1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1998.

These were the last elections to the legislative assembly having 320 seats before Madhya Pradesh was divided into two parts. Chhattisgarh (90 Seats) & Madhya Pradesh (230 Seats).[1]

1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

27 November 1998 (1998-11-27)

All 320 assembly constituencies
161 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.22%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Digvijaya Singh undeclared
Party INC BJP
Leader since 1993
Leader's seat Raghogarh
Last election 174 117
Seats won 172 119
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 1,07,78,985 1,04,30,233
Percentage 40.59% 39.28%

Chief Minister before election

Digvijaya Singh
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Digvijaya Singh
INC

Madhya Pradesh Result

[2]

SN Party Seats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
%
Votes
1 Indian National Congress 316 172 -2 40.59
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 320 119 +2 39.28
3 Bahujan Samaj Party 221 11 0 6.15
4 Janata Dal 144 4 + 3 1.87
5 Samajwadi Party 228 4 + 4 1.58
6 Gondvana Gantantra Party 81 1 0 0.82
7 Ajeya Bharat Party 78 1 + 1 0.55
8 Janata Party 14 1 + 1 0.20
9 Republican Party of India 20 1 + 1 0.13
10 Independent 320 8 - 1 6.49
Total 320

References

  1. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1998". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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