1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

27 November 1998

All 320 assembly constituencies
161 seats needed for a majority
Registered44,861,764
Turnout60.22%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Digvijaya Singh undeclared Kanshiram
Party INC BJP BSP
Leader since 1993 1984
Leader's seat Raghogarh
Last election 174 117 11
Seats won 172 119 11
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2 --
Popular vote 1,07,78,985 1,04,30,233 16,33,825
Percentage 40.59% 39.28% 6.15%

Chief Minister before election

Digvijaya Singh
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Digvijaya Singh
INC

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in November 1998.[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Digvijaya Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister for the second time.[2]

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.[3]

Result

Source:[4]

# Party Seats
Contested
Seats
won
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

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
SheopurNoneBrijraj Singh Independent
BijeypurNoneBaboolal Mewra Bharatiya Janata Party
SabalgarhNoneBundilal Rawat Bahujan Samaj Party
JouraNoneSoneram Kushwah Bahujan Samaj Party
SumawaliNoneAidal Singh Bahujan Samaj Party
MorenaNoneSevaram Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
DimniSCMunshilal Bharatiya Janata Party
AmbahSCBanshilal Jatav Bharatiya Janata Party
GohadSCLal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
MehgaonNoneRakesh Bharatiya Janata Party
AttairNoneMunna Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BhindNoneRakesh Singh Indian National Congress
RonNoneRasalsingh Samajwadi Party
LaharNoneDr. Govind Singh Indian National Congress
GwaliorNoneNarendra Singh Tomar Bharatiya Janata Party
Lashkar EastNoneRamesh Agrawal Indian National Congress
Lashkar WestNoneAnoop Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party
MorarNoneDhyanendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
GirdNoneLakhan Singh Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party
DabraNoneNarottam Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party
BhanderSCEr. Phool Singh Baraiya Bahujan Samaj Party
SeondhaSCMahendra Boudh Indian National Congress
DatiaNoneRajendra Bharti Samajwadi Party
KareraNoneRanveer Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
PohriNoneNarendra Birthare Bharatiya Janata Party
ShivpuriNoneYashodhara Raje Scindia Bharatiya Janata Party
PichhoreNoneK.p.singh " Kakka Ju" Indian National Congress
KolarasSCPooran Singh Bedia Indian National Congress
GunaNoneShiv Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
ChachauraNoneShiv Narayan Meena Indian National Congress
RaghogarhNoneDigvijay Singh Indian National Congress
ShadoraSCGopilal Bharatiya Janata Party
AshoknagarNoneBalveer Singh Kushawah Bahujan Samaj Party
MungaoliNoneRao Deshraj Singh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
BinaNoneSudhakar Bapat Bharatiya Janata Party
KhuraiSCDharmu Rai Bharatiya Janata Party
BandaNoneHarnam Singh Rathor Bharatiya Janata Party
NaryaoliSCSurendra Choudhary Indian National Congress
SagarNoneSmt. Sudha Jain Advocate Bharatiya Janata Party
SurkhiNoneBhupendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
RehliNoneGopal Bhargava Bharatiya Janata Party
DeoriNoneBrij Bihari Pateriya Gudda Bhaiya Indian National Congress
NiwariNoneBrijendra Singh Rathore Independent
JataraNoneSunil Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party
KhargapurSCAhirwar Parwatlal Bharatiya Janata Party
TikamgarhNoneMagan Lal Goil Bharatiya Janata Party
MalehraNoneSwami Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
BijawarNoneManvendra Singh Indian National Congress
ChhatarpurNoneUmesh Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party
MaharajpurSCRamdayal Ahirwar Bharatiya Janata Party
ChandlaNoneKunwarvijaybahadursingh Bundela Samajwadi Party
NohataNoneRatnesh Soloman Indian National Congress
DamohNoneJayant Kumar Malaiya Bharatiya Janata Party
PathariaSCGanesh Khatik Bharatiya Janata Party
HattaNoneRaja Patairya Indian National Congress
PannaNoneMs. Kusum Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
AmanganjNoneGorelal Bharatiya Janata Party
PawaiNoneAshok Vir Vikram Singh Samajwadi Party
MaiharNoneVrindavan Badgainya Indian National Congress
NagodNoneRam Pratap Singh Independent
RaigaonSCJugul Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party
ChitrakootNonePrem Singh Indian National Congress
SatnaNoneSaeed Ahmed Indian National Congress
Rampur BaghelanNonePrabhakar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
AmarpatanNoneShivmohan Singh Indian National Congress
RewaNonePushpraj Singh Independent
GurhNoneAdvocate Vidyawati Patel Bahujan Samaj Party
MangawanNoneSriniwas Tiwari Indian National Congress
SirmaurNoneRajmani Patel Indian National Congress
TeontharNoneRamakant Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
DeotalabSCPanchhu Lal Prajapati Bharatiya Janata Party
MauganjNoneDr. I.m.p. Verma Bahujan Samaj Party
ChurahatNoneAjay Singh"rahul" Indian National Congress
SidhiNoneIndrajit Kumar Indian National Congress
GopadbanasNoneKedarnath Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party
DhauhaniSTPanjab Singh Indian National Congress
DeosarSTManik Singh Indian National Congress
SingrauliSCRamcharitra Bharatiya Janata Party
BeohariNoneLavkesh Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
UmariaNoneNarendra Pratap Singh Munnu Indian National Congress
NowrozabadSTMs. Shakuntala Pradhan Indian National Congress
JaisinghnagarSTRamprasad Singh Indian National Congress
KotmaSTJaisingh Maravi Bharatiya Janata Party
AnuppurSTBisahulal Singh Indian National Congress
SohagpurNoneKrishnapal Singh Indian National Congress
PushprajgarhSTShivprasad Singh Indian National Congress
ManendragarhSTGulab Indian National Congress
BaikunthpurNoneRamchandra Indian National Congress
PremnagarSTTuleswar Singh Indian National Congress
SurajpurSTBhanu Pratap Indian National Congress
PalSTRam Vichar Netam Bharatiya Janata Party
SamriSTSohanlal Bharatiya Janata Party
LundraSTRamdeo Indian National Congress
PilkhaSTDr.premsai Singh Indian National Congress
AmbikapurSTMadan Gopal Singh Indian National Congress
SitapurSTProfessor Gopal Ram Independent
BagichaSTGanesh Ram Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
JashpurSTVikram Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
TapkaraSTNand Kumar Sai Bharatiya Janata Party
PathalgaonSTRampukar Singh Indian National Congress
DharamjaigarhSTChaneshram Rathiya Indian National Congress
LailungaSTPremsingh Sidar Bharatiya Janata Party
RaigarhNoneKrishna Kumar Indian National Congress
KharsiaNoneNand Kumar Patel Indian National Congress
SariaNoneDr. Shkrajit Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
SarangarhSCDr. Chhabilal Ratre Bahujan Samaj Party
RampurSTNanki Ram Kanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
KatghoraNoneBanwari Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
TanakharSTHira Singh Markam Gondvana Gantantra Party
MarwahiSTRamdayal Uike Bharatiya Janata Party
KotaNoneRajendra Shukla Indian National Congress
LormiNoneDharmjeet Singh Indian National Congress
MungeliSCVikram Mohale Bharatiya Janata Party
JarhagaonSCChowadas Khandekar Bharatiya Janata Party
TakhatpurNoneJagjeet Singh Makkad Bharatiya Janata Party
BilaspurNoneAmar Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
BilhaNoneDharam Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party
MasturiSCMadan Singh Daharya Bharatiya Janata Party
SipatNoneEngineer Rameshwar Khare Bahujan Samaj Party
AkaltaraNoneChhatram Dewangan Bharatiya Janata Party
PamgarhNoneDauram Ratnakar Bahujan Samaj Party
ChampaNoneNarayan Prasad Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party
SaktiNoneMegharam Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
MalkharodaSCChainsingh Samle Indian National Congress
ChandrapurNoneRani Ratnamala Devi (rani Maa) Bharatiya Janata Party
Raipur TownNoneBrijmohan Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
Raipur RuralNoneTarun Prasad Chatarji Bharatiya Janata Party
AbhanpurNoneDhanendra Sahu Indian National Congress
MandirhasodNoneSatya Narayan Sharma Indian National Congress
ArangSCGanguram Baghel Bharatiya Janata Party
DharsiwaNoneVidhan Mishra Indian National Congress
BhataparaNoneShivratan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
Baloda BazarNoneGanesh Shankar Indian National Congress
PalariSCDr. Ramlal Bhardwaj Indian National Congress
KasdolNoneGauri Shankar Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
BhatgaonSCDr. Haridas Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party
SaraipaliNoneDevendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress
BasnaNoneMahendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress
KhallariNoneDr.ramesh Bharatiya Janata Party
MahasamundNoneAgni Chandrakar Indian National Congress
RajimNoneShyamcharan Shukla Indian National Congress
BindranawagarhSTCharan Singh Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
SihawaSTMadhav Singh Dhruv Indian National Congress
KurudNoneAjay Chandrakar (dala) Bharatiya Janata Party
DhamtariNoneHarshad Mehta Indian National Congress
BhanupratappurSTManoj Singh Mandavi Indian National Congress
KankerSTShyama Dhruva Bharatiya Janata Party
KeskalSTPhulo Devi Netam Indian National Congress
KondagaonSTShankar Sodi Indian National Congress
BhanpuriSTAnturam Kashyap Indian National Congress
JagdalpurSTJhitaruram Baghel Indian National Congress
KeslurSTBhursuram Nag Indian National Congress
ChitrakoteSTPratibha Shah Indian National Congress
DantewadaSTMahendra Karma Indian National Congress
KontaSTLakhma Indian National Congress
BijapurSTRajendra Pambhoi Indian National Congress
NarayanpurSTManturam Pawar Indian National Congress
MaroSCDerhu Prasad Dhritlahre Independent
BemetaraNoneMahesh Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
SajaNoneRavindra Chaubey Indian National Congress
DhamdhaNoneTamradhwaj Sahu Indian National Congress
DurgNoneHemchand Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
BhilaiNoneBadruddin Qureshi Indian National Congress
PatanNoneBhupesh Baghel Indian National Congress
GunderdehiNoneGhana Ram Sahu Indian National Congress
KherthaNoneSmt. Pratima Chandrakar Indian National Congress
BalodNoneLokendra Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
Dondi LoharaSTDomendra Bhendiya Indian National Congress
ChowkiSTSanjeev Shah Bharatiya Janata Party
KhujjiNoneRajindarpal Singh Bhatiya Bharatiya Janata Party
DongargaonNoneSmt. Gita Devi Singh Indian National Congress
RajnandgaonNoneLeelaram Bhojwani Bharatiya Janata Party
DongargarhSCDhanesh Patila Indian National Congress
KhairagarhNoneDevbrat Singh Indian National Congress
BirendranagarNoneMohammad Akbar Indian National Congress
KawardhaNoneYogeshwar Raj Singh Indian National Congress
BaiharSTGanpat Singh Uikey Indian National Congress
LanjiNoneBhagvat Bhau Nagpure Indian National Congress
KirnapurNoneLikhiram Kawre Indian National Congress
WaraseoniNonePradip Amratlal Jaiswal (gudda) Indian National Congress
KhairlanjeeNoneDomansingh Nagpure Alias Baba Patel Republican Party of India
KatangiNoneTamlal Raghuji Sahare Indian National Congress
BalaghatNoneAshok Singh Sarswar Indian National Congress
ParaswadaNoneKankar Munjare Janata Party
NainpurSTDev Singh Saiyam Bharatiya Janata Party
MandlaSTDevendra Tekam Indian National Congress
BichhiaSTTulsiram Dhumketi Indian National Congress
BajagSTOmprakash Dhurvey Bharatiya Janata Party
DindoriSTJehar Singh Maravi Bharatiya Janata Party
ShahpuraSTSmt. Ganga Bai Ureti Indian National Congress
NiwasSTSurata Singh Maravi Indian National Congress
BargiSTPhool Singh Uike Bharatiya Janata Party
PanagarSTMs. Kaushalya Gontia Indian National Congress
Jabalpur CantonmentNoneIshwardas Rohani Bharatiya Janata Party
Jabalpur EastSCAnchal Sonkar Bharatiya Janata Party
Jabalpur CentralNonePt.omkar Prasad Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
Jabalpur WestNoneHarinder Jeet Singh (babbu) Bharatiya Janata Party
PatanNoneSobaran Singh (babuji) Janata Dal
MajholiNoneAjay Vishnoi Bharatiya Janata Party
SihoraNoneNitya Niranjan Khampariya Indian National Congress
BahoribandNoneShrawan Kumar Indian National Congress
MurwaraNoneDr. Awadesh Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
BadwaraNoneHaji Gulam Siptain Indian National Congress
VijairaghogarhNoneSatyendra Pathak Indian National Congress
GadarwaraNoneSmt. Sadhna Sthapak Indian National Congress
BohaniNoneDiwan Chandra Bhan Singh Indian National Congress
NarsimhapurNoneAjay Mushran Indian National Congress
GotegaonSCShekhar Chaudhary Indian National Congress
LakhanadonSTRandhir Singh Indian National Congress
GhansorSTSmt.urmila Singh Indian National Congress
KeolariNoneHarwansh Singh Indian National Congress
BarghatNoneDr.dalsingh Bisen Bharatiya Janata Party
SeoniNoneNaresh Diwakar (d.n.) Bharatiya Janata Party
JamaiSTTejeelal Indian National Congress
ChhindwaraNoneDeepak Saxena Indian National Congress
ParasiaSCLeeladhar Puria Indian National Congress
DamuaSTHarishankar Uike Indian National Congress
AmarwaraSTPremnarayan Thakur Indian National Congress
ChauraiNoneChaudhari Gambhir Singh Indian National Congress
SausarNoneAjay Revanath Chore Indian National Congress
PandhurnaNoneSuresh Zalke Indian National Congress
PipariaNoneHarishankar Jaiswal (hari Bhaiya) Bharatiya Janata Party
HoshangabadNoneSmt.savita Diwan Indian National Congress
ItarsiNoneDr. Sitasharan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
Seoni-malwaNoneHazarilal Nanhu Singh Raghuvanshi Indian National Congress
TimarniSCUttam Singh Jagannath Prasad Sonakia Indian National Congress
HardaNoneKamal Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
MultaiNoneSunilam Independent
MasodNoneChandra Shekhar Deshmukh Bharatiya Janata Party
BhainsdehiSTMahendra Singh Keshar Singh Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party
BetulNoneVinod Daga Indian National Congress
Ghora DongriSTPratap Singh Indian National Congress
AmlaSCHeera Chand Chandelkar Bharatiya Janata Party
BudhniNoneDev Kumar Patel Indian National Congress
IchhawarNoneKaran Singh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party
AshtaSCRanjit Singh Gunwan Bharatiya Janata Party
SehoreNoneRamesh Saxena Bharatiya Janata Party
GovindpuraNoneBabulal Gour Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhopal SouthNoneP. C. Sharma Indian National Congress
Bhopal NorthNoneArif Akil Indian National Congress
BerasiaNoneJodharam Gurjar Indian National Congress
SanchiSCDr.gaurishankar Shejwar Bharatiya Janata Party
UdaipuraNoneRampal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BareliNoneBhagwat Singh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
BhojpurNoneSundar Lal Patwa Bharatiya Janata Party
KurwaiSCRaghuveer Singh Indian National Congress
BasodaNoneVeer Singh Raghuvanshi Indian National Congress
VidishaNoneSmt.sushila Devi Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
ShamshabadNoneRudrapratap Singh Ajeya Bharat Party
SironjNoneLaxmikant Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
BiaoraNoneBalram Singh Gujar Indian National Congress
NarsingarhNoneDhul Singh Yadav Vakil Indian National Congress
SarangpurSCKrishna Mohan Malviya Indian National Congress
RajgarhNonePratap Singh Mandloi Indian National Congress
KhilchipurNoneHajarilal Dangi Indian National Congress
ShujalpurNoneKedar Singh Mandloi Indian National Congress
GulanaNoneKunwar Manohar Singh Indian National Congress
ShajapurNoneHukumsingh Karada Indian National Congress
AgarSCRamlal Malviya Indian National Congress
SusnerNoneVallabhbhai Ambavatiya Indian National Congress
TaranaSCBabulal Malviya Indian National Congress
MahidpurNoneDr. Kalpana Parulekar Indian National Congress
KhachrodNoneLal Singh Ranawat Bharatiya Janata Party
BadnagarNoneVirendra Singh Sisodiya Indian National Congress
GhatiyaSCRamlal Malviya Indian National Congress
Ujjain NorthNoneRajendra Bharti Indian National Congress
Ujjain SouthNonePriti Bhargava Indian National Congress
DepalpurNoneJagdish Patel Indian National Congress
MhowNoneAntar Singh Darbar Indian National Congress
Indore-iNoneRamlal Yadav (bhallu) Indian National Congress
Indore-iiNoneKailash Vijayavargiya Bharatiya Janata Party
Indore-iiiNoneAshwin Joshi Indian National Congress
Indore-ivNoneLakshmansingh Gaur Bharatiya Janata Party
Indore-vNoneSatyanarayan Patel Indian National Congress
SawerSCPremchand "guddu" Indian National Congress
DewasNoneYuvraj Tukojirao Pawar Bharatiya Janata Party
SonkatchSCSajjansingh Verma Indian National Congress
HatpipliyaNoneTejsingh Sendhav Bharatiya Janata Party
BagliNoneShyam Holani Indian National Congress
KhategaonNoneBrijmohan Badrinarayan Bharatiya Janata Party
HarsudSTKunwar Vijay Shah Bharatiya Janata Party
NimarkhediNoneRajnarayan Singh Indian National Congress
PandhanaSCHiralal Silawat Indian National Congress
KhandwaNoneHukumchand Durgaprasad Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
NepanagarNoneRaghunath Indian National Congress
ShahpurNoneSanyogita Devi Deshmukh Indian National Congress
BurhanpurNoneShivkumar Singh Nawalsingh Independent
BhikangaonSTLal Singh Dongarsingh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
BarwahaNoneJagdish Moraneeya Indian National Congress
MaheshwarSCDr.vijay Laxmi Sadhau Indian National Congress
KasrawadNoneSubhash Yadav Indian National Congress
KhargoneNoneParasram Baboolal Dandir Indian National Congress
DhulkotSTChidabhai Dawar Indian National Congress
SendhwaSTGyarsilal Rawat Indian National Congress
AnjadSTDevisingh Chhitu Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
RajpurSTBala Bachchan Indian National Congress
BarwaniSTPrem Singh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
ManawarSTDariyav Singh Solanki Indian National Congress
DharampuriSTJagdish Muvel Bharatiya Janata Party
DharNoneKaransingh Pawar Indian National Congress
BadnawarNoneKhemraj Patidar Bharatiya Janata Party
SardarpurSTGanpat Singh Patel Indian National Congress
KukshiSTSmt.jamuna Devi Indian National Congress
AlirajpurSTMagan Singh Patel Indian National Congress
JobatSTSmt.sulochana Rawat Indian National Congress
JhabuaSTSmt. Swaroop Bai Bhabar Indian National Congress
PetlawadSTMs.. Nirmala Bhuriya Bharatiya Janata Party
ThandlaSTRatan Singh Bhabar Indian National Congress
Ratlam TownNoneHimmat Kothari Bharatiya Janata Party
Ratlam RuralNoneDave Motilal Indian National Congress
SailanaSTPrabhudayal Gehlot Independent
JaoraNoneMahendra Singh Indian National Congress
AlotSCManohar Utwal Bharatiya Janata Party
ManasaNoneNarendra Bhanwarlal Nahta Indian National Congress
GarothNoneSubhash Kumar Sojatiya Indian National Congress
SuwasaraSCPushpa Bharatiya Indian National Congress
SitamauNoneBharat Singh Indian National Congress
MandsaurNoneNavkrishna Patil Indian National Congress
NeemuchNoneNandkishore Patel Indian National Congress
JawadNoneGhanshyam Patidar Indian National Congress

The Kanshiram - BSP twist

BJP was constantly increasing their seat count, in the aftermath of the Ayodhya Demolition, and so was BSP under the leadership of Kanshiram, who was leading a silent revolution among the Dalits, Tribals and OBCs, for electorally capturing power in the government, and to work for self-upliftment. Both the parties were a concern for the congress, but not BJP as much as the BSP was. The reason was that the vote base of Congress and BSP was the same, which meant that even a fractional shift of voters from Congress to BSP would have costed Congress many seats. The fiercely contested election can be understood by the fact that the vote difference of Congress and the BJP was merely 1.31%.

To the surprise of all, Kanshiram during his election rally announced that "BJP was jumping with happiness that Kanshiram would fight elections in Madhya Pradesh without any alliance, that's why I have decided only to contest election in those seats in which we can damage Congress enough to win the seat and in the rest of seats I would ask you all to vote for the strongest party against BJP, we can't let them win the elections". True to his words, BSP fought elections only in 170 seats, as compared to 286 during the last elections. They retaining all the 11 seats they won last election.

References

  1. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1998". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. "मध्‍यप्रदेश के माननीय मुख्‍यमंत्रियों/सदन का नेता की सूची" [List of the honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh]. mpvidhansabha.nic.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000" (PDF). Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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