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The Choice of Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections Over the Years: At a Glance

 1952195719621967197219771980198519901993
Electorate (millions)11.07 14.0115.8718.3920.8623.0025.3929.1737.6040.05
Turnout (%)46.136.944.553.555.352.748.949.854.258.8
Seats232288288296296320320320320319
Candidates1122102913361553141719942000245042163698
INC, INCI in 1980194(225)
49.1%
232(288)
49.8%
142(288)
38.5%
167(296)
40.7%
220(289)
47.9%
84 (320)
35.9%
246(320)
47.5%
250(320)
48.9%
56 (318)
33.4%
174(318)
40.8%
BJP, BJS till 19720 (76)
3.6%
10 (127)
9.8%
41 (195)
16.7%
78 (265)
28.3%
48 (261)
28.7%
--60 (310)
30.3%
58 (312)
32.4%
220(269)
39.1%
116(318)
38.7%
Communist Party of India0 (12)
0.3%
2 (25)
1.6%
1 (42)
2.0%
1 (33)
1.1%
3 (5)
1.0%
0 (47)
1.0%
2 (46)
1.5%
0 (78)
2.1%
3 (61)
1.2%
2 (63)
1.2%
CPI-Marxist------0 (9)
0.2%
0 (4)
0.0%
0 (5)
0.1%
0 (7)
0.3%
0 (13)
0.5%
0 (8)
0.2%
1 (13)
0.3%
Janata Dal, JPSC in 1980------------1 (204)
4.8%
--28 (115)
7.7%
4 (259)
3.9%
Janata Party, JAC in 1967------2 (33)
1.5%
--230(319)
47.3%
2 (124)
2.9%
5 (171)
4.0%
0 (77)
0.2%
--
RPIK, SP till 1972, SSP in 19672 (143)
9.5%
--14 (86)
4.7%
10 (114)
5.3%
7 (150)
6.3%
--1 (13)
0.3%
--0 (11)
0.1%
1 (4)
0.1%
INCS, SWA till 1972, PWP in 19522 (19)
1.5%
--2 (43)
1.2%
7 (21)
2.5%
0 (23)
0.6%
----1 (30)
0.2%
0 (22)
0.1%
0 (6)
0.0%
BSP, ABRRP till 19803 (35)
2.5%
5 (51)
3.1%
10 (76)
3.8%
---- 1 (4)
0.4%
0 (4)
0.2%
-- 2 (183)
3.5%
11 (286)
7.0%
KSM, ABHM till 19770 (1)
0.1%
7 (43)
4.7%
6 (50)
3.2%
--0 (9)
0.1%
0 (9)
0.1%
----1 (20)
0.4%
1 (4)
0.2%
CMM, PSP till 1967, KMPP in 19528 (71)
5.2%
12 (154)
13.2%
33 (140)
10.7%
9 (110)
4.7%
--------0 (8)
0.1%
1 (24)
0.4%
Others0 (71)
5.3%
0 (24)
1.3%
0 (42)
1.6%
0 (38)
0.9%
0 (37)
0.7%
0 (2)
0.0%
0 (132)
1.9%
0 (78)
1.1%
0 (392)
1.7%
0 (632)
1.6%
Independents23 (469)
22.9%
20 (317)
16.5%
39 (374)
17.6%
22 (634)
14.8%
18 (639)
14.7%
5 (1288)
15.2%
8 (840)
10.3%
6 (1448)
10.8%
10(2732)
12.3%
8 (1771)
5.8%

(Figures within parentheses represent the number of candidates while those outside represent the number of winners.)

Election Dates -- 1967: February 16, 17, 20; 1972: March 8, 11; 1977: June 10, 13; 1980: May 28, 31; 1985: March 3; 1990: February 27; 1993: November 24, 27.

INC: Indian National Congress; INCI: INC-Indira; BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party; BJS: Bharatiya Jan Sangh, JPSC: Janata Party Secular Charan Singh; JAC: Jana Congress; RPIK: Republican Party of India-Khobragade; SP: Socialist Party; SSP: Samyukta Socialist Party; INCS: Indian National Congress-Socialist; SWA: Swatantra Party; PWP: Peasants and Workers' Party; BSP: Bahujan Samaj Party; ABRRP: Akhil Bhartiya Ram Rajya Parishad; KSM: Krantikari Samajwadi Manch; ABHM: Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha; CMM: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha; PSP: Praja Socialist Party; KMPP: Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party.

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