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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]
Parties 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 |