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Constituency

166. Khertha

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-KHERTHA

INC 44.4%won by 0.2%BJP 44.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.3% to 0.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 158 votes (0.19%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
82,607
Margin
158
0.19%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−15.1%
INC share
52.3% 44.4%
BJP share
37.0% 44.2%
Turnout