Elections 98

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Sidhi (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	726000
Winner: BJP	Jagganath Singh	275803
Runner Up: INC	Tilak Raj Singh	229271
Margin: 46532 (17%)

Elections 96

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Sidhi (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	665407
Winner: AIIC(T)	Tilak Raj Singh	168340
Runner Up: BJP	Manik Singh	160136
Margin: 8208 (1.29%)

In 1996 the Congress-Tiwari could manage just 26.40 % of the vote but it still managed to win from here, defeating the BJP candidate by 8,000 votes. The Congress, which won the seat in 1991, came in third.