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Constituency

236. Ashta

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-ASHTA

BJP 45.5%won by 9.2%INC 36.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.9% to 9.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.8% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
88,088
Margin
8,061
9.15%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−4.7%
BJP share
54.1% 45.5%
INC share
40.2% 36.3%
Turnout