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6. Ganganagar

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1998

RJ-GANGANAGAR

INC 42.1%won by 6.9%IND 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 6.9%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.2% — it polled just 0.8% in 1993.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.3% of the vote between them, up from 69.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
96,055
Margin
6,587
6.86%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RADHEYSHYAM GANGANAGARIndian National Congress · INC40,39542.1%
  2. 2SURENDER SINGHIndependent · IND33,80835.2%
  3. 3MAHESH PERIWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,88819.7%
  4. 4MALU RAMIndependent · IND1,1221.2%
  5. 5JAS RAM TAKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9050.9%
  6. 6KALWANT RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI3590.4%
  7. 7DR. BRIJ MOHANIndependent · IND2770.3%
  8. 8GOVIND TANTIAShiv Sena · SHS1100.1%
  9. 9RAKESHSamajwadi Party · SP870.1%
  10. 10CHANANRAMRJVP · RJVP600.1%
  11. 11MADAN LALABRCD · ABRCD440.0%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−28.3%
INC share
36.0% → 42.1%
IND share
0.8% → 35.2%
Turnout
— → —
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