BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH

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General Election to the Lok Sabha, 1984 - Madhya Pradesh

1. No. of Seats 40
2. No. of contestants 398
3. ELECTORS
   

MEN

WOMEN

TOTAL

i. No. of Electors

14,227,597

13,915,957

28,143,554

ii No. of Voters

9,418,452

6,771,665

16,190,117

iii Polling percentage

66.19

48.66

57.52

4. No. of Valid Votes 15,589,773
5. Votes rejected 600,344
6. No. of polling Stations 33,927
7. Average No.of Electors per polling station 830
  Performance of parties      
PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

40

40

57.08

INDIAN CONGRESS (SOCIALIST)

2

0

0.04

JANATA PARTY

23

0

2.74

BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY

40

0

29.99

LOK DAL

11

0

1.09

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

4

0

0.88

NATIONAL PARTIES

120

40

91.82

INDEPENDENTS

278

0

8.18

TOTAL

398

40

100.00

 

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