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In the 1996 Indian general election for Madhya Pradesh polls were held for 40 seats in the state. The result was a major victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which won 27 seats.Indian National Congress (INC) fared poorly in this election and managed to won only 8 seats. [1]
| Parties and coalitions | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 39 | 27 |  15 | 94,72,940 | 41.32% |  0.56% | |
| Indian National Congress | 40 | 8 | 19 | 71,11,753 | 31.02% | 14.32% | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 28 | 2 | 1 | 18,74,594 | 8.18% | 4.64% | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 33 | 1 | New | 10,78,589 | 4.7% | New | |
| Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress | 1 | 1 | New | 3,37,539 | 1.47% | New | |
| Independents | 1046 | 1 | 1 | 21,94,115 | 9.57% | 6.27% | |
| Total | 40 | 2,29,24,872 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 8,20,541 | 3.46 | |||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 2,37,48,322 | 54.06 | |||||
| Registered voters | 4,39,27,252 | 100.00 | |||||
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