BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH

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Election to the Lok Sabha, 1998 - MP

1. No. of Seats 40
2. No. of contestants 400
3. ELECTORS  
    MEN WOMEN TOTAL
i. No. of Electors

23,066,093

21,541,275

44,607,368

ii No. of Voters

15,489,058

12,051,518

27,540,576

iii Polling percentage

67.15

55.94

61.74

4. No. of Valid Votes 26,930,007    
5. Votes rejected 610,569    
6. No. of polling Stations 55,760    
7. Average No.of Electors per polling station 800    
Performance of parties
PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY 35 0 8.70
BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY 40 30 45.73
COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA 6 0 0.66
COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) 2 0 0.11
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 40 10 39.40
JANATA DAL 18 0 1.22
SAMATA PARTY 8 0 0.38
NATIONAL PARTIES 149 40 96.20
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF INDIA 7 0 0.06
SAMAJVADI PARTY 12 0 0.65
SHIVSENA 9 0 0.10
AJEYA BHARAT PARTY 33 0 0.28
AKHIL BHARAT HINDU MAHASABHA 3 0 0.01
AKHIL BHARAT JAN SANGH 1 0 0.00
ALL INDIA RAJEEV KRANTIKARI CONGRESS 1 0 0.02
APANA DAL 12 0 0.11
BAHUJAN KRANTI DAL (JAI) 1 0 0.01
BHARTIYA ASHT JAN PARTY 1 0 0.00
BHARTIYA KISAN KAMGAR PARTY 2 0 0.01
CHHATTISIHGARH MUKTI MORCHA 1 0 0.08
COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST LENNIST) 1 0 0.01
GONDVANA GANTANTRA PARTY 12 0 0.66
LOKTANTRIK SAMAJWADI PARTY 5 0 0.08
RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL 1 0 0.02
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF INDIA (KHOBRAGRADE) 1 0 0.01
SAMAJWADI JANATA PARTY (RASHTRIYA) 1 0 0.02
SANATAN SAMAJ PARTY 1 0 0.02
SARVADHARAM PARTY (MADHYA PRADESH) 2 0 0.02
SAVARAN SAMAJ PARTY 15 0 0.28
SHOSHIT SAMAJ PARTY 1 0 0.00

REGD. (Unrecog.) PARTIES

123 0 2.45
INDEPENDENT 128 0 1.32

TOTAL

400 40 99.97

 

Source : CEO, MP

 

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