovind receive171 votes from the state, four more than the previously calculated 167.The BJP has 165 votes including that of Speaker Sitasharan Sharma and two independents had announced they would vote for Ram Nath Kovind. By this arithmetic, Meira Kumar should have polled 60 votes from MP but got only 57. The value of each vote from Madhya Pradesh is 131 and Meira Kumar polled a voting value of 7467 from the state while Kovind received a value of 22,401 votes.

BHOPAL: At least three legislators in Madhya Pradesh seem to have cross-voted in favour of NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind during the Presidential elections held on Monday. The state Congress is puzzled not knowing whether it was MLAs of the BSP who were supposed to cast their votes for Meira Kumar but didn't, or if the cross voting was from the party's own legislators. The Presidential election results saw Ram Nath Kovind receive171 votes from the state, four more than the previously calculated 167.The BJP has 165 votes including that of Speaker Sitasharan Sharma and two independents had announced they would vote for Ram Nath Kovind. Congress was confident that the third independent would vote for Meira Kumar. Even the third independent MLA changed his mind, there are still three Opposition votes that went in favour of Ram Nath Kovind.Congress had 56 votes of its own legislators and had support from four BSP legislators. By this arithmetic, Meira Kumar should have polled 60 votes from MP but got only 57. The value of each vote from Madhya Pradesh is 131 and Meira Kumar polled a voting value of 7467 from the state while Kovind received a value of 22,401 votes. "Congress party's 56 MLAs voted for Meira Kumar," state PCC chief spokesman KK Mishra told TOI. "We are certain that our party legislators voted for Meira Kumar."

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