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160. Saja

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-SAJA

INC 63.6%won by 29.4%BJP 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.7% to 29.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 92.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
82,677
Margin
24,318
29.41%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAVINDRA CHAUBEYIndian National Congress · INC52,61163.6%
  2. 2DR. R.D. PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP28,29334.2%
  3. 3GIRDHARI SINGH THAKURIndependent · IND8541.0%
  4. 4YASHPAL THAKURGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP8211.0%
  5. 5R.K. SAMUELIndependent · IND980.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+20.7%
INC share
50.7% → 63.6%
BJP share
42.0% → 34.2%
Turnout
— → —
159. Bemetara161. Dhamdha
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