Party performance

The following are the performance of respective political parties in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.

The following are the performance of political parties in the elections to the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly.

Assembly Elections - 1998

Total assembly seats - 320

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Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
BJP	320	119	39.28
INC	316	172	40.59
BSP	170	11	06.15
JD	144	01	01.87
JP	14	01	00.20
RPI	20	01	00.13
SP	94	04	01.58
ABJP	77	01	00.55
GGP	81	01	00.87
Ind	892	09	06.49

Assembly Elections - 1993

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
BJP	320	117	38.82
INC	318	174	40.67
BSP	286	11	07.05
JD	257	04	03.90
CPI	63	02	00.98
CMM	23	01	00.40
KSM	04	01	00.21
RPI (K)	10	01	01.00
Ind	1814	08	05.88

Assembly Elections - 1990

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
BJP	269	220	39.14
INC	318	56	33.38
JD	115	28	07.71
CPI	61	03	01.25
BSP	183	02	03.54
KSM	20	01	00.40
Ind	2730	10	12.31

Assembly Elections - 1985

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
BJP	312	58	32.45
INC	320	250	48.87
JNP	171	05	03.99
ICS	30	01	00.23
Ind	1448	06	10.83

Assembly Elections - 1980

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
BJP	310	60	30.04
INC	320	247	47.52
CPI	46	02	01.25
JNP (JP)	124	02	02.88
JNP (SC)	204	01	04.81
RPK	13	01	00.33
Ind	840	08	10.26

Assembly Elections - 1977

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
INC	320	84	35.88
JNP	319	230	47.28
RRP	04	01	00.35
Ind	1228	05	15.35

Assembly Elections - 1972

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
INC	289	220	47.93
BJS	260	48	28.64
SOP	149	07	06.24
CPI	05	03	01.02
Independents	641	18	14.73

Assembly Elections - 1967

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
INC	296	167	40.60
BJS	265	78	28.28
SSP	114	10	05.28
SWA	21	06	02.55
JAC	33	02	02.55
CPI	33	01	01.11
Independents	634	22	14.90

Assembly Elections - 1962

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
INC	288	142	38.54
BJS	195	41	16.66
PSP	140	33	10.72
SOC	86	14	04.73
RRP	76	10	03.79
HMS	50	03	03.25
SWA	43	02	01.23
Independents	374	39	17.57

Assembly Elections - 1957

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% votes polled
INC	288	232	49.83
BJS	127	10	09.90
PSP	154	12	13.17
HMS	43	07	04.66
RRP	51	05	03.09
Independents	317	20	16.49

Abbreviations:

• INC - Indian National Congress (Indira)
• BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party
• BJS - Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• RPI (K) - Republican Party of India (Khobragade)
• JNP (JP) - Janata Party
• JNP (SC) - Janata Party (Secular) - Charan Singh
• CPI - Communist Party of India
• SOP - Samyukta Socialist Party
• JAC - Jan Congress
• PSP - Praja Socialist Party
• HMS - All India Hindu Mahasabha
• RRP - Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
• SOC - Socialist
• SWA - Swatantra
• JS - Jana Sangh
• Ind - Independents