LIVE: MP bypolls results 2020 - Good performance by BJP in Madhya Pradesh bye elections, ahead in 21 seats; Congress in 6

Madhya Pradesh (MP) bypolls, bye elections results 2020 LIVE: Counting is underway for Madhya Pradesh (MP) bypolls, bye elections results 2020. Here are all the LIVE Updates and Latest News:-

- It's a high-stakes electoral battle in Madhya Pradesh where the BJP-led Shivraj Singh Chouhan government is locked in a fierce contest with the Congress to save its government. 

- The BJP was ahead in 21 seats, the Congress in six and the BSP in one, according to Election Commission trends.

- Elections were held for 28 seats, the first time that so many by-elections were held together. The BJP which has 107 MLAs in the assembly, with an effective strength of 229, needs at least eight more MLAs for a simple majority.

- It is a crucial test for Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress with his loyalist MLAs to join the BJP, toppling the Congress-led Kamal Nath government.

- Elsewhere, the leads for the BJP varied from a little over 300 (Dabra) to more than 17,000 (Badnawar).