<p>Bhopal: The ruling BJP was ahead in 37 seats and the Congress in 7 seats as the counting of votes in elections to the <a href="https://deccanherald.quintype.com/story/2e25f791-54bf-4b84-a5eb-11bb288152e4">Madhya Pradesh</a> assembly got under way on Sunday, the Election Commission said.</p>.<p>A TV news channel, however, said the BJP was ahead in 124 and Congress in 100 of the 230 assembly seats in the state.</p>.<p>Counting of votes in the elections, held on November 17, began at 8 am on Sunday, a poll official said.</p>.<p>Postal ballots were counted between 8 am and 8.30 am, after which the counting of votes through EVMs began in the presence of officials and political parties' authorised agents, he said. </p>
<p>Bhopal: The ruling BJP was ahead in 37 seats and the Congress in 7 seats as the counting of votes in elections to the <a href="https://deccanherald.quintype.com/story/2e25f791-54bf-4b84-a5eb-11bb288152e4">Madhya Pradesh</a> assembly got under way on Sunday, the Election Commission said.</p>.<p>A TV news channel, however, said the BJP was ahead in 124 and Congress in 100 of the 230 assembly seats in the state.</p>.<p>Counting of votes in the elections, held on November 17, began at 8 am on Sunday, a poll official said.</p>.<p>Postal ballots were counted between 8 am and 8.30 am, after which the counting of votes through EVMs began in the presence of officials and political parties' authorised agents, he said. </p>