Constituency
147. Kanker
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
MP-KANKER
BJP 58.3%won by 22.2%INC 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 22.2%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 27.6% to 58.3% of the vote here (+30.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 63.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
60,131
Margin
13,344
22.19%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1SHYAMA DHRUVABharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,07058.3%
- 2SHIV NETAMIndian National Congress · INC21,72636.1%
- 3INDU NETAMIndependent · IND1,8753.1%
- 4PADUM SINGH THAKURShiv Sena · SHS7231.2%
- 5PEELA RAM NETAMIndependent · IND4680.8%
- 6RAJENDRA KUMARJanata Dal · JD2690.4%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +30.6%
- BJP share
- 27.6% → 58.3%
- INC share
- 36.0% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- — → —