Elections in Madhya Pradesh, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Madhya Pradesh creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
Major political parties over the years
While some parties are currently active in the politics of Madhya Pradesh, some have been dissolved.
# Party Status Abbreviation & Color 1 Indian National Congress Active 2 Bharatiya Janata Party Active 3 Bahujan Samaj Party Active 4 Samajwadi Party Active 5 Bharatiya Jana Sangh Dissolved 6 Janata Party Dissolved 7 Janata Dal Dissolved 8 Swatantra Party Dissolved 9 Bharatiya Lok Dal Dissolved 10 Communist Party of India Active 11 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Active 12 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad Dissolved 13 Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party Dissolved 14 Gondwana Ganatantra Party Active 15 Samyukta Socialist Party Dissolved 16 Samyukta Vidhayak Dal Dissolved
Lok Sabha Elections
Lok Sabha Year Total Seats INC BJP Others PM elect PM's Party1.19512928 - - Jawaharlal Nehru INC 2.19573534 - Party name Seats won HMS1 3.19623624 - Party name Seats won BJS3PSP3 4.19673725 - Party name Seats wonBJS10SWA1IND1 Indira Gandhi 5.19713721 - Party name Seats wonBJS11IND4 6.1977401 - Party name Seats wonJP38 IND1 Morarji Desai JP 7.19804035 - Party name Seats wonJP4 Indira Gandhi INC 8.19844040 0 - Rajiv Gandhi 9.198938827 Party name Seats wonJD3 V. P. Singh JD 10.19914027 12 Party name Seats wonBSP1 P. V. Narasimha Rao INC 11.199640827 Party name Seats wonBSP2 Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP 12.1998401030 - 13.1999401129 - 14.200429425 - Manmohan Singh INC 15.2009291216 Party name Seats wonBSP116.201429227 -Narendra Modi BJP 17.201929128 -17.202429029 -
From 1989 to 2000 Total Seats- 40 Lok Sabha Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party Others Prime Minister PM's Party9th Lok Sabha1989BJP 27INC 8JD 3Ind 1V. P. Singh JD 1990Chandra ShekharSJP10th Lok Sabha1991INC 27BJP 12BSP 1P.V. Narasimha RaoINC 11th Lok Sabha1996 BJP 27 INC 8 BSP 2 AIIC(T) 1, MPVC 1, Ind 1 Atal Bihari VajpayeeBJP 1996H.D. Deve Gowda JD 1997I.K. Gujral12th Lok Sabha1998BJP 30INC 10Atal Bihari VajpayeeBJP13th Lok Sabha1999BJP 29INC 11
After 2000 Total Seats- 29 Lok Sabha Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party Prime Minister PM's Party14th Lok Sabha2004BJP 25INC 4Manmohan SinghINC15th Lok Sabha2009 BJP 16INC 12BSP 116th Lok Sabha2014BJP 27INC 2Narendra ModiBJP17th Lok Sabha2019BJP 28INC 118th Lok Sabha2024BJP 29
Vidhan Sabha elections Colour key for parties
LA Year Total Seats INC BJP Others Chief Minister Party1.1952232194 - Party name Seats wonKMPP8RRP3SP2SKP2IND23 Chief Minister TenureRavishankar Shukla1 November 1956 - 31 December 1956 Bhagwantrao Mandloi1 January 1957 - 30 January 1957Kailash Nath Katju 31 January 1957 - 11 March 1962 INC 2.1957288232 - Party name Seats wonPSP 12BJS10HM7RRP5CPI2IND20 Kailash Nath KatjuINC 3.1962288142 - Party name Seats wonJS41PSP33SOC14RRP10HM6SWA2CPI1IND39 Chief Minister TenureBhagwantrao Mandloi12 March 1962 - 29 September 1963 Dwarka Prasad Mishra 31 September 1963 - 8 March 1967 INC 4. 1967 296 167 - Party name Seats wonBJS78SWA7SSP10 Chief Minister TenureGovind Narayan Singh30 July 1967 - 12 March 1969 Nareshchandra Singh13 March 1969 - 25 March 1969 Shyama Charan Shukla 26 March 1969 - 28 January 1972 SVD 5.1972 296220 - Party name Seats wonBJS48SSP7CPI3IND18 Chief Minister TenurePrakash Chandra Sethi29 January 1972 - 22 December 1975 Shyama Charan Shukla 23 December 1975 - 29 April 1977 INC 6.1977 32084 - Party name Seats wonJP230RRP1IND5 Chief Minister Tenure Kailash Joshi24 June 1977 - 17 January 1978Virendra Kumar Saklecha18 January 1978 - 19 January 1980Sundar Lal Patwa 20 January 1980 - 17 February 1980 JP 7.1980 320246 60 Party name Seats wonJP2CPI2JP(S)1RPK1IND8 Arjun Singh INC 8.1985 320250 58 Party name Seats wonJP5INC(S)1 IND6 Chief Minister TenureMotilal Vora 13 March 1985 - 13 February 1988 Arjun Singh14 February 1988 - 24 January 1989Motilal Vora 25 January 1989 - 8 December 1989 INC 9.1990 32056220 Party name Seats wonJD28CPI3BSP2KSM1IND10 Sunder Lal Patwa BJP10.1993320174117 Party name Seats wonBSP11JD4CPI2CPI(M)1CMM1KSM1RPI(K)1IND8 Digvijaya Singh INC11.1998320172119 Party name Seats won BSP11JD4SP4GGP1ABP1JP1RPI1IND8Digvijaya Singh INC12.2003 23038173 Party name Seats wonSP7GGP3BSP2RSD2IND2 Chief Minister Tenure Uma Bharti 8 December 2003 - 22 August 2004 Babulal Gaur22 August 2004 - 29 November 2005Shivraj Singh Chouhan 29 November 2005 - 16 December 2018 BJP13.200823071143 Party name Seats wonBSP7 BJSP5SP1IND3 Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP14.201323058165 Party name Seats wonBSP4IND3 Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP15.2018230114109 Party name Seats wonBSP2SP1IND4 Kamal Nath INC16.2020 23096126 Party name Seats wonBSP2SP1IND4 Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP17.2023 23066163 Party name Seats wonBAP1 Mohan Yadav BJP
After 2000 Total Seats- 230 Vidhan Sabha Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party Others Chief Minister CM's Party 12th 2003BJP 173 INC 38 SP 7 GGP: 3, BSP: 2, RSD: 2, IND: 2Uma BhartiBabulal GaurShivraj Singh Chouhan 13th2008BJP 143INC 71BSP 7BJSP:5, SP: 1, IND: 3 14th2013BJP 165INC 58BSP 4 IND: 3 15th 2018 INC 114 BJP 109BSP 2SP 1, IND 4Kamal Nath2020 bypolls BJP 126 INC 96 Shivraj Singh Chouhan 16th 2023 BJP 163 INC 66 BAP 1Mohan Yadav
References
External links Election Commission of India