Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Budhni (General) constituency in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh in the 2023 Assembly elections. His profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission is: Salary as Chief Minister, Agriculture and Industry etc. Shivraj Singh Chouhan's educational qualifications are: Post Graduate and is of 64 years of age. His total declared assets are Rs 8.6 crore which includes Rs 2.2 crore in moveable assets and Rs 6.4 crore as immovable assets. The total declared income is Rs 78.7 lakh of which Rs 32.6 lakh is self income. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has total liabilities of Rs 68.7 lakh. This BJP candidate, in the election affidavit mentioned 0 criminal cases registered against him.

The four-time chief minister is contesting from his bastion Budhni – a seat he won first in 1990 to enter politics and has represented continuously since 2006 when he became CM. Chouhan, 64, has not been projected as the chief ministerial candidate by the BJP this time but he has run a marathon campaign in the state, reinforcing his position as the most popular leader of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh.