Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in November 1998. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Digvijaya Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister for the second time.
These were the last elections to the legislative assembly before the passage of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, which carved out the new state of Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh. From the 320 seats in the undivided legislative assembly, the new Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly was assigned 90 Seats, while Madhya Pradesh was left with the remaining 230 seats.
Result Source: # Party SeatsContested Seatswon 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 1 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 9 1 6.49 Total 320
Elected members