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231. Kanker

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-KANKER

INC 49.9%won by 6.2%BJP 43.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.7% to 6.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.3% to 36.0%.

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

Electorate
8,61,510
Turnout
36.0%
Valid votes
3,09,976
Margin
19,361
6.25%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ARWIND NETAMIndian National Congress · INC1,54,56749.9%
  2. 2DEOLALL DUGGABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,35,20643.6%
  3. 3VASUDEOJanata Dal · JD6,2092.0%
  4. 4MANOHAR NETAMJanahitha Paksha · JP5,4771.8%
  5. 5BASANT SORIIndependent · IND3,2661.1%
  6. 6HIRALAL MANJHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,2640.7%
  7. 7PARMESHWAR SINGH SIDARDDP · DDP2,1790.7%
  8. 8RANI CHAND NETAMIndependent · IND8080.3%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−31.5%
INC share
44.3% → 49.9%
BJP share
6.5% → 43.6%
Turnout
50.3% → 36.0%
230. Mahasamund232. Bastar
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