The Election Commission (EC) faces a unique challenge as a record number of 18 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs are contesting assembly elections in five states, with more expected to join. This could result in a significant number of bypolls within six months of the elections. The Constitution states that a person cannot be a member of both Parliament and a State Legislature, so sitting MPs who win assembly seats will have to decide which seat to retain, potentially leading to bypolls.
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In Madhya Pradesh, union minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel as well as BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya are seen as probable replacements for chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in case the party gets another term.