Constituency
173. Jalore
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 1998
RJ-JALORE
BJP 34.9%won by 1.9%RJVP 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.5% to 1.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerRJVP (RJVP) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1993.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.0% between them, down from 75.4% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
68,920
Margin
1,314
1.91%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1GANESHI RAM MEGHWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,08434.9%
- 2RAM LAL MEGHWALRJVP · RJVP22,77033.0%
- 3MAHENDRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,38129.6%
- 4HASTI MAL JEENGARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD9151.3%
- 5MAL NATHIndependent · IND7701.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–RJVP swing
- −50.6%
- BJP share
- 52.5% → 34.9%
- RJVP share
- 0.0% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- — → —