Elections 98

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Khargone
Total Votes Polled:	659552
Winner: BJP	Rameshwar Patidar	311394
Runner Up: INC	Bondarsingh	290715
Margin: 20679 (7%)

Elections 96

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Khargone
Total Votes Polled:	604964
Winner: BJP	Rameshwar Pattidhar	286549
Runner Up: INC	Bodar Singh Kalu Singh Mandloi	241342
Margin: 45207 (7.77%)

The Jan Sangh's Ramchandra Bade first won this constituency in 1962, lost the next round, and won it again in 1971. In 1977, the seat was contested by the BLD's Rameshwar Patidar and won. He lost the next two rounds to the Congress's S C Yadav, and finally won the seat for the BJP in 1989. Since then, he has held on to it, defeating the Congress by 45,000 votes in 1996.