Constituency
234. Betul
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-BETUL
BJP 49.3%won by 10.3%INC 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 10.3%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 13.1% to 49.3% of the vote here (+36.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.3% of the vote between them, up from 81.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 48.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,12,246
Turnout
48.5%
Valid votes
3,93,971
Margin
40,772
10.35%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1ARIF BEGBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,94,26649.3%
- 2ASLAM SHERKHANIndian National Congress · INC1,53,49439.0%
- 3RADHA KRISHNA GARGIndependent · IND21,0255.3%
- 4RATANDDP · DDP7,3451.9%
- 5IMRAT LALRPK · RPK6,9161.8%
- 6NARESH CHANDRA PAREEKIndependent · IND2,6700.7%
- 7HEMANT DADIndependent · IND1,4360.4%
- 8ANAND VIRENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND1,4070.4%
- 9RAM SINGH CHAUHANIndependent · IND1,3610.3%
- 10CHANDRA SHEKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0820.3%
- 11GORE LALIndependent · IND1,0090.3%
- 12BHAGWANT RAO KAWADKHARLkd (B) · LKDB9940.3%
- 13SURAT SUKTAYAIndependent · IND5220.1%
- 14CHANDRA SHEKHAR BARANGA PRACHARYAIndependent · IND4440.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +44.1%
- BJP share
- 13.1% → 49.3%
- INC share
- 46.9% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- 51.1% → 48.5%