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115. Takhatpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-TAKHATPUR

BJP 32.1%won by 0.2%INC 31.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.5% to 0.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.0% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 145 votes (0.20%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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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Valid votes
72,108
Margin
145
0.20%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1JAGJEET SINGH MAKKADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,15032.1%
  2. 2BALRAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC23,00531.9%
  3. 3SHANKER MALIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,25923.9%
  4. 4HARPRASAD KAUSHIKGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP6,8969.6%
  5. 5DR. BHAIYALAL TAMRAKARIndependent · IND1,2171.7%
  6. 6SATYENDRA PASWANJanata Dal · JD3920.5%
  7. 7NAGESHWARIndependent · IND1890.3%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−10.3%
BJP share
32.4% → 32.1%
INC share
21.9% → 31.9%
Turnout
— → —
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