MADHYA PRADESH ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS - PERFORMANCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN 1998

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PARTY	SEATS				VOTES POLLED			VOTE % IN SEATS CONTESTED
	CONTESTED WON FD				VOTES	%
NATIONAL PARTIES
BJP		320	119	13	10430233	39.28		39.28
BSP		170	11	121	1633825	6.15		11.39
CPI		32	0	27	187661	0.71		7.56
CPM		12	0	8	83966	0.32		8.68
INC		316	172	12	10778985	40.59		41.13
JD		144	1	135	496951	1.87		4.01
SAP		41	0	40	36860	0.14		0.96
TOTAL		1035	303	356	23648481	89.06
STATE PARTIES
ICS		1	0	1	256	0.00	0.32
INLD		5	0	5	10555	0.04	2.32
JP		14	1	12	53273	0.20	4.60
LS		5	0	5	1450	0.01	0.28
RJD		10	0	10	2130	0.01	0.24
RPI		20	1	19	35792	0.13	2.12
SHS		67	0	66	54286	0.20	0.91
SJP(R)		12	0	12	10667	0.04	0.90
SP		94	4	84	419626	1.58	4.83
TOTAL		228	6	214	588035	2.21
REGISTERED (unrecognised) PARTIES
TOTAL		355	2	349	594271	2.24
INDEPENDENT
IND		892	9	859	1722598	6.49	2.24
GRAND TOTAL		2510	320	1778	26553385