Constituency
177. Barmer
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 1998
RJ-BARMER
INC 66.9%won by 33.7%BJP 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.6% to 66.9% of the vote here (+26.2%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1993.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
99,621
Margin
33,611
33.74%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1VRIDHICHAND JAINIndian National Congress · INC66,61666.9%
- 2TAGA RAM CHOWDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,00533.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −6.9%
- INC share
- 40.6% → 66.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —