Constituency
270. Bhandara
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-BHANDARA
BJP 47.5%won by 6.7%INC 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 6.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 27.2% to 47.5% of the vote here (+20.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.3% of the vote between them, up from 80.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.1% to 70.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,57,992
Turnout
70.2%
Valid votes
6,02,189
Margin
40,094
6.66%
Candidates
16 contested · winner BJP- 1KHUSHAL PARASRAM SOPCHEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,85,84347.5%
- 2KESHAORAO ATMARAMJI PARDHIIndian National Congress · INC2,45,74940.8%
- 3JAISWAL VIRENDRAKUMAR KASTURCHANDBharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha · BRP28,4524.7%
- 4GAJBHIYE VAMANRAO GOPINATHRPK · RPK7,4711.2%
- 5AGRAWAL RADHESHYAM HARINARAYANJanata Dal · JD6,9941.2%
- 6MOHD. YUSUF HAJI MOHD. HANIFIndependent · IND5,8041.0%
- 7NARAYAN SHRIRAMJI TALMALEBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,3610.9%
- 8GAJBHIYE BHASKAR MANSARAMIndependent · IND5,0560.8%
- 9MISHRA BHAWANIPRASAD BALGOVINDDDP · DDP3,7980.6%
- 10BASEN MANGRU BRIJLALIndependent · IND1,7820.3%
- 11MESHRAM KARUJI FANDUJIIndependent · IND1,5580.3%
- 12KATRE SHIWAJI MANRAJIndependent · IND1,4190.2%
- 13DWARKAPRASAD SHYAMLAL LILHAREIndependent · IND9810.2%
- 14SUWARNA LATA MAKODEIndependent · IND8140.1%
- 15SUKRAM MUKA DESHKARIndependent · IND6350.1%
- 16AMBARDAS SARDU GEDAMIndependent · IND4720.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +32.6%
- BJP share
- 27.2% → 47.5%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- 66.1% → 70.2%