1991 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh

Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh, 1991
40 seats
Prime Minister before election; Chandra Shekhar ; SJP(R)	Prime Minister after election; P. V. Narasimha Rao ; INC

Last updated September 03, 2025

In the 1991 Indian general election for Madhya Pradesh polls were held for 40 seats in the state. The result was a major victory for the Indian National Congress (INC) which won 12 seats.^[1] Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fared poorly in this election and managed to won only 8 seats.^[2]

Parties and alliances

Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			L. K. Advani	40

Indian National Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Madhavrao Scindia	40

Others

Party		flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Janata Dal			Vishwanath Pratap Singh	37
	Bahujan Samaj Party			Kanshi Ram	21

Result

Party wise

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Results of Indian general election, 1996 in Madhya Pradesh
Parties and coalitions		Seats			Popular vote
Parties and coalitions		Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	40	27	19	74,25,644	45.34%	8.12%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	40	12	15	68,59,335	41.88%	2.22%
	Bahujan Samaj Party	21	1	1	5,80,030	3.54%	0.74%
	Janata Dal	37	0	4	6,95,158	4.24%	4.04%
	Independents	438	0	1	5,41,209	3.3%	4.27%

Total		40			1,63,78,467
Invalid votes		3,45,978	2.07
Votes cast / turnout		1,67,26,540	44.36
Registered voters		3,77,08,721	100.00

Constituency wise

No.	Constituency	Type	Name of Elected M.P.^[4]
1	Morena	SC	Barelal Jatav	Indian National Congress
2	Bhind	GEN	Yoganand Saraswati	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Gwalior	GEN	Madhavrao Scindia	Indian National Congress
4	Guna	GEN	Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Sagar	SC	Anand Ahirwar	Indian National Congress
6	Khajuraho	GEN	Uma Bharti	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Damoh	GEN	Dr. Ramakrishna Kusmaria	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Satna	GEN	Arjun Singh	Indian National Congress
9	Rewa	GEN	Bheem Singh Patel	BSP
10	Sidhi	ST	Motilal Singh	Indian National Congress
11	Shahdol	ST	Dalbir Singh
12	Surguja	ST	Khelsai Singh
13	Raigarh	ST	Pushpa Devi Singh
14	Janjgir	GEN	Bhawani Lal Verma
15	Bilaspur	SC	Khelan Ram Jangde
16	Sarangarh	SC	Paras Ram Bhardwaj
17	Raipur	GEN	Vidya Charan Shukla
18	Mahasamund	GEN	Pawan Diwan
19	Kanker	ST	Arvind Netam
20	Bastar	ST	Manku Ram Sodhi
21	Durg	GEN	Chandulal Chandrakar
22	Rajnandgaon	GEN	Shivendra Bahadur Singh
23	Balaghat	GEN	Vishweshwar Bhagat
24	Mandla	ST	Mohan Lal Jhikram
25	Jabalpur	GEN	Shravan Kumar Patel
26	Seoni	GEN	Vimla Varma
27	Chhindwara	GEN	Kamal Nath
28	Betul	GEN	Aslam Sher Khan
29	Hoshangabad	GEN	Sartaj Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
30	Bhopal	GEN	Sushil Chandra Verma
31	Vidisha	GEN	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
32	Rajgarh	GEN	Digvijay Singh	Indian National Congress
33	Shajapur	SC	Phool Chand Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
34	Khandwa	GEN	Mahendra Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
35	Khargone	GEN	Rameshwar Patidar	Bharatiya Janata Party
36	Dhar	ST	Suraj Bhanu Solanki	Indian National Congress
37	Indore	GEN	Sumitra Mahajan	Bharatiya Janata Party
38	Ujjain	SC	Satyanarayan Jatiya	Bharatiya Janata Party
39	Jhabua	ST	Dileep Singh Bhuria	Indian National Congress
40	Mandsaur	GEN	Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey	Bharatiya Janata Party

References

External links

Election Commission of India

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[1] ttps://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/history-revisited-how-political-parties-fared-in-1991-lok-sabha-election-2193229.html

[2] STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA, VOLUME 1 (Report).

[3] ttps://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Links/Books/91_Vol_I.pdf

[4] ttps://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/1991/madhya-pradesh-[1947---1999]/10/4

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