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Constituency

222. Sarangarh

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-SARANGARH

INC 44.7%won by 14.2%IND 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.8% to 14.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 85.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.5% to 55.4%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,02,624
Turnout
55.4%
Valid votes
4,99,834
Margin
71,215
14.25%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−42.0%
INC share
66.0% 44.7%
IND share
9.8% 30.4%
Turnout
49.9% 55.4%