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State: Madhya Pradesh
Constituency: Rewa
Total Votes Polled: 600062
Winner: BSP Buddha Hasen Patel 158379
Runner Up: BJP Parveen Kumari 145997
Margin: 12382 (2.10%)

Another seat where the BSP is strong, it has won the seat in 1991 and in 1996 defeating the BJP. Congressman had been elected from here twice, but in the last election the party could only come in third. Again, the winning candidate scored just under 27 % of the votes.

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