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44. Jatara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-JATARA

BJP 40.1%won by 19.8%SP 20.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 19.8%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 36.0% to 40.1% of the vote here (+4.1%).
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 20.3% — it polled just 0.8% in 1993.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.5% between them, down from 82.4% — the field split more ways.

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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Valid votes
90,185
Margin
17,831
19.77%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SUNIL NAYAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,17440.1%
  2. 2CHHOTEYLAL GHOSHSamajwadi Party · SP18,34320.3%
  3. 3CHHOTELEL SAHUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,92119.9%
  4. 4KAMMOD PRASAD KEVATIndian National Congress · INC13,81715.3%
  5. 5RAKESH VIHARI SHARMAIndependent · IND1,2241.4%
  6. 6KAMAL PRASAD NAPITSVSP · SVSP1,1211.2%
  7. 7KANHAIYALAL MUKHIYAJanata Dal · JD5620.6%
  8. 8JAIN NEMICHANDRAJanahitha Paksha · JP4200.5%
  9. 9PRADEEP KUMAR PATEL (KUSHWAHA)Independent · IND1210.1%
  10. 10RATANA AHIRWARIndependent · IND1020.1%
  11. 11DAKHIPRASAD DANGI NATAJISJPR · SJPR780.1%
  12. 12BABA SUKHNANDAN SINGHSDPMP · SDPMP760.1%
  13. 13AHIRWAR RAMPRAKASHIndependent · IND680.1%
  14. 14SUDAMAIndependent · IND660.1%
  15. 15AKHAND PRATAP SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND570.1%
  16. 16RAJKUMAR NAKEEVIndependent · IND350.0%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–SP swing
−15.5%
BJP share
36.0% → 40.1%
SP share
0.8% → 20.3%
Turnout
— → —
43. Niwari45. Khargapur
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