# 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.

## Result

Results of Indian general election, 1996 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 | 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 | Total | 40 | | | 2,29,24,872 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,20,541 | 3.46 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 2,37,48,322 | 54.06 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 4,39,27,252 | 100.00 | | | | |

### Constituency-wise results

| No. | Constituency | Type | Name of Elected M.P. | Party affiliation |
| 1 | Morena | SC | Ashok Chhabiram | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2 | Bhind | GEN | Dr. Ramlakhan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Gwalior | GEN | Madhavrao Scindia | Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress |
| 4 | Guna | GEN | Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 5 | Sagar | SC | Virendra Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 6 | Khajuraho | GEN | Uma Bharti | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 7 | Damoh | GEN | Dr. Ramakrishna Kusmaria | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 8 | Satna | GEN | Sukhlal Kushwaha | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 9 | Rewa | GEN | Budhsen Patel | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 10 | Sidhi | ST | Tilak Raj Singh | All India Indira Congress |
| 11 | Shahdol | ST | Gyan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 12 | Surguja | ST | Khelsai Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 13 | Raigarh | ST | Nand Kumar Sai | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 14 | Janjgir | GEN | Manharan Lal Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 15 | Bilaspur | SC | Punnulal Mohle | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 16 | Sarangarh | SC | Paras Ram Bhardwaj | Indian National Congress |
| 17 | Raipur | GEN | Ramesh Bais | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 18 | Mahasamund | GEN | Pawan Diwan | Indian National Congress |
| 19 | Kanker | ST | Chhabila Netam | Indian National Congress |
| 20 | Bastar | ST | Mahendra Karma | Independent politician |
| 21 | Durg | GEN | Tarachand Sahu | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 22 | Rajnandgaon | GEN | Ashok Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 23 | Balaghat | GEN | Vishweshar Bhagat | Indian National Congress |
| 24 | Mandla | ST | Faggan Singh Kulaste | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 25 | Jabalpur | GEN | Baburao Paranjpe | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 26 | Seoni | GEN | Prahlad Singh Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 27 | Chhindwara | GEN | Alka Nath | Indian National Congress |
| 28 | Betul | GEN | Vijay Kumar Khandelwal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 29 | Hoshangabad | GEN | Sartaj Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 30 | Bhopal | GEN | Sushil Chandra Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 31 | Vidisha | GEN | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 32 | Rajgarh | GEN | Lakshman Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 33 | Shajapur | SC | Thawar Chand Gehlot | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 34 | Khandwa | GEN | Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 35 | Khargone | GEN | Rameshwar Patidar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 36 | Dhar | ST | Chhatar Singh Darbar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 37 | Indore | GEN | Sumitra Mahajan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 38 | Ujjain | SC | Satyanarayan Jatiya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 39 | Jhabua | ST | Dileep Singh Bhuria | Indian National Congress |
| 40 | Mandsaur | GEN | Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party |