Constituency
162. Kharchi
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 1998
RJ-KHARCHI
BJP 31.9%won by 5.4%IND 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.1% to 5.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 26.5% — it polled just 1.1% in 1993.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.4% between them, down from 93.6% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
69,689
Margin
3,753
5.39%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1KESARAM CHOUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,22931.9%
- 2KHUSHVEER SINGHIndependent · IND18,47626.5%
- 3PREMA RAM CHOUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC15,69422.5%
- 4BHERUSINGH GURJARIndependent · IND8,34512.0%
- 5SHISHUPAL SINGHIndependent · IND2,6453.8%
- 6ANNA RAJJanata Dal · JD9761.4%
- 7LAXMAN SINGH RATHORESamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP4130.6%
- 8MAGARAMIndependent · IND3530.5%
- 9BABU LAL SARAGRAIndependent · IND2890.4%
- 10POOSA RAMIndependent · IND2690.4%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–IND swing
- −46.9%
- BJP share
- 53.4% → 31.9%
- IND share
- 1.1% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —