Elections 98

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Jhabua (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	602636
Winner: INC	Kantilal Bhuriya	307735
Runner Up: BJP	Dilip Singh Bhuriya	225362
Margin: 82373 (27%)

Elections 96

State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Jhabua (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	502609
Winner: INC	Dileep Singh Bhuria	188933
Runner Up: BJP	Bhagirath Bhanwar	161034
Margin: 27899 (5.87%)

When Dalip Singh Bhuria made his electoral debut, it was not an auspicious time for the Congress. It was 1977, and there was an anti-Congress wave in north India. In 1980, he won the seat for the Congress and has held it since. He joined the BJP recently and it remains to be seen if this Congress bastion will back the lotus instead of the hand.