1998 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh

Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh, 1998
40 seats
Prime Minister before election; I. K. Gujral ; JD	Prime Minister after election; A. B. Vajpayee ; BJP

Last updated September 03, 2025

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).

Parties and alliances

National Democratic Alliance

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

	Leader	Seats contested
Bahujan Samaj Party	Mayawati	35
Gondwana Ganatantra Party	Hira Singh Markam	18
Janata Party	Subramanian Swamy	18
Samajwadi Party	Mulayam Singh Yadav	12

Result

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Results of Indian general election, 1998 in Madhya Pradesh
Parties and coalitions		Seats			Popular vote
Parties and coalitions		Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%	±pp
	Bharatiya Janata Party	40	30	3	1,23,15,405	45.73%	4.41%
	Indian National Congress	40	10	2	1,06,11,317	39.4%	8.38%
	Bahujan Samaj Party	35	0	-	23,43,027	8.7%	0.52%
	Janata Party	18	0	-	3,28,989	1.22%	1.14%
	Samajwadi Party	12	0	-	1,75,461	0.65%	0.57%
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party	12	0	-	1,78,447	0.66%	0.62%
	Independents	128	0	-	3,55,110	1.32%	8.25%

Total		40			2,69,30,007
Invalid votes		6,06,377	2.2
Votes cast / turnout		2,75,41,607	61.74
Registered voters		4,46,07,368	100.00

Constituency-wise results

Keys: BJP (30) ^[2] INC (10)

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name	Type	Turnout	Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Votes	%
1.	Morena	SC	52.14	Ashok Chhabiram		BJP	2,77,499		Pritam Prasad		BSP	2,09,378		68,121	10.66
2.	Bhind	GEN	57.26	Ramlakhan Singh		BJP	2,92,682		Kedarnath Kachhi		BSP	1,93,774		98,908	14.29
3.	Gwalior	GEN	60.22	Madhavrao Scindia		INC	2,84,365		Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya		BJP	2,58,086		26,279	3.68
4.	Guna	GEN	60.36	Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia		BJP	3,36,151		Devendra Singh		INC	2,33,153		1,02,998	14.3
5.	Sagar	SC	56.99	Virendra Kumar		BJP	3,36,638		Nandlal Chaudhary		INC	1,88,234		1,48,404	25.13
6.	Khajuraho	GEN	63.81	Uma Bharti		BJP	3,51,607		Shriram		INC	2,47,760		1,03,847	12.82
7.	Damoh	GEN	60.64	Ramkrishna Kusmaria		BJP	3,12,057		Nareshchand		INC	1,81,459		1,30,598	18.58
8.	Satna	GEN	64.57	Ramanand Singh		BJP	2,63,011		Rajendra Kumar Singh		INC	2,18,526		44,485	6.19
9.	Rewa	GEN	58.84	Chandramani Tripathi		BJP	2,76,367		Bhim Singh Patel		BSP	2,07,394		68,973	9.15
10.	Sidhi	ST	59.99	Jagannath Singh		BJP	2,75,803		Tilakraj Singh		INC	2,29,271		46,532	6.56
11.	Shahdol	ST	60.82	Gyan Singh		BJP	2,96,764		Dalveer Singh		INC	2,57,030		39,734	5.86
12.	Surguja	ST	65.17	Larang Sai		BJP	2,95,452		Khel Sai Singh		INC	2,74,832		20,620	3.1
13	Raigarh	ST	74.57	Ajit Jogi		INC	3,25,112		Nandkumar Sai		BJP	3,20,730		4,382	0.65
14	Janjgir	GEN	62.33	Charandas Mahant		INC	2,90,175		Manharanlal Pandey		BJP	2,45,589		44,586	6.22
15	Bilaspur	SC	56.01	Punnulal Mohle		BJP	2,74,793		Kanya Kumari		INC	2,26,178		48,615	8.42
16	Sarangarh	SC	61.87	Paras Ram Bhardwaj		INC	2,17,558		P. R. Khute		BJP	2,11,171		6,387	1.02
17	Raipur	GEN	63.12	Ramesh Bais		BJP	3,44,380		Vidya Charan Shukla		INC	2,61,001		83,379	11.97
18	Mahasamund	GEN	66.04	Chandrashekhar Sahu		BJP	3,32,874		Pawan Diwan		INC	2,85,142		47,732	7.13
19	Kanker	ST	60.88	Sohan Potai		BJP	2,70,121		Mahendra Karma		INC	2,15,751		54,370	9.25
20	Bastar	ST	41.33	Baliram Kashyap		BJP	1,51,484		Mankuram Sodi		INC	1,34,603		16,881	4.71
21	Durg	GEN	61.73	Tarachand Sahu		BJP	3,84,901		Jageshwar Sahu		INC	3,16,183		68,718	9.01
22	Rajnandgaon	GEN	63.98	Motilal Vora		INC	3,04,709		Ashok Sharma		BJP	2,52,468		52,241	8.68
23.	Balaghat	GEN	69.83	Gaurishankar Bisen		BJP	2,40,066		Vishweshwer Bhagat		INC	2,14,535		25,531	4.28
24.	Mandla	ST	60.88	Faggan Singh Kulaste		BJP	2,68,739		Chhotelal Uike		INC	2,55,227		13,512	2.4
25.	Jabalpur	GEN	54.59	Baburao Paranjpe		BJP	3,00,584		Alok Chansoria		INC	2,16,469		84,115	13.11
26.	Seoni	GEN	63.20	Vimla Verma		INC	3,12,097		Prahlad Singh Patel		BJP	2,88,376		23,721	3.64
27.	Chhindwara	GEN	70.51	Kamal Nath		INC	4,06,249		Sunder Lal Patwa		BJP	2,52,851		1,53,398	22.05
28.	Betul	GEN	60.88	Vijay Kumar Khandelwal		BJP	2,84,049		Ashok Sable		INC	2,44,425		39,666	7.06
29.	Hoshangabad	GEN	68.53	Sartaj Singh		BJP	3,87,395		Arjun Singh		INC	3,18,414		68,981	9.46
30.	Bhopal	GEN	58.85	Sushil Chandra Verma		BJP	4,94,481		Arif Baig		INC	3,00,549		1,93,932	22.23
31.	Vidisha	GEN	60.71	Shivraj Singh Chouhan		BJP	3,74,406		Ashutosh Dayal Sharma		INC	2,36,548		1,37,858	20.98
32.	Rajgarh	GEN	67.83	Lakshman Singh		INC	3,52,289		Kailash Joshi		BJP	2,96,055		56,234	8.0
33.	Shajapur	SC	69.11	Thawarchand Gehlot		BJP	3,71,571		Sajjan Singh Verma		INC	3,52,577		18,994	2.51
34.	Khandwa	GEN	62.75	Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan		BJP	3,34,340		Mahendra Kumar Singh		INC	2,89,820		44,520	6.9
35.	Khargone	GEN	61.55	Rameshwar Patidar		BJP	3,11,394		Bondar Singh		INC	2,90,715		20,679	3.21
36.	Dhar	ST	62.44	Gajendra Singh		INC	3,44,858		Hemlata Chhatar Singh Darbar		BJP	3,23,765		21,093	3.14
37.	Indore	GEN	60.12	Sumitra Mahajan		BJP	4,40,047		Pankaj Sanghvi		INC	3,90,195		49,852	5.89
38.	Ujjain	SC	61.38	Satyanarayan Jatiya		BJP	3,48,405		Avantika Prasad Marmat		INC	2,54,518		93,887	15.11
39.	Jhabua	ST	56.35	Kantilal Bhuria		INC	3,07,735		Dileep Singh Bhuria		BJP	2,25,362		82,373	14.20
40.	Mandsour	GEN	72.57	Laxminarayan Pandey		BJP	4,12,849		Narendra Bhanwaralal Nahata		INC	3,95,147		17,702	2.12

References

↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12th LOK SABHA" (PDF). CEO Madhya Pradesh. New Delhi: Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-13.
↑ "1998 Lok Sabha election results for Madhya Pradesh [1947 - 1999]". indiavotes.com. Archived from the original on 2024-04-01. Retrieved 2024-03-31.

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[1] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12th LOK SABHA" (PDF). CEO Madhya Pradesh. New Delhi: Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-13.

[2] "1998 Lok Sabha election results for Madhya Pradesh [1947 - 1999]". indiavotes.com. Archived from the original on 2024-04-01. Retrieved 2024-03-31.

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