1991 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh

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Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh, 1991
May 1991
40 seats
  First party Second party
 
INC
BJP
Party INC BJP
Seats before 8 27
Seats won 27 12
Seat change Increase 19 Decrease 15
Prime Minister before election

Chandra Shekhar
SJP(R)

 Prime Minister after election

P. V. Narasimha Rao
INC

In the 1991 Indian general election for Madhya Pradesh polls were held for 40 seats in the state. The result was a major victory for the Indian National Congress (INC) which won 12 seats.[1] Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fared poorly in this election and managed to won only 8 seats.[2]

Parties and alliances

  Bharatiya Janata Party

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party L. K. Advani 40

  Indian National Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Madhavrao Scindia 40

Others

Party flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Dal Vishwanath Pratap Singh 37
Bahujan Samaj Party
Kanshi Ram 21

Result

Results by Party

Party Name Popular vote[3] Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 74,25,644 45.34 40 27
BJP 68,59,335 41.88 40 12
JD 6,95,158 4.24 37 0
BSP 5,80,030 3.54 21 1
JP 1,00,897 0.62 33 0
CPI 69,161 0.42 3 0
Others 1,07,033 0.67 Steady 71 0 Steady
IND 5,41,209 3.30 438 0 Steady
Total 1,63,78,467 100% - 683 40 -

Constituency wise

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Morena (SC) Barelal Jatav INC 116,227 35.89 Chhaviram Argal BJP 99,482 30.72 16,745 5.17
2 Bhind Yoganand Saraswati BJP 142,185 35.88 Udayan Sharma INC 103,331 26.07 38,854 9.81
3 Gwalior Madhav Rao Scindia INC 195,212 53.37 Shejwalkar N. K. BJP 96,156 26.29 99,056 27.08
4 Guna Vijaya Raje Scindia BJP 188,773 51.43 Shashi Bhooshan INC 133,721 36.43 55,052 15.00
5 Sagar (SC) Anand Ahirwar INC 178,478 48.18 Ram Prasad Ahirwar BJP 169,130 45.65 9,348 2.53
6 Khajuraho Uma Bharti BJP 251,714 49.95 Ramratan INC 186,731 37.05 64,983 12.90
7 Damoh Ramkrishna Kusmaria BJP 198,708 46.73 Dal Chandra Jain INC 182,550 42.93 16,158 3.80
8 Satna Arjun Singh INC 205,905 43.34 Sukhendra Singh BJP 139,654 29.40 66,251 13.94
9 Rewa Bheem Singh Patel BSP 145,373 32.79 Shriniwas Tiwari INC 131,057 29.56 14,316 3.23
10 Sidhi (ST) Motilal Singh INC 162,892 46.00 Jagannath Singh BJP 131,268 37.07 31,624 8.93
11 Shahdol (ST) Dalbir Singh INC 155,002 47.68 Hemvant Porte BJP 111,706 34.36 43,296 13.32
12 Surguja (ST) Khelsai Singh INC 169,908 51.90 Larang Sai BJP 122,916 37.55 46,992 14.35
13 Raigarh (ST) Pushpadevi Singh INC 194,080 53.13 Nand Kumar Sai BJP 138,266 37.85 55,814 15.28
14 Janjgir Bhawani Lal Verma INC 159,573 41.91 Kunwar Dilip Singh Judeo BJP 130,148 34.19 29,425 7.72
15 Bilaspur (SC) Khelan Ram Jangde INC 175,642 53.24 Govind Ram Miri BJP 137,681 41.73 37,961 11.51
16 Sarangarh (SC) Paras Ram Bharadwaj INC 149,987 42.17 Resham Lal Jangde (Persadih) BJP 104,975 29.51 45,012 12.66
17 Raipur Vidyacharan Shukla INC 188,335 45.09 Ramesh Bais BJP 187,376 44.86 959 0.23
18 Mahasamund Pawan Diwan INC 205,362 48.86 Chandrashekar Sahu BJP 183,883 43.75 21,479 5.11
19 Kanker (ST) Arvind Netam INC 154,567 49.86 Deolall Dugga BJP 135,206 43.62 19,361 6.24
20 Bastar (ST) Mankuram Sodhi INC 87,993 44.87 Rajaram Todem BJP 70,973 36.19 17,020 8.68
21 Durg Chandulal Chandrakar INC 270,506 49.47 Manarakhan Lal Sahu BJP 182,767 33.42 87,739 16.05
22 Rajnandgaon Shivendra Bahadur Singh INC 178,132 46.83 Dharampal Singh Gupta BJP 130,722 34.36 47,410 12.47
23 Balaghat Vishveshwar Bhagat INC 185,491 40.82 Gourishankar Chaturbhuj BJP 129,265 28.45 56,226 12.37
24 Mandla (ST) Mohan Lal INC 165,607 63.26 Ram Bhajan BJP 77,934 29.77 87,673 33.49
25 Jabalpur Shrawan Kumar Patel INC 172,149 44.20 Baburao Paranjpe BJP 165,427 42.47 6,722 1.73
26 Seoni Vimla Verma INC 221,896 54.66 Prahlad Singh Patel BJP 166,338 40.98 55,558 13.68
27 Chhindwara Kamal Nath INC 214,456 55.98 Choudhari Chanderbhan BJP 134,824 35.19 79,632 20.79
28 Betul Aslam-Sher-Khan INC 153,756 51.69 Arif Baig BJP 131,023 44.05 22,733 7.64
29 Hoshangabad Sartaj Singh BJP 206,157 47.81 Rameshwar Nikhra INC 197,703 45.85 8,454 1.96
30 Bhopal Sushil Chandra Verma BJP 308,946 53.61 Mansoor Ali Khan Patodi INC 206,738 35.88 102,208 17.73
31 Vidisha Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP 279,232 58.81 Pratap Bhanu Sharma INC 175,098 36.88 104,134 21.93
32 Rajgarh Digvijay Singh INC 219,736 48.60 Pyarelal Khandelwal BJP 218,266 48.27 1,470 0.33
33 Shajapur (SC) Phoolchand Verma BJP 265,553 56.79 Bapulal Malviya INC 187,305 40.06 78,248 16.73
34 Khandwa Mahender Kumar Singh INC 230,142 49.74 Amritlal Tarawala (Manni Bhai) BJP 213,367 46.11 16,775 3.63
35 Khargone Rameshwar Patidar BJP 220,679 49.50 Subhashchandra Ganga Ram Yadav INC 206,884 46.41 13,795 3.09
36 Dhar (ST) Surajbhanu Solanki INC 243,385 52.72 Dhirendrasingh Chouhan BJP 203,906 44.17 39,479 8.55
37 Indore Sumitra Mahajan BJP 303,269 54.88 Lalit Jain INC 222,675 40.30 80,594 14.58
38 Ujjain (SC) Satyanarayan Jatiya BJP 238,904 54.40 Sajjansingh Verma INC 187,184 42.63 51,720 11.77
39 Jhabua (ST) Dileepsingh Bhuria INC 249,304 62.72 Relam Chauhan BJP 114,902 28.91 134,402 33.81
40 Mandsaur Laxminarain Pandey BJP 307,927 47.78 Mahendra Singh INC 300,944 46.69 6,983 1.09

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Madhya Pradesh

SI No. Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Arjun Singh Satna Cabinet Minister Human Resource Development 21 June 1991 24 December 1994 INC
2 Madhavrao Scindia Gwalior Civil Aviation and Tourism 9 January 1993
Human Resource Development 10 February 1995 17 January 1996
3 Vidya Charan Shukla Raipur Water Resources 21 June 1991 17 January 1996
4 Kamal Nath Chhindwara Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment and Forests 21 June 1991 15 September 1995
Textiles 15 September 1995 20 February 1996
5 Arvind Netam Kanker (ST) Minister of State Agriculture 18 January 1993 20 February 1996
6 Aslam Sher Khan Betul Prime Minister’s Office 15 September 1995 16 May 1995
Welfare
7 Vimla Verma Seoni Welfare (Women and Child Development) 15 September 1995 16 May 1996

References