# 1998 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh

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).

## Result

Results of Indian general election, 1998 in Madhya Pradesh :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 40 | | | 2,69,30,007 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 6,06,377 | 2.2 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 2,75,41,607 | 61.74 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 4,46,07,368 | 100.00 | | | | |

## Constituency-wise results

Keys:   BJP (30)  INC (10)
| Parliamentary Constituency | Parliamentary Constituency | Parliamentary Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin | Margin |
| No. | Name | Type | Turnout | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Vote% | Candidate | Party | 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 |