Election
Constituency

11. Suratgarh

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1998

RJ-SURATGARH

INC 31.8%won by 7.8%BJP 24.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.8% between them, down from 68.9% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
2,05,143
Margin
15,925
7.76%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIJAY LAXMI BISHNOIIndian National Congress · INC65,22931.8%
  2. 2AMAR CHAND MIDDHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP49,30424.0%
  3. 3SAHAB RAM POONIAIndependent · IND35,22917.2%
  4. 4DOONGAR RAM GAIDARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,5886.1%
  5. 5LACHHAMAN SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,2135.5%
  6. 6LALOO RAMIndependent · IND11,1685.4%
  7. 7BALRAM VERMAJanata Dal · JD10,1284.9%
  8. 8NARENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND4,3482.1%
  9. 9HAJARI LALIndependent · IND2,1731.1%
  10. 10POOSA RAMIndependent · IND8400.4%
  11. 11SHER SINGHIndependent · IND7490.4%
  12. 12MAHAVEER PRASAD PAREEKIndependent · IND6140.3%
  13. 13HARI CHANDIndependent · IND5230.3%
  14. 14RAM SINGHIndependent · IND3970.2%
  15. 15KHOOB CHAND NAYAKIndependent · IND3320.2%
  16. 16SANKAR LALIndependent · IND3080.2%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+17.4%
INC share
29.6% → 31.8%
BJP share
39.2% → 24.0%
Turnout
— → —
10. Pilibanga12. Lunkaransar
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