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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

320 seats · 156 changed party since 1993

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Party standings

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 172 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 119 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 11 seatsIndependent — 9 seatsSamajwadi Party — 4 seatsJanata Dal — 1 seatGarvi Gujarat Party — 1 seat3 other parties — 3 seats161320of 320 seats
  • INC172
  • BJP119
  • BSP11
  • IND9
  • SP4
  • JD1
  • GGP1
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress17254%1,07,78,98540.6%316
BJPBharatiya Janata Party11937%1,04,30,23339.3%320
BSPBahujan Samaj Party113%16,33,8256.2%170
INDIndependent93%17,22,5986.5%892
SPSamajwadi Party41%4,19,6261.6%94
JDJanata Dal10%4,96,9511.9%144
GGPGarvi Gujarat Party10%2,17,6880.8%81
AJBPAJBP10%1,47,2650.6%78
JPJanahitha Paksha10%53,2730.2%14
RPIRPI10%35,7920.1%20

+ 32 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998 · winner by seat

230 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 161

1998 · selected
Majority 161
INC172BJP119BSP11IND9SP4JD1GGP1AJBP1JP1RPI1
1993 · previous
Majority 161

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1993 → 1998

1993 1998· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
40.7
40.6
38.8
39.3
7.0
6.2
5.9
6.5
3.9
1.9
INCBJPBSPINDJD

Seat change

1998 seats minus 1993 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
174 → 172
−2
BJP
117 → 119
+2
BSP
11 → 11
0
IND
8 → 9
+1
SP
0 → 4
+4
JD
4 → 1
−3
GGP
0 → 1
+1
AJBP
0 → 1
+1
JP
0 → 1
+1
RPI
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1993 → 1998

share lostshare gained
SP
0.5% → 1.6%
+1.0%
GGP
0.2% → 0.8%
+0.6%
IND
5.9% → 6.5%
+0.6%
AJBP
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
BJP
38.8% → 39.3%
+0.5%
DDP
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
BSP
7.0% → 6.2%
−0.9%
JD
3.9% → 1.9%
−2.0%

Biggest INC–BJP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 1993 → 1998. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − BJP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward BJP.

toward BJPtoward INC
Petlawad
−59.1%
Bhopal North
+57.3%
Pandhana
+55.5%
Rampur
−54.8%
Attair
−52.4%
Gwalior
−50.0%
Chowki
−47.8%
Rewa
−45.1%
Khujji
+42.4%
Raghogarh
+42.0%
Chandla
−40.9%
Govindpura
+38.3%

Closest races · 1998

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1998

320 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1993