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85. Sohagpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-SOHAGPUR

INC 36.7%won by 2.2%BJP 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 82.7% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
1,00,468
Margin
2,202
2.19%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KRISHNAPAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC36,90836.7%
  2. 2LALLUSINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP34,70634.5%
  3. 3SIKANDARJanata Dal · JD12,30712.2%
  4. 4R.S.TRIPATHICommunist Party of India · CPI8,5398.5%
  5. 5MANMOHAN CHOUDHARYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,9042.9%
  6. 6KISHORILALSamajwadi Party · SP2,7052.7%
  7. 7MUNNA CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND8030.8%
  8. 8DEVENDRA DWIVEDI (LALA)SVSP · SVSP3680.4%
  9. 9ANIL NOHTIYALAJBP · AJBP3160.3%
  10. 10KAMTA PRASAD TIWARIIndependent · IND2560.3%
  11. 11SANTOSH SINGH PARIHARIndependent · IND2270.2%
  12. 12DHARMENDRA SHRIVASTAVA (TIKKU)LSWP · LSWP1950.2%
  13. 13SIDHOO LAL CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1310.1%
  14. 14ANIS AHEMAD ASHRAFIIndependent · IND1030.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+10.4%
INC share
37.3% → 36.7%
BJP share
45.5% → 34.5%
Turnout
— → —
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