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21. Bhander

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-BHANDER

BSP 41.9%won by 2.3%BJP 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 2.3%.

  • BSP vote shareBSP went from 16.9% to 41.9% of the vote here (+25.0%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
78,666
Margin
1,826
2.32%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1ER. PHOOL SINGH BARAIYABahujan Samaj Party · BSP32,93541.9%
  2. 2POORANSINGH PALAIYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP31,10939.5%
  3. 3KESHRI CHOUDHARI ADVOCATEIndian National Congress · INC9,07611.5%
  4. 4HARI MOHANSamajwadi Party · SP4,9476.3%
  5. 5DHANIRAMIndependent · IND2180.3%
  6. 6MAHENDRAAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1370.2%
  7. 7JAI NARAYANIndependent · IND1290.2%
  8. 8SHEELAIndependent · IND1150.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BSPflipped
BSP–BJP swing
+21.8%
BSP share
16.9% → 41.9%
BJP share
36.3% → 39.5%
Turnout
— → —
20. Dabra22. Seondha
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