1996 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh

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]

Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh, 1996
April–May 1996
40 seats
  First party Second party
 
Party BJP INC
Seats before 12 27
Seats won 27 8
Seat change 15 19

Result

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Results of Indian general election, 1996 in Madhya Pradesh
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

Constituency-wise results
No. Constituency Type Name of Elected M.P. Party affiliation
1MorenaSCAshok ChhabiramBharatiya Janata Party
2BhindGENDr. Ramlakhan Singh
3GwaliorGENMadhavrao ScindiaMadhya Pradesh Vikas Congress
4GunaGENRajmata Vijayraje ScindiaBharatiya Janata Party
5SagarSCVirendra Kumar
6KhajurahoGENUma Bharti
7DamohGENDr. Ramakrishna Kusmaria
8SatnaGENSukhlal KushwahaBahujan Samaj Party
9RewaGENBudhsen Patel
10SidhiSTTilak Raj SinghAll India Indira Congress
11ShahdolSTGyan SinghBharatiya Janata Party
12SurgujaSTKhelsai SinghIndian National Congress
13RaigarhSTNand Kumar SaiBharatiya Janata Party
14JanjgirGENManharan Lal Pandey
15BilaspurSCPunnulal Mohle
16SarangarhSCParas Ram BhardwajIndian National Congress
17RaipurGENRamesh BaisBharatiya Janata Party
18MahasamundGENPawan DiwanIndian National Congress
19KankerSTChhabila Netam
20BastarSTMahendra KarmaIndependent politician
21DurgGENTarachand SahuBharatiya Janata Party
22RajnandgaonGENAshok Sharma
23BalaghatGENVishweshar BhagatIndian National Congress
24MandlaSTFaggan Singh KulasteBharatiya Janata Party
25JabalpurGENBaburao Paranjpe
26SeoniGENPrahlad Singh Patel
27ChhindwaraGENAlka NathIndian National Congress
28BetulGENVijay Kumar KhandelwalBharatiya Janata Party
29HoshangabadGENSartaj Singh
30BhopalGENSushil Chandra Verma
31VidishaGENShivraj Singh Chouhan
32RajgarhGENLakshman SinghIndian National Congress
33ShajapurSCThawar Chand GehlotBharatiya Janata Party
34KhandwaGENNand Kumar Singh Chauhan
35KhargoneGENRameshwar Patidar
36DharSTChhatar Singh Darbar
37IndoreGENSumitra Mahajan
38UjjainSCSatyanarayan Jatiya
39JhabuaSTDileep Singh BhuriaIndian National Congress
40MandsaurGENDr. Laxminarayan PandeyBharatiya Janata Party

References
  1. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA, VOLUME 1 (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer — Madhya Pradesh (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. "1996 में पहली बार सबसे बड़ी पार्टी बनकर उभरी भाजपा, 13 दिन के लिए पीएम बने अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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