# Elections in Madhya Pradesh

Elections in Madhya Pradesh, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Madhya Pradesh creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

## Major political parties over the years

While some parties are currently active in the politics of Madhya Pradesh, some have been dissolved.
| # | Party | Status | Abbreviation & Color |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | Active | INC |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Active | BJP |
| 3 | Bahujan Samaj Party | Active | BSP |
| 4 | Samajwadi Party | Active | SP |
| 5 | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Dissolved | ABJS |
| 6 | Janata Party | Dissolved | JP |
| 7 | Janata Dal | Dissolved | JD |
| 8 | Swatantra Party | Dissolved | SWA |
| 9 | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Dissolved | BLD |
| 10 | Communist Party of India | Active | CPI |
| 11 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Active | CPI(M) |
| 12 | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | Dissolved | RRP |
| 13 | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | Dissolved | KMPP |
| 14 | Gondwana Ganatantra Party | Active | GGP |
| 15 | Samyukta Socialist Party | Dissolved | SSP |
| 16 | Samyukta Vidhayak Dal | Dissolved | JD |

## Lok Sabha Elections

| Lok Sabha | Year | Total Seats | INC | BJP | Others | PM elect | PM's Party |
| 1. | 1951 | 29 | 28 | - | - | Jawaharlal Nehru | INC |
| 2. | 1957 | 35 | 34 | - | Party name Seats won HMS 1 | Jawaharlal Nehru | INC |
| 3. | 1962 | 36 | 24 | - | Party name Seats won BJS 3 PSP 3 | Jawaharlal Nehru | INC |
| 4. | 1967 | 37 | 25 | - | Party name Seats won BJS 10 SWA 1 IND 1 | Indira Gandhi | |
| 5. | 1971 | 37 | 21 | - | Party name Seats won BJS 11 IND 4 | Indira Gandhi | |
| 6. | 1977 | 40 | 1 | - | Party name Seats won JP 38 IND 1 | Morarji Desai | JP |
| 7. | 1980 | 40 | 35 | - | Party name Seats won JP 4 | Indira Gandhi | INC |
| 8. | 1984 | 40 | 40 | 0 | - | Rajiv Gandhi | INC |
| 9. | 1989 | 38 | 8 | 27 | Party name Seats won JD 3 | V. P. Singh | JD |
| 10. | 1991 | 40 | 27 | 12 | Party name Seats won BSP 1 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | INC |
| 11. | 1996 | 40 | 8 | 27 | Party name Seats won BSP 2 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | BJP |
| 12. | 1998 | 40 | 10 | 30 | - | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | BJP |
| 13. | 1999 | 40 | 11 | 29 | - | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | BJP |
| 14. | 2004 | 29 | 4 | 25 | - | Manmohan Singh | INC |
| 15. | 2009 | 29 | 12 | 16 | Party name Seats won BSP 1 | Manmohan Singh | INC |
| 16. | 2014 | 29 | 2 | 27 | - | Narendra Modi | BJP |
| 17. | 2019 | 29 | 1 | 28 | - | Narendra Modi | BJP |
| 17. | 2024 | 29 | 0 | 29 | - | Narendra Modi | BJP |

### From 1989 to 2000

Total Seats- 40
| Lok Sabha | Election Year | 1st Party | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | Others | Prime Minister | PM's Party |
| 9th Lok Sabha | 1989 | | BJP 27 | | INC 8 | JD 3 | Ind 1 | V. P. Singh | JD |
| 9th Lok Sabha | 1990 | Chandra Shekhar | BJP 27 | SJP | INC 8 | JD 3 | Ind 1 |
| 10th Lok Sabha | 1991 | | INC 27 | | BJP 12 | BSP 1 | | P.V. Narasimha Rao | INC |
| 11th Lok Sabha | 1996 | | BJP 27 | | INC 8 | BSP 2 | AIIC(T) 1, MPVC 1, Ind 1 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | BJP |
| 11th Lok Sabha | 1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda | BJP 27 | JD | INC 8 | BSP 2 | AIIC(T) 1, MPVC 1, Ind 1 |
| 11th Lok Sabha | 1997 | I.K. Gujral | BJP 27 | | INC 8 | BSP 2 | AIIC(T) 1, MPVC 1, Ind 1 |
| 12th Lok Sabha | 1998 | | BJP 30 | | INC 10 | | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | BJP |
| 13th Lok Sabha | 1999 | | BJP 29 | | INC 11 | | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |

### After 2000

Total Seats- 29
| Lok Sabha | Election Year | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | Prime Minister | PM's Party |
| 14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | BJP 25 | INC 4 | | Manmohan Singh | INC |
| 15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | BJP 16 | INC 12 | BSP 1 | Manmohan Singh |
| 16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | BJP 27 | INC 2 | | Narendra Modi | BJP |
| 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | BJP 28 | INC 1 | | | Narendra Modi |
| 18th Lok Sabha | 2024 | BJP 29 | | | | | Narendra Modi |

## Vidhan Sabha elections

| LA | Year | Total Seats | INC | BJP | Others | Chief Minister | Party |
| 1. | 1952 | 232 | 194 | - | Party name Seats won KMPP 8 RRP 3 SP 2 SKP 2 IND 23 | Chief Minister Tenure Ravishankar Shukla 1 November 1956 - 31 December 1956 Bhagwantrao Mandloi 1 January 1957 - 30 January 1957 Kailash Nath Katju 31 January 1957 - 11 March 1962 | INC |
| 2. | 1957 | 288 | 232 | - | Party name Seats won PSP 12 BJS 10 HM 7 RRP 5 CPI 2 IND 20 | Kailash Nath Katju | INC |
| 3. | 1962 | 288 | 142 | - | Party name Seats won JS 41 PSP 33 SOC 14 RRP 10 HM 6 SWA 2 CPI 1 IND 39 | Chief Minister Tenure Bhagwantrao Mandloi 12 March 1962 - 29 September 1963 Dwarka Prasad Mishra 31 September 1963 - 8 March 1967 | INC |
| 4. | 1967 | 296 | 167 | - | Party name Seats won BJS 78 SWA 7 SSP 10 | Chief Minister Tenure Govind Narayan Singh 30 July 1967 - 12 March 1969 Nareshchandra Singh 13 March 1969 - 25 March 1969 Shyama Charan Shukla 26 March 1969 - 28 January 1972 | SVD |
| 5. | 1972 | 296 | 220 | - | Party name Seats won BJS 48 SSP 7 CPI 3 IND 18 | Chief Minister Tenure Prakash Chandra Sethi 29 January 1972 - 22 December 1975 Shyama Charan Shukla 23 December 1975 - 29 April 1977 | INC |
| 6. | 1977 | 320 | 84 | - | Party name Seats won JP 230 RRP 1 IND 5 | Chief Minister Tenure Kailash Joshi 24 June 1977 - 17 January 1978 Virendra Kumar Saklecha 18 January 1978 - 19 January 1980 Sundar Lal Patwa 20 January 1980 - 17 February 1980 | JP |
| 7. | 1980 | 320 | 246 | 60 | Party name Seats won JP 2 CPI 2 JP(S) 1 RPK 1 IND 8 | Arjun Singh | INC |
| 8. | 1985 | 320 | 250 | 58 | Party name Seats won JP 5 INC(S) 1 IND 6 | Chief Minister Tenure Motilal Vora 13 March 1985 - 13 February 1988 Arjun Singh 14 February 1988 - 24 January 1989 Motilal Vora 25 January 1989 - 8 December 1989 | INC |
| 9. | 1990 | 320 | 56 | 220 | Party name Seats won JD 28 CPI 3 BSP 2 KSM 1 IND 10 | Sunder Lal Patwa | BJP |
| 10. | 1993 | 320 | 174 | 117 | Party name Seats won BSP 11 JD 4 CPI 2 CPI(M) 1 CMM 1 KSM 1 RPI(K) 1 IND 8 | Digvijaya Singh | INC |
| 11. | 1998 | 320 | 172 | 119 | Party name Seats won BSP 11 JD 4 SP 4 GGP 1 ABP 1 JP 1 RPI 1 IND 8 | Digvijaya Singh | INC |
| 12. | 2003 | 230 | 38 | 173 | Party name Seats won SP 7 GGP 3 BSP 2 RSD 2 IND 2 | Chief Minister Tenure Uma Bharti 8 December 2003 - 22 August 2004 Babulal Gaur 22 August 2004 - 29 November 2005 Shivraj Singh Chouhan 29 November 2005 - 16 December 2018 | BJP |
| 13. | 2008 | 230 | 71 | 143 | Party name Seats won BSP 7 BJSP 5 SP 1 IND 3 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP |
| 14. | 2013 | 230 | 58 | 165 | Party name Seats won BSP 4 IND 3 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP |
| 15. | 2018 | 230 | 114 | 109 | Party name Seats won BSP 2 SP 1 IND 4 | Kamal Nath | INC |
| 16. | 2020 | 230 | 96 | 126 | Party name Seats won BSP 2 SP 1 IND 4 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP |
| 17. | 2023 | 230 | 66 | 163 | Party name Seats won BAP 1 | Mohan Yadav | BJP |
* ↑ In the elections held in the year 1967, the INC won 167 seats but its leader Govind Narayan Singh broke away with the party and formed the SVD, which along with other parties formed the government with Govind Narayan Singh as the Chief Minister

### After 2000

Total Seats- 230
| Vidhan Sabha | Election Year | 1st Party | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | 3rd Party | Others | Chief Minister | CM's Party |
| 12th | 2003 | | BJP 173 | | INC 38 | | SP 7 | GGP: 3, BSP: 2, RSD: 2, IND: 2 | Uma Bharti | BJP |
| 12th | 2003 | Babulal Gaur | BJP 173 | | INC 38 | | SP 7 | GGP: 3, BSP: 2, RSD: 2, IND: 2 | | BJP |
| 12th | 2003 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP 173 | | INC 38 | | SP 7 | GGP: 3, BSP: 2, RSD: 2, IND: 2 | | BJP |
| 13th | 2008 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | | BJP 143 | | INC 71 | | BSP 7 | BJSP:5, SP: 1, IND: 3 | BJP |
| 14th | 2013 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | | BJP 165 | | INC 58 | | BSP 4 | IND: 3 | BJP |
| 15th | 2018 | | INC 114 | | BJP 109 | | BSP 2 | SP 1, IND 4 | Kamal Nath | INC |
| 15th | 2020 bypolls | | BJP 126 | | INC 96 | | BSP 2 | SP 1, IND 4 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP |
| 16th | 2023 | | BJP 163 | | INC 66 | | BAP 1 | | Mohan Yadav | BJP |