Election
Constituency

160. Saja

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1993

MP-SAJA

INC 50.7%won by 8.7%BJP 42.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.8% to 8.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 42.0% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — 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
71,257
Margin
6,204
8.71%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAVINDER CHOBEYIndian National Congress · INC36,10150.7%
  2. 2R.D. PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,89742.0%
  3. 3MUNINDER SAHEB GOSWAMICommunist Party of India · CPI1,6002.2%
  4. 4CHINTARAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4692.1%
  5. 5RAJENDER JAINIndependent · IND5260.7%
  6. 6RAMA PANDEYJanata Dal · JD4630.6%
  7. 7MATURA PRASAD SAHUCMM · CMM3940.6%
  8. 8GIRDHARI SINGH THAKURIndependent · IND3330.5%
  9. 9KESHAV PRASAD DUBEYIndependent · IND1730.2%
  10. 10MADAN LAL JAINDDP · DDP1200.2%
  11. 11BANSILAL PATELRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP920.1%
  12. 12HARI DASIndependent · IND890.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−45.7%
INC share
54.4% → 50.7%
BJP share
0.0% → 42.0%
Turnout
— → —
159. Bemetara161. Dhamdha
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