The Rediff Election: Madhya Pradesh

October 13, 1999
• A mixed bag of victories and defeats in MP
• Third front stands no chance in Madhya Pradesh

October 12, 1999
• BJP got 2.67 pc votes more than Congress in MP, but 18 seats more
• People want Chhattisgarh soon
• Kith and kin make it to the Lok Sabha from MP

October 10, 1999
• 25 MPs re-elected in MP, 7 defeated

October 08, 1999
• Organisational problems caused Congress debacle in MP: Kamal Nath
• BJP wins 29 seats in MP

October 07, 1999
• BJP on a winning streak in MP

October 04, 1999
• 50 to 55 per cent voting in Hoshangabad and Vidisha

September 28, 1999
• Repolling on Tuesday in 13 MP booths

September 24, 1999
• A Congress bastion mired in backwardness

September 23, 1999
• Kamal vs kamal
• Bais bids for a fourth win
• Congress confident of halting BJP advance in Chhattisgarh
• Development remains a daydream in remote Rajnandgaon

September 22, 1999
• Development, statehood are the key issues in this mineral-rich region
• Case filed against MP Republican Party chief

September 21, 1999
• Congress makes a desperate comeback in Kanker

September 19, 1999
• 'When they see me, even chain smokers stub their cigarettes'
• Congress confident of surprising BJP in Mahakaushal

September 18, 1999
• Caste is the deciding factor in Rewa's three-cornered contest
• No polling in 1301 booths in Vidisha and Hoshangabad
• 'We compromised on the Shah Bano case. That was our undoing'

September 17, 1999
• Patwa, an outsider who feels at home anywhere, fights for Hoshangabad
• 'Vajpayee has proved to be a non-performing PM'

September 16, 1999
• Tough battle ahead for pardesi Jogi in Shahdol
• Bhopal will be no pushover for the sultry sanyasin
• Once upon a time in Indore

September 15, 1999
• 'My politics is more a matter of the heart than the head'

September 11, 1999
• Caught for years between the politics of the two banyan trees in Gwalior-Guna, there are many who lie forgotten

September 10, 1999
• 12 Madhya Pradesh MLAs in the fray for Lok Sabha
• Maharaj may no longer be the flavour of the electoral season in Gwalior, but he will still win Guna
• It's got to be one Bhuria or the other

September 9, 1999
• Where gods fight

September 8, 1999
• Experiments with coalitions have failed, says Pranab Mukherjee

September 7, 1999
• MP seeks help to counter Naxal threat

September 2, 1999
• Support for Chhattisgarh, Arjun cost me my seat: V C Shukla

September 1, 1999
• MP Youth Congress wants Priyanka to take on Vajpayee

August 29, 1999
• Scindia's fate will be decided in MP's first round

August 22, 1999
• 'Humiliated' Kailash Joshi to continue doing his duty

August 20, 1999
• Uma Bharti forces BJP to shift her from Khajuraho
• Only the scion of the Scindias is in the battle this time

August 19, 1999
• Big winner Kamal Nath back in the fray
• Close contests forecast in 18 of 40 MP seats

August 17, 1999
• Congress nominates S C Shukla from Mahasamund