Bhopal July 28, 2026

Indore has emerged as the strongest region in the Madhya Pradesh State Bar Council elections, with the first-preference vote count indicating a dominant performance in the 25-member Council. The results also indicate that Gwalior is set to secure four seats, reflecting the region's growing influence in the state's apex body of advocates.

According to election reports, the counting of first-preference votes has been completed, making the overall trend of the election largely clear. Of the 25 seats in the State Bar Council, 18 members have virtually secured their positions based on the first round of counting, while the remaining seats are expected to be decided after the transfer and counting of subsequent preference votes.

The results suggest that Indore has, for the first time, established itself as the most influential region in the State Bar Council. The city is expected to send the highest number of representatives to the Council, ahead of traditional strongholds. Gwalior, meanwhile, has put up an impressive performance and is likely to have four members in the new Council.

According to information among those who have secured their position on the basis of first-preference votes are Rakesh Singh Bhadoriya of Indore with 3317 votes is on top of ladder. Other names include Vivek Singh Gurjar of Indore (1,760 votes), RK Saini of Jabalpur (1,754), Narendra Jain of Indore (1,694), Sandeep Mehta of Ujjain (1,688), Hitesh Hardiya of Indore (1,679), Akhilesh Saksena of Indore (1,626), Nityanand Mishra of Jabalpur (1,469), Gaurav Mishra of Gwalior (1,385), Jitendra Sharma of Gwalior (1,303), Dinesh Shukla (1,093) and Prateeka Pathak, who secured 390 first-preference votes before the transfer of preference votes.

The counting of votes has been underway in Jabalpur since June 16. Around 60,000 registered advocates were eligible to cast their votes in the election, in which 122 candidates were in the fray to elect 23 members of the Madhya Pradesh State Bar Council. Of these, 18 seats are reserved for male advocates and five for women advocates in accordance with the prescribed composition of the Council.

The newly elected members of the State Bar Council will then elect the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Joint Secretary, Treasurer and members of various committees. According to the election process, nearly 2,600 first-preference votes are generally considered sufficient to secure a seat in the Council. The final composition of the Council may take another two months to be formally declared. While the first-preference votes have been counted, the remaining seats will be decided after the counting and transfer of second and subsequent preference votes. If no candidate secures the required votes for the remaining seats, the candidate with the lowest tally will be eliminated and his or her votes transferred according to the next available preference. The process will continue until all 23 elected seats are filled.