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54. Patharia

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-PATHARIA

BJP 42.5%won by 0.3%INC 42.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.3%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 213 votes (0.31%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
69,031
Margin
213
0.31%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1GANESH KHATIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,36642.5%
  2. 2RAMKISHORE ATHYAIndian National Congress · INC29,15342.2%
  3. 3ASHARAM CHOUDHARYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,42712.2%
  4. 4RAM KISHAN @ (PAPPU) KHATIKJanata Dal · JD5550.8%
  5. 5GANESH PRASAD PRAJAPATIIndependent · IND5320.8%
  6. 6CHETRAMIndependent · IND4640.7%
  7. 7NANHE BHAIApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD2120.3%
  8. 8RAJ KUMAR KACHHWAHA (SHERU BHAIYA)Samajwadi Party · SP2040.3%
  9. 9LALCHAND KHARARE (BALMIKI)Independent · IND1180.2%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+4.8%
BJP share
40.9% → 42.5%
INC share
45.4% → 42.2%
Turnout
— → —
53. Damoh55. Hatta
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