1998 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh

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Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh, 1998
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  1996 Feb 1998 1999  

40 seats
 First partySecond party
 
Party BJP INC
Seats before278
Seats won3010
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2

In the 1998 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 30 seats. The remaining 10 seats were won by Indian National Congress (INC).

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Result

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Results of Indian general election, 1998 in Madhya Pradesh
Parties and coalitionsSeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Bharatiya Janata Party 4030Increase2.svg 31,23,15,40545.73%Increase2.svg 4.41%
Indian National Congress 4010Increase2.svg 21,06,11,31739.4%Increase2.svg 8.38%
Bahujan Samaj Party 350-23,43,0278.7%Increase2.svg 0.52%
Janata Party 180-3,28,9891.22%Increase2.svg 1.14%
Samajwadi Party 120-1,75,4610.65%Increase2.svg 0.57%
Gondwana Ganatantra Party 120-1,78,4470.66%Increase2.svg 0.62%
Independents 1280-3,55,1101.32%Decrease2.svg 8.25%
Total402,69,30,007
Invalid votes6,06,3772.2
Votes cast / turnout2,75,41,60761.74
Registered voters4,46,07,368100.00

Constituency-wise results

Keys:     BJP (30) [2]    INC (10)

Parliamentary ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
No.NameTypeCandidatePartyVotesVote%CandidatePartyVotesVote%Votes%
1. Morena SC52.14 Ashok Chhabiram BJP 2,77,499 Pritam Prasad BSP 2,09,37868,12110.66
2. Bhind GEN57.26 Ramlakhan Singh BJP 2,92,682 Kedarnath Kachhi BSP 1,93,77498,90814.29
3. Gwalior GEN60.22 Madhavrao Scindia INC 2,84,365 Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya BJP 2,58,08626,2793.68
4. Guna GEN60.36 Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia BJP 3,36,151 Devendra Singh INC 2,33,1531,02,99814.3
5. Sagar SC56.99 Virendra Kumar BJP 3,36,638 Nandlal Chaudhary INC 1,88,2341,48,40425.13
6. Khajuraho GEN63.81 Uma Bharti BJP 3,51,607 Shriram INC 2,47,7601,03,84712.82
7. Damoh GEN60.64 Ramkrishna Kusmaria BJP 3,12,057 Nareshchand INC 1,81,4591,30,59818.58
8. Satna GEN64.57 Ramanand Singh BJP 2,63,011 Rajendra Kumar Singh INC 2,18,52644,4856.19
9. Rewa GEN58.84 Chandramani Tripathi BJP 2,76,367 Bhim Singh Patel BSP 2,07,39468,9739.15
10. Sidhi ST59.99 Jagannath Singh BJP 2,75,803 Tilakraj Singh INC 2,29,27146,5326.56
11. Shahdol ST60.82 Gyan Singh BJP 2,96,764 Dalveer Singh INC 2,57,03039,7345.86
12. Surguja ST65.17 Larang Sai BJP 2,95,452 Khel Sai Singh INC 2,74,83220,6203.1
13 Raigarh ST74.57 Ajit Jogi INC 3,25,112 Nandkumar Sai BJP 3,20,7304,3820.65
14 Janjgir GEN62.33 Charandas Mahant INC 2,90,175 Manharanlal Pandey BJP 2,45,58944,5866.22
15 Bilaspur SC56.01 Punnulal Mohle BJP 2,74,793 Kanya Kumari INC 2,26,17848,6158.42
16 Sarangarh SC61.87 Paras Ram Bhardwaj INC 2,17,558 P. R. Khute BJP 2,11,1716,3871.02
17 Raipur GEN63.12 Ramesh Bais BJP 3,44,380 Vidya Charan Shukla INC 2,61,00183,37911.97
18 Mahasamund GEN66.04 Chandrashekhar Sahu BJP 3,32,874 Pawan Diwan INC 2,85,14247,7327.13
19 Kanker ST60.88 Sohan Potai BJP 2,70,121 Mahendra Karma INC 2,15,75154,3709.25
20 Bastar ST41.33 Baliram Kashyap BJP 1,51,484 Mankuram Sodi INC 1,34,60316,8814.71
21 Durg GEN61.73 Tarachand Sahu BJP 3,84,901 Jageshwar Sahu INC 3,16,18368,7189.01
22 Rajnandgaon GEN63.98 Motilal Vora INC 3,04,709 Ashok Sharma BJP 2,52,46852,2418.68
23. Balaghat GEN69.83 Gaurishankar Bisen BJP 2,40,066 Vishweshwer Bhagat INC 2,14,53525,5314.28
24. Mandla ST60.88 Faggan Singh Kulaste BJP 2,68,739 Chhotelal Uike INC 2,55,22713,5122.4
25. Jabalpur GEN54.59 Baburao Paranjpe BJP 3,00,584 Alok Chansoria INC 2,16,46984,11513.11
26. Seoni GEN63.20 Vimla Verma INC 3,12,097 Prahlad Singh Patel BJP 2,88,37623,7213.64
27. Chhindwara GEN70.51 Kamal Nath INC 4,06,249 Sunder Lal Patwa BJP 2,52,8511,53,39822.05
28. Betul GEN60.88 Vijay Kumar Khandelwal BJP 2,84,049 Ashok Sable INC 2,44,42539,6667.06
29. Hoshangabad GEN68.53 Sartaj Singh BJP 3,87,395 Arjun Singh INC 3,18,41468,9819.46
30. Bhopal GEN58.85 Sushil Chandra Verma BJP 4,94,481 Arif Baig INC 3,00,5491,93,93222.23
31. Vidisha GEN60.71 Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP 3,74,406 Ashutosh Dayal Sharma INC 2,36,5481,37,85820.98
32. Rajgarh GEN67.83 Lakshman Singh INC 3,52,289 Kailash Joshi BJP 2,96,05556,2348.0
33. Shajapur SC69.11 Thawarchand Gehlot BJP 3,71,571 Sajjan Singh Verma INC 3,52,57718,9942.51
34. Khandwa GEN62.75 Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan BJP 3,34,340 Mahendra Kumar Singh INC 2,89,82044,5206.9
35. Khargone GEN61.55 Rameshwar Patidar BJP 3,11,394 Bondar Singh INC 2,90,71520,6793.21
36. Dhar ST62.44 Gajendra Singh INC 3,44,858 Hemlata Chhatar Singh Darbar BJP 3,23,76521,0933.14
37. Indore GEN60.12 Sumitra Mahajan BJP 4,40,047 Pankaj Sanghvi INC 3,90,19549,8525.89
38. Ujjain SC61.38 Satyanarayan Jatiya BJP 3,48,405 Avantika Prasad Marmat INC 2,54,51893,88715.11
39. Jhabua ST56.35 Kantilal Bhuria INC 3,07,735 Dileep Singh Bhuria BJP 2,25,36282,37314.20
40. Mandsour GEN72.57 Laxminarayan Pandey BJP 4,12,849 Narendra Bhanwaralal Nahata INC 3,95,14717,7022.12

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