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]
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Result
editParty wise
editParties and coalitions | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
Indian National Congress | 40 | 27 | 19 | 74,25,644 | 45.34% | 8.12% | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 40 | 12 | 15 | 68,59,335 | 41.88% | 2.22% | |
Bahujan Samaj Party | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5,80,030 | 3.54% | 0.74% | |
Janata Dal | 37 | 0 | 4 | 6,95,158 | 4.24% | 4.04% | |
Independents | 438 | 0 | 1 | 5,41,209 | 3.3% | 4.27% | |
Total | 40 | 1,63,78,467 | |||||
Invalid votes | 3,45,978 | 2.07 | |||||
Votes cast / turnout | 1,67,26,540 | 44.36 | |||||
Registered voters | 3,77,08,721 | 100.00 |
Constituency wise
editReferences
edit- ^ https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/history-revisited-how-political-parties-fared-in-1991-lok-sabha-election-2193229.html
- ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA, VOLUME 1 (Report).
- ^ https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Links/Books/91_Vol_I.pdf
- ^ https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/1991/madhya-pradesh-[1947---1999]/10/4