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177. Baihar

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-BAIHAR

INC 43.7%won by 18.3%BJP 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 18.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Valid votes
68,730
Margin
12,611
18.35%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GANPAT SINGH UIKEYIndian National Congress · INC30,04843.7%
  2. 2BUDHSINGH DHURVEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,43725.4%
  3. 3BHAGAT SINGH NETAMIndependent · IND7,74111.3%
  4. 4BAIRAGSINGH TEKAMJanata Dal · JD7,35510.7%
  5. 5G. S. KUSREGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP4,2786.2%
  6. 6UIKEY DEVENDRAIndependent · IND1,0221.5%
  7. 7ASHOK KUMAR MASIHCommunist Party of India · CPI8491.2%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+7.2%
INC share
37.7% → 43.7%
BJP share
26.6% → 25.4%
Turnout
— → —
176. Kawardha178. Lanji
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