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.

Parties and alliances

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyL. K. Advani39 Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress Madhavrao Scindia 1

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressDigvijaya Singh 40

Others Party flag Symbol Leader Seats contested All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) Narayan Dutt Tiwari 33 Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 28

List of Candidates ConstituencyBJP+INCBSPAIIC(T) # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Morena (SC)Ashok ArgalBabulal SolankiPritam Ps. ChoudharyMukat Singh Sakhwar2BhindRam Lakhan SinghVishwanath SharmaKedar Nath KushwahRajesh Bhadoria3GwaliorMadhavrao ScindiaShashibhushan BajpaiPhool Singh Baraiya4GunaVijaya Raje ScindiaK. P. SinghPrakash DhakadSardar Raghuwanshi5Sagar (SC)Virendra KhatikAnand AhirwarJaikaran SaketUttam Khatik6KhajurahoUma BhartiManvendra SinghR. D. Prajapati7DamohRamkrishna KusmariaMukesh NayakSukhnandan PatelRaj Bahadur Singh8SatnaVirendra SakhlechaToshan SinghSukhlal KushwahaArjun Singh9RewaParveen KumariSundar Lal TiwariBuddha Hasen Patel10Sidhi (ST)Manik SinghMoti Lal SinghBasantiTilak Raj Singh11Shahdol (ST)Gyan SinghDalabir SinghPhunde Lal Singh12Surguja (ST)LarangsaiKhelsai SinghBhanu Pratap Singh13Raigarh (ST)Nand Kumar SaiPushpa Devi SinghShrimati Uma Rathiya14JanjgirManaharan Lal PandeyBhawanilal VermaChaitram ChandraBodh Ram15Bilaspur (SC)Punnulal MohleKhelan RamT. R. NiralaBanshi Lal16Sarangarh (SC)Shyamsundar RatreParas Ram BhardwajDauram RatnakarK. P. Haripriya17RaipurRamesh VaishDhanender SahuVishnu Baghel18MahasamundChandra SekharPawan DiwanJanki Devi DhruvChandrika Sahu19Kanker (ST)Sohan PotaiChhabila Arvind NetamJ. R. ThakurJhumuklal Vhendia20Bastar (ST)Rajaram TodemMankuram SodhiGanga Potai21DurgTarachand SahuPyare Lal BelchandanParas Nath PatelAnjan Lal Chandrakar22RajnandgaonAshok SharmaShivendra SinghAshok SahuBalbir Khanuja23BalaghatGaurishankar BisenVishveshwar BhagatVijay Beniram Vare24Mandla (ST)Faggan KulasteMohan LalRajendera SinghManiklal25JabalpurBaburao ParanjpeSarvankumar PatelAshok PatelChandrika Ps. Tripathi26SeoniPrahlad Singh PatelVimla VermaShyam DhurveyShashibhusan Singh27ChhindwaraChandrabhan SinghAlka Nath28BetulVijay KhandelwalAslam Sher KhanVishnu Rajoriya29HoshangabadSartaj SinghRameshwar NeekhraMunna Lal PatelNageen Kochar30BhopalSushil ChandraKailash AgnihotriLalit Shrivastava31VidishaShivraj Singh ChouhanHirdai Mohan JainNathoo Ram LodhiNaresh Jain32RajgarhPyarelal KhandelwalLakshman SinghJagdish SuryavanshiRajyavardhan Singh33Shajapur (SC)Thawar Chand GehlotShakuntala ChouhanPuran Lal Malviya34KhandwaNandkumar ChauhanShiv Kumar SinghGanshyam ChoudhariSalim Patel Hazi 35KhargoneRameshwar PatidarBodar Singh Kalu Rajinder Chauhan36Dhar (ST)Chhatar DarbarSuraj Bhanu SolankiGoverdhansinh Mukati37IndoreSumitra MahajanMadhukar VermaAnil Lalbhadur38Ujjain (SC)Satyanarayan JatiyaSidhnatha PariharBhanwarsingh GangwalBapulal Malviya39Jhabua (ST)Bhagirath BhanwarDileep BhuriaPrabhudayal Ghehalot40MandsaurLaxminarayan PandeyGhanshyam PatidarArvind Chopra

Result Results by Party Party/Alliance Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" BJP+ BJP 94,72,940 41.32 0.56 39 27 15 MPVC 3,37,539 1.47 1 1 1 Total 98,10,479 42.79 40 28 16 INC 71,11,753 31.02 14.32 40 8 19 BSP 18,74,594 8.18 4.64 28 2 1 AIIC(T) 10,78,589 4.70 33 1 1 JD 2,41,119 1.05 3.19 8 0 CPI 1,68,448 0.73 0.31 4 0 Others 4,45,775 1.94 60 0 IND 21,94,115 9.57 1046 1 Total 2,29,24,872 100% - 1259 40 -

Constituency-wise results Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Morena (SC)Ashok ArgalBJP1,72,67542.58Pritam Prasad ChoudharyBSP1,34,69633.2137,9799.372BhindRam Lakhan SinghBJP1,98,10939.21Kedar Nath KushwahBSP1,82,31136.0815,7983.133GwaliorMadhavrao ScindiaMPVC3,37,53966.33Phool Singh BaraiyaBSP1,13,54522.312,23,99444.024GunaVijaya Raje ScindiaBJP2,72,63349.78K.P. SinghINC1,41,80925.891,30,82423.895Sagar (SC)Virendra Kumar KhatikBJP2,45,10652.25Anand AhirwarINC96,78920.631,48,31731.626KhajurahoUma BhartiBJP2,94,47245.27Manvendra SinghINC1,63,38225.121,31,09020.157DamohRamkrishna KusmariaBJP3,03,47650.89Mukesh NayakINC1,35,21922.671,68,25728.228SatnaSukhlal KushwahaBSP1,82,49728.37Virendra Kumar SakhlechaBJP1,60,25924.9122,2383.469RewaBuddha Hasen PatelBSP1,58,37926.91Parveen KumariBJP1,45,99724.8112,3822.1010Sidhi (ST)Tilak Raj SinghAIIC(T)1,68,34026.40Manik SinghBJP1,60,13625.118,2041.2911Shahdol (ST)Gyan SinghBJP2,10,94633.92Dalabir SinghINC1,57,55125.3453,3958.5812Surguja (ST)Khelsai SinghINC2,61,21341.06Larang SaiBJP2,52,44239.688,7711.3813Raigarh (ST)Nand Kumar SaiBJP2,61,08042.25Pushpa Devi SinghINC2,51,88240.769,1981.4914JanjgirManharan Lal PandeyBJP1,98,60030.75Bhawani Lal VermaINC1,64,86825.5333,7325.2215Bilaspur (SC)Punnulal MohleBJP2,26,05441.96Khelan Ram JangdeINC1,91,17435.4934,8806.4716Sarangarh (SC)Paras Ram BhardwajINC2,18,05539.88Dauram RatnakarBSP1,84,77833.7933,2776.0917RaipurRamesh BaisBJP2,52,99045.56Dhanender SahuINC2,02,25136.4250,7399.1418MahasamundPawan DiwanINC2,50,52141.41Chandra Shekhar SahuBJP2,43,58140.266,9401.1519Kanker (ST)Chhabila NetamINC2,19,19139.77Sohan PotaiBJP1,94,77135.3424,4204.4320Bastar (ST)Mahendra KarmaIND1,24,32232.15Manku Ram SodhiINC1,10,26528.5114,0573.6421DurgTarachand SahuBJP2,69,45042.35Pyare Lal BelchandanINC2,43,70338.3125,7474.0422RajnandgaonAshok SharmaBJP2,22,61644.67Shivendra Bahadur SinghINC1,63,34032.7859,27611.8923BalaghatVishveshwar BhagatINC1,71,56930.91Gaurishankar BisenBJP1,70,31230.681,2570.2324Mandla (ST)Faggan Singh KulasteBJP2,46,33444.89MohanlalINC1,81,71433.1164,62011.7825JabalpurBaburao ParanjapeBJP2,56,62149.09Sarvankumar PatelINC1,62,94131.1793,68017.9226SeoniPrahlad Singh PatelBJP2,62,37343.64Vimla VermaINC1,97,52632.8564,84710.7927ChhindwaraAlka NathINC2,81,41446.69Chandrabhan SinghBJP2,60,03243.1421,3823.5528BetulVijay Kumar KhandelwalBJP2,60,25952.22Aslam Sher KhanINC1,48,18329.741,12,07622.4829HoshangabadSartaj SinghBJP2,69,08447.58Rameshwar NeekhraINC2,16,55738.3052,5279.2830BhopalSushil Chandra VarmaBJP3,53,42749.27Kailash Agnihotri (Kundal)INC2,02,53328.241,50,89421.0331VidishaShivraj Singh ChouhanBJP3,10,58054.15Hirdai Mohan JainINC1,34,82223.511,75,75830.6432RajgarhLaxman SinghINC2,57,21843.68Pyarelal KhandelwalBJP2,32,01739.4025,2014.2833Shajapur (SC)Thawarchand GehlotBJP3,42,92456.31Shakuntala ChouhanINC2,13,28535.021,29,63921.2934KhandwaNandkumar Singh ChauhanBJP2,89,09950.49Shiv Kumar Singh Naval SinghINC1,94,74934.0194,35016.4835KhargoneRameshwar PatidarBJP2,86,54949.26Bodar Singh Kalu Singh MandloiINC2,41,34241.4945,2077.7736Dhar (ST)Chhatar Singh DarbarBJP2,98,74151.43Suraj Bhanu SolankiINC2,17,13037.3881,61114.0537IndoreSumitra MahajanBJP3,38,32750.94Madhukar VermaINC2,33,89435.221,04,43315.7238Ujjain (SC)Satyanarayan JatiyaBJP3,06,93553.06Sidhnatha PariharINC1,95,67833.831,11,25719.2339Jhabua (ST)Dileep Singh BhuriaINC1,88,93339.78Bhagirath BhanwarBJP1,61,03433.9027,8995.8840MandsaurLaxminarayan PandeyBJP3,45,89649.69Ganshyam Patidar NehrulalINC2,66,04838.2279,84811.47

References

External links Election Commission of India