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127. Raipur Rural

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-RAIPUR-RURAL

BJP 55.1%won by 12.2%INC 42.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.0% to 12.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,29,491
Margin
15,751
12.16%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1TARUN PRASAD CHATARJIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP71,29455.1%
  2. 2DEENANATH SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC55,54342.9%
  3. 3JAIPRAKASH PANDAYCMM · CMM1,0140.8%
  4. 4MAHENDRA KASHYAP C.A.Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD8740.7%
  5. 5VAMAN RAO BAGDERPI · RPI3130.2%
  6. 6DINESH CHAWDAIndependent · IND2310.2%
  7. 7P. L. SHARMAIndependent · IND2220.2%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−7.9%
BJP share
56.2% → 55.1%
INC share
36.1% → 42.9%
Turnout
— → —
126. Raipur Town128. Abhanpur
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