1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Template:Infobox election 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:

SN	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	4	+ 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	8	- 1	6.49
	Total		320

Elected Members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Sheopur	None	Brijraj Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bijeypur	None	Babulal Mewra	Template:Full party name with color
Sabalgarh	None	Bundilal Rawat	Template:Full party name with color
Joura	None	Soneram Kushwah	Template:Full party name with color
Sumawali	None	Aidal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Morena	None	Sevaram Gupta	Template:Full party name with color
Dimni	SC	Munshilal	Template:Full party name with color
Ambah	SC	Banshilal Jatav	Template:Full party name with color
Gohad	SC	Lal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Mehgaon	None	Rakesh	Template:Full party name with color
Attair	None	Munna Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bhind	None	Rakesh Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Ron	None	Rasalsingh	Template:Full party name with color
Lahar	None	Dr. Govind Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Gwalior	None	Narendra Singh Tomar	Template:Full party name with color
Lashkar East	None	Ramesh Agrawal	Template:Full party name with color
Lashkar West	None	Anoop Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Morar	None	Dhyanendra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Gird	None	Lakhan Singh Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Dabra	None	Narottam Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Bhander	SC	Er. Phool Singh Baraiya	Template:Full party name with color
Seondha	SC	Mahendra Boudh	Template:Full party name with color
Datia	None	Rajendra Bharti	Template:Full party name with color
Karera	None	Ranveer Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Pohri	None	Narendra Birthare	Template:Full party name with color
Shivpuri	None	Yashodhara Raje Scindia	Template:Full party name with color
Pichhore	None	K.p.singh " Kakka Ju"	Template:Full party name with color
Kolaras	SC	Pooran Singh Bedia	Template:Full party name with color
Guna	None	Shiv Pratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chachaura	None	Shiv Narayan Meena	Template:Full party name with color
Raghogarh	None	Digvijay Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Shadora	SC	Gopilal	Template:Full party name with color
Ashoknagar	None	Balveer Singh Kushawah	Template:Full party name with color
Mungaoli	None	Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Bina	None	Sudhakar Bapat	Template:Full party name with color
Khurai	SC	Dharmu Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Banda	None	Harnam Singh Rathor	Template:Full party name with color
Naryaoli	SC	Surendra Choudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Sagar	None	Smt. Sudha Jain Advocate	Template:Full party name with color
Surkhi	None	Bhupendra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rehli	None	Gopal Bhargava	Template:Full party name with color
Deori	None	Brij Bihari Pateriya Gudda Bhaiya	Template:Full party name with color
Niwari	None	Brijendra Singh Rathore	Template:Full party name with color
Jatara	None	Sunil Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
Khargapur	SC	Ahirwar Parwatlal	Template:Full party name with color
Tikamgarh	None	Magan Lal Goil	Template:Full party name with color
Malehra	None	Swami Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Bijawar	None	Manvendra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Chhatarpur	None	Umesh Shukla	Template:Full party name with color
Maharajpur	SC	Ramdayal Ahirwar	Template:Full party name with color
Chandla	None	Kunwarvijaybahadursingh Bundela	Template:Full party name with color
Nohata	None	Ratnesh Soloman	Template:Full party name with color
Damoh	None	Jayant Kumar Malaiya	Template:Full party name with color
Patharia	SC	Ganesh Khatik	Template:Full party name with color
Hatta	None	Raja Patairya	Template:Full party name with color
Panna	None	Ms. Kusum Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Amanganj	None	Gorelal	Template:Full party name with color
Pawai	None	Ashok Vir Vikram Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Maihar	None	Vrindavan Badgainya	Template:Full party name with color
Nagod	None	Ram Pratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Raigaon	SC	Jugul Kishore	Template:Full party name with color
Chitrakoot	None	Prem Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Satna	None	Saeed Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Rampur Baghelan	None	Prabhakar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Amarpatan	None	Shivmohan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rewa	None	Pushpraj Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Gurh	None	Advocate Vidyawati Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Mangawan	None	Sriniwas Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Sirmaur	None	Rajmani Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Teonthar	None	Ramakant Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Deotalab	SC	Panchhu Lal Prajapati	Template:Full party name with color
Mauganj	None	Dr. I.m.p. Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Churahat	None	Ajay Singh"rahul"	Template:Full party name with color
Sidhi	None	Indrajit Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Gopadbanas	None	Kedarnath Shukla	Template:Full party name with color
Dhauhani	ST	Panjab Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Deosar	ST	Manik Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Singrauli	SC	Ramcharitra	Template:Full party name with color
Beohari	None	Lavkesh Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Umaria	None	Narendra Pratap Singh Munnu	Template:Full party name with color
Nowrozabad	ST	Ms. Shakuntala Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
Jaisinghnagar	ST	Ramprasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Kotma	ST	Jaisingh Maravi	Template:Full party name with color
Anuppur	ST	Bisahulal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sohagpur	None	Krishnapal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Pushprajgarh	ST	Shivprasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Manendragarh	ST	Gulab	Template:Full party name with color
Baikunthpur	None	Ramchandra	Template:Full party name with color
Premnagar	ST	Tuleswar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Surajpur	ST	Bhanu Pratap	Template:Full party name with color
Pal	ST	Ram Vichar Netam	Template:Full party name with color
Samri	ST	Sohanlal	Template:Full party name with color
Lundra	ST	Ramdeo	Template:Full party name with color
Pilkha	ST	Dr.premsai Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Ambikapur	ST	Madan Gopal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sitapur	ST	Professor Gopal Ram	Template:Full party name with color
Bagicha	ST	Ganesh Ram Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Jashpur	ST	Vikram Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Tapkara	ST	Nand Kumar Sai	Template:Full party name with color
Pathalgaon	ST	Rampukar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Dharamjaigarh	ST	Chaneshram Rathiya	Template:Full party name with color
Lailunga	ST	Premsingh Sidar	Template:Full party name with color
Raigarh	None	Krishna Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Kharsia	None	Nand Kumar Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Saria	None	Dr. Shkrajit Naik	Template:Full party name with color
Sarangarh	SC	Dr. Chhabilal Ratre	Template:Full party name with color
Rampur	ST	Nanki Ram Kanwar	Template:Full party name with color
Katghora	None	Banwari Lal	Template:Full party name with color
Tanakhar	ST	Hira Singh Markam	Template:Full party name with color
Marwahi	ST	Ramdayal Uike	Template:Full party name with color
Kota	None	Rajendra Shukla	Template:Full party name with color
Lormi	None	Dharmjeet Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Mungeli	SC	Vikram Mohale	Template:Full party name with color
Jarhagaon	SC	Chowadas Khandekar	Template:Full party name with color
Takhatpur	None	Jagjeet Singh Makkad	Template:Full party name with color
Bilaspur	None	Amar Agrawal	Template:Full party name with color
Bilha	None	Dharam Kaushik	Template:Full party name with color
Masturi	SC	Madan Singh Daharya	Template:Full party name with color
Sipat	None	Engineer Rameshwar Khare	Template:Full party name with color
Akaltara	None	Chhatram Dewangan	Template:Full party name with color
Pamgarh	None	Dauram Ratnakar	Template:Full party name with color
Champa	None	Narayan Prasad Chandel	Template:Full party name with color
Sakti	None	Megharam Sahu	Template:Full party name with color
Malkharoda	SC	Chainsingh Samle	Template:Full party name with color
Chandrapur	None	Rani Ratnamala Devi (rani Maa)	Template:Full party name with color
Raipur Town	None	Brijmohan Agrawal	Template:Full party name with color
Raipur Rural	None	Tarun Prasad Chatarji	Template:Full party name with color
Abhanpur	None	Dhanendra Sahu	Template:Full party name with color
Mandirhasod	None	Satya Narayan Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Arang	SC	Ganguram Baghel	Template:Full party name with color
Dharsiwa	None	Vidhan Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
Bhatapara	None	Shivratan Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Baloda Bazar	None	Ganesh Shankar	Template:Full party name with color
Palari	SC	Dr. Ramlal Bhardwaj	Template:Full party name with color
Kasdol	None	Gauri Shankar Agrawal	Template:Full party name with color
Bhatgaon	SC	Dr. Haridas Bhardwaj	Template:Full party name with color
Saraipali	None	Devendra Bahadur Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Basna	None	Mahendra Bahadur Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Khallari	None	Dr.ramesh	Template:Full party name with color
Mahasamund	None	Agni Chandrakar	Template:Full party name with color
Rajim	None	Shyamcharan Shukla	Template:Full party name with color
Bindranawagarh	ST	Charan Singh Manjhi	Template:Full party name with color
Sihawa	ST	Madhav Singh Dhruv	Template:Full party name with color
Kurud	None	Ajay Chandrakar (dala)	Template:Full party name with color
Dhamtari	None	Harshad Mehta	Template:Full party name with color
Bhanupratappur	ST	Manoj Singh Mandavi	Template:Full party name with color
Kanker	ST	Shyama Dhruva	Template:Full party name with color
Keskal	ST	Phulo Devi Netam	Template:Full party name with color
Kondagaon	ST	Shankar Sodi	Template:Full party name with color
Bhanpuri	ST	Anturam Kashyap	Template:Full party name with color
Jagdalpur	ST	Jhitaruram Baghel	Template:Full party name with color
Keslur	ST	Bhursuram Nag	Template:Full party name with color
Chitrakote	ST	Pratibha Shah	Template:Full party name with color
Dantewada	ST	Mahendra Karma	Template:Full party name with color
Konta	ST	Lakhma	Template:Full party name with color
Bijapur	ST	Rajendra Pambhoi	Template:Full party name with color
Narayanpur	ST	Manturam Pawar	Template:Full party name with color
Maro	SC	Derhu Prasad Dhritlahre	Template:Full party name with color
Bemetara	None	Mahesh Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Saja	None	Ravindra Chaubey	Template:Full party name with color
Dhamdha	None	Tamradhwaj Sahu	Template:Full party name with color
Durg	None	Hemchand Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Bhilai	None	Badruddin Qureshi	Template:Full party name with color
Patan	None	Bhupesh Baghel	Template:Full party name with color
Gunderdehi	None	Ghana Ram Sahu	Template:Full party name with color
Khertha	None	Smt. Pratima Chandrakar	Template:Full party name with color
Balod	None	Lokendra Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Dondi Lohara	ST	Domendra Bhendiya	Template:Full party name with color
Chowki	ST	Sanjeev Shah	Template:Full party name with color
Khujji	None	Rajindarpal Singh Bhatiya	Template:Full party name with color
Dongargaon	None	Smt. Gita Devi Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Rajnandgaon	None	Leelaram Bhojwani	Template:Full party name with color
Dongargarh	SC	Dhanesh Patila	Template:Full party name with color
Khairagarh	None	Devbrat Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Birendranagar	None	Mohammad Akbar	Template:Full party name with color
Kawardha	None	Yogeshwar Raj Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Baihar	ST	Ganpat Singh Uikey	Template:Full party name with color
Lanji	None	Bhagvat Bhau Nagpure	Template:Full party name with color
Kirnapur	None	Likhiram Kawre	Template:Full party name with color
Waraseoni	None	Pradip Amratlal Jaiswal (gudda)	Template:Full party name with color
Khairlanjee	None	Domansingh Nagpure Alias Baba Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Katangi	None	Tamlal Raghuji Sahare	Template:Full party name with color
Balaghat	None	Ashok Singh Sarswar	Template:Full party name with color
Paraswada	None	Kankar Munjare	Template:Full party name with color
Nainpur	ST	Dev Singh Saiyam	Template:Full party name with color
Mandla	ST	Devendra Tekam	Template:Full party name with color
Bichhia	ST	Tulsiram Dhumketi	Template:Full party name with color
Bajag	ST	Omprakash Dhurvey	Template:Full party name with color
Dindori	ST	Jehar Singh Maravi	Template:Full party name with color
Shahpura	ST	Smt. Ganga Bai Ureti	Template:Full party name with color
Niwas	ST	Surata Singh Maravi	Template:Full party name with color
Bargi	ST	Phool Singh Uike	Template:Full party name with color
Panagar	ST	Ms. Kaushalya Gontia	Template:Full party name with color
Jabalpur Cantonment	None	Ishwardas Rohani	Template:Full party name with color
Jabalpur East	SC	Anchal Sonkar	Template:Full party name with color
Jabalpur Central	None	Pt.omkar Prasad Tiwari	Template:Full party name with color
Jabalpur West	None	Harinder Jeet Singh (babbu)	Template:Full party name with color
Patan	None	Sobaran Singh (babuji)	Template:Full party name with color
Majholi	None	Ajay Vishnoi	Template:Full party name with color
Sihora	None	Nitya Niranjan Khampariya	Template:Full party name with color
Bahoriband	None	Shrawan Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
Murwara	None	Dr. Awadesh Pratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Badwara	None	Haji Gulam Siptain	Template:Full party name with color
Vijairaghogarh	None	Satyendra Pathak	Template:Full party name with color
Gadarwara	None	Smt. Sadhna Sthapak	Template:Full party name with color
Bohani	None	Diwan Chandra Bhan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Narsimhapur	None	Ajay Mushran	Template:Full party name with color
Gotegaon	SC	Shekhar Chaudhary	Template:Full party name with color
Lakhanadon	ST	Randhir Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Ghansor	ST	Smt.urmila Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Keolari	None	Harwansh Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Barghat	None	Dr.dalsingh Bisen	Template:Full party name with color
Seoni	None	Naresh Diwakar (d.n.)	Template:Full party name with color
Jamai	ST	Tejeelal	Template:Full party name with color
Chhindwara	None	Deepak Saxena	Template:Full party name with color
Parasia	SC	Leeladhar Puria	Template:Full party name with color
Damua	ST	Harishankar Uike	Template:Full party name with color
Amarwara	ST	Premnarayan Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
Chaurai	None	Chaudhari Gambhir Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sausar	None	Ajay Revanath Chore	Template:Full party name with color
Pandhurna	None	Suresh Zalke	Template:Full party name with color
Piparia	None	Harishankar Jaiswal (hari Bhaiya)	Template:Full party name with color
Hoshangabad	None	Smt.savita Diwan	Template:Full party name with color
Itarsi	None	Dr. Sitasharan Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Seoni-malwa	None	Hazarilal Nanhu Singh Raghuvanshi	Template:Full party name with color
Timarni	SC	Uttam Singh Jagannath Prasad Sonakia	Template:Full party name with color
Harda	None	Kamal Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Multai	None	Sunilam	Template:Full party name with color
Masod	None	Chandra Shekhar Deshmukh	Template:Full party name with color
Bhainsdehi	ST	Mahendra Singh Keshar Singh Chouhan	Template:Full party name with color
Betul	None	Vinod Daga	Template:Full party name with color
Ghora Dongri	ST	Pratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Amla	SC	Heera Chand Chandelkar	Template:Full party name with color
Budhni	None	Dev Kumar Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Ichhawar	None	Karan Singh Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Ashta	SC	Ranjit Singh Gunwan	Template:Full party name with color
Sehore	None	Ramesh Saxena	Template:Full party name with color
Govindpura	None	Babulal Gour	Template:Full party name with color
Bhopal South	None	P. C. Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Bhopal North	None	Arif Akil	Template:Full party name with color
Berasia	None	Jodharam Gurjar	Template:Full party name with color
Sanchi	SC	Dr.gaurishankar Shejwar	Template:Full party name with color
Udaipura	None	Rampal Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Bareli	None	Bhagwat Singh Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Bhojpur	None	Sundar Lal Patwa	Template:Full party name with color
Kurwai	SC	Raghuveer Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Basoda	None	Veer Singh Raghuvanshi	Template:Full party name with color
Vidisha	None	Smt.sushila Devi Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
Shamshabad	None	Rudrapratap Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Sironj	None	Laxmikant Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Biaora	None	Balram Singh Gujar	Template:Full party name with color
Narsingarh	None	Dhul Singh Yadav Vakil	Template:Full party name with color
Sarangpur	SC	Krishna Mohan Malviya	Template:Full party name with color
Rajgarh	None	Pratap Singh Mandloi	Template:Full party name with color
Khilchipur	None	Hajarilal Dangi	Template:Full party name with color
Shujalpur	None	Kedar Singh Mandloi	Template:Full party name with color
Gulana	None	Kunwar Manohar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Shajapur	None	Hukumsingh Karada	Template:Full party name with color
Agar	SC	Ramlal Malviya	Template:Full party name with color
Susner	None	Vallabhbhai Ambavatiya	Template:Full party name with color
Tarana	SC	Babulal Malviya	Template:Full party name with color
Mahidpur	None	Dr. Kalpana Parulekar	Template:Full party name with color
Khachrod	None	Lal Singh Ranawat	Template:Full party name with color
Badnagar	None	Virendra Singh Sisodiya	Template:Full party name with color
Ghatiya	SC	Ramlal Malviya	Template:Full party name with color
Ujjain North	None	Rajendra Bharti	Template:Full party name with color
Ujjain South	None	Priti Bhargava	Template:Full party name with color
Depalpur	None	Jagdish Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Mhow	None	Antar Singh Darbar	Template:Full party name with color
Indore-i	None	Ramlal Yadav (bhallu)	Template:Full party name with color
Indore-ii	None	Kailash Vijayavargiya	Template:Full party name with color
Indore-iii	None	Ashwin Joshi	Template:Full party name with color
Indore-iv	None	Lakshmansingh Gaur	Template:Full party name with color
Indore-v	None	Satyanarayan Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Sawer	SC	Premchand "guddu"	Template:Full party name with color
Dewas	None	Yuvraj Tukojirao Pawar	Template:Full party name with color
Sonkatch	SC	Sajjansingh Verma	Template:Full party name with color
Hatpipliya	None	Tejsingh Sendhav	Template:Full party name with color
Bagli	None	Shyam Holani	Template:Full party name with color
Khategaon	None	Brijmohan Badrinarayan	Template:Full party name with color
Harsud	ST	Kunwar Vijay Shah	Template:Full party name with color
Nimarkhedi	None	Rajnarayan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Pandhana	SC	Hiralal Silawat	Template:Full party name with color
Khandwa	None	Hukumchand Durgaprasad Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Nepanagar	None	Raghunath	Template:Full party name with color
Shahpur	None	Sanyogita Devi Deshmukh	Template:Full party name with color
Burhanpur	None	Shivkumar Singh Nawalsingh	Template:Full party name with color
Bhikangaon	ST	Lal Singh Dongarsingh Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Barwaha	None	Jagdish Moraneeya	Template:Full party name with color
Maheshwar	SC	Dr.vijay Laxmi Sadhau	Template:Full party name with color
Kasrawad	None	Subhash Yadav	Template:Full party name with color
Khargone	None	Parasram Baboolal Dandir	Template:Full party name with color
Dhulkot	ST	Chidabhai Dawar	Template:Full party name with color
Sendhwa	ST	Gyarsilal Rawat	Template:Full party name with color
Anjad	ST	Devisingh Chhitu Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Rajpur	ST	Bala Bachchan	Template:Full party name with color
Barwani	ST	Prem Singh Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Manawar	ST	Dariyav Singh Solanki	Template:Full party name with color
Dharampuri	ST	Jagdish Muvel	Template:Full party name with color
Dhar	None	Karansingh Pawar	Template:Full party name with color
Badnawar	None	Khemraj Patidar	Template:Full party name with color
Sardarpur	ST	Ganpat Singh Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Kukshi	ST	Smt.jamuna Devi	Template:Full party name with color
Alirajpur	ST	Magan Singh Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Jobat	ST	Smt.sulochana Rawat	Template:Full party name with color
Jhabua	ST	Smt. Swaroop Bai Bhabar	Template:Full party name with color
Petlawad	ST	Ms.. Nirmala Bhuriya	Template:Full party name with color
Thandla	ST	Ratan Singh Bhabar	Template:Full party name with color
Ratlam Town	None	Himmat Kothari	Template:Full party name with color
Ratlam Rural	None	Dave Motilal	Template:Full party name with color
Sailana	ST	Prabhudayal Gehlot	Template:Full party name with color
Jaora	None	Mahendra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Alot	SC	Manohar Utwal	Template:Full party name with color
Manasa	None	Narendra Bhanwarlal Nahta	Template:Full party name with color
Garoth	None	Subhash Kumar Sojatiya	Template:Full party name with color
Suwasara	SC	Pushpa Bharatiya	Template:Full party name with color
Sitamau	None	Bharat Singh	Template:Full party name with color
Mandsaur	None	Navkrishna Patil	Template:Full party name with color
Neemuch	None	Nandkishore Patel	Template:Full party name with color
Jawad	None	Ghanshyam Patidar	Template:Full party name with color

The Kanshiram - BSP twist

Template:Unreferenced section 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

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