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6. Ratnagiri

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Maharashtra Assembly Election, 1999

MH-RATNAGIRI

BJP 47.8%won by 13.4%NCP 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.2% to 13.4%.

  • New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
92,123
Margin
12,313
13.37%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BAL MANEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,00047.8%
  2. 2KUMAR SHETYENationalist Congress Party · NCP31,68734.4%
  3. 3KEER RAMESH SHRIDHARIndian National Congress · INC10,57911.5%
  4. 4SALIM VIJAY LAXMANIndependent · IND4,5685.0%
  5. 5ABDUL BIJLEE KHANIndependent · IND9211.0%
  6. 6RAJESH YASHWANT SURVEIndependent · IND3680.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–NCP swing
−33.5%
BJP share
46.9% → 47.8%
NCP share
0.0% → 34.4%
Turnout
— → —
5. Rajapur7. Sangameshwar
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