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.
While some parties are currently active in the politics of Madhya Pradesh, some have been dissolved.
Legislative Assembly | Year | Total Seats | INC | BJP | Others | Chief Minister | Party |
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1. | 1952 | 232 | 194 | - | KMPP - 8 RRP - 3 SP - 2 SKP - 2 IND - 23 | Ravishankar Shukla Bhagwantrao Mandloi Kailash Nath Katju | INC | |
2. | 1957 | 288 | 232 | - | PSP - 12 BJS - 10 HM - 7 RRP - 5 CPI - 2 IND - 20 | Kailash Nath Katju | INC | |
3. | 1962 | 288 | 142 | - | JS - 41 PSP - 33 SOC - 14 RRP - 10 HM - 6 SWA - 2 CPI - 1 IND - 39 | Bhagwantrao Mandloi Dwarka Prasad Mishra | INC | |
4. | 1967* | 296 | 167 | - | BJS - 78 SWA - 7 SSP - 10 | Govind Narayan Singh Nareshchandra Singh Shyama Charan Shukla | SVD | |
5. | 1972 | 296 | 220 | - | BJS - 48 SSP - 7 CPI - 3 IND - 18 | Prakash Chandra Sethi Shyama Charan Shukla | INC | |
6. | 1977 | 320 | 84 | - | JP - 230 RRP - 1 IND - 5 | Kailash Joshi Virendra Kumar Saklecha Sundar Lal Patwa | JP | |
7. | 1980 | 320 | 246 | 60 | JP - 2 CPI - 2 JP(S) - 1 RPK - 1 IND - 8 | Arjun Singh | INC | |
8. | 1985 | 320 | 250 | 58 | JP - 5 INC(S) - 1 IND - 6 | Arjun Singh Motilal Vora | INC | |
9. | 1990 | 320 | 56 | 220 | JD - 28 CPI - 3 BSP - 2 KSM - 1 IND - 10 | Sunder Lal Patwa | BJP | |
10. | 1993 | 320 | 174 | 117 | BSP - 11 JD - 4 CPI - 2 CPI(M)- 1 CMM - 1 KSM - 1 RPI(K) - 1 IND - 8 | Digvijaya Singh | INC | |
11. | 1998 | 320 | 172 | 119 | BSP - 11 JD - 4 SP - 4 GGP - 1 ABP - 1 JP - 1 RPI - 1 IND - 8 | Digvijaya Singh | INC | |
12. | 2003 | 230 | 38 | 173 | BSP - 2 SP - 7 GGP - 3 RSD - 2 IND - 2 | Uma Bharti Babulal Gaur Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP | |
13. | 2008 | 230 | 71 | 143 | BSP - 7 BJSP - 5 SP - 1 IND - 3 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP | |
14. | 2013 | 230 | 58 | 165 | BSP - 4 IND - 3 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP | |
15. | 2018 | 230 | 114 | 109 | BSP - 2 IND - 4 SP - 1 | Kamal Nath | INC | |
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