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5. Sangaria

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1998

RJ-SANGARIA

INC 24.7%won by 0.1%IND 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 19.4% to 24.7% of the vote here (+5.3%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 79 votes (0.06%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered6 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
1,25,844
Margin
79
0.06%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KRISHAN CHANDERIndian National Congress · INC31,12724.7%
  2. 2GURJANT SINGH S/O MEWA SINGHIndependent · IND31,04824.7%
  3. 3ABHAY SINGHIndian National Lok Dal · INLD21,63317.2%
  4. 4HATRAM BENIWALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,29016.1%
  5. 5KRISHAN KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,10010.4%
  6. 6JOT RAM MARWALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,7135.3%
  7. 7ROOP SINGH PATLIIndependent · IND9860.8%
  8. 8GURJANT SINGH S/O BASNT SINGHIndependent · IND7620.6%
  9. 9MAHENDAR KUMARIndependent · IND1850.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
+10.9%
INC share
19.4% → 24.7%
IND share
30.3% → 24.7%
Turnout
— → —
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