Elections 98

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Indore
Total Votes Polled:	855802
Winner: BJP	Sumitra Mahajan	440047
Runner Up: INC	Pankaj Sanghvi	390195
Margin: 49852 (11%)

Elections 96

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Indore
Total Votes Polled:	674473
Winner: BJP	Sau Sumitra Mahajan	338327
Runner Up: INC	Madhukar Verma	233894
Margin: 104433(15.72%)

The last three times the seat has been represented by the BJP's Sumitra Mahajan, but barring this and 1977 the constituency has stayed loyal to the Congress. In 1996, Mahajan defeated her Congress rival by more than 100,000 votes.