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245. Bhojpur

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

MP-BHOJPUR

BJP 56.7%won by 18.9%INC 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.6% to 18.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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
94,838
Margin
17,929
18.90%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SUNDAR LAL PATWABharatiya Janata Party · BJP53,73656.7%
  2. 2VIJAY DHAKARIndian National Congress · INC35,80737.8%
  3. 3TARACHAND SAHUAJBP · AJBP2,6562.8%
  4. 4BANNULALGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP1,5971.7%
  5. 5BANSHILALJanahitha Paksha · JP5680.6%
  6. 6GANGARAM GAURApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD4740.5%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−10.7%
BJP share
63.1% → 56.7%
INC share
33.5% → 37.8%
Turnout
— → —
244. Bareli246. Kurwai
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