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Constituency

156. Rohtak

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Haryana · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-ROHTAK

INC 31.7%won by 0.4%SAP 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.6% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.0% between them, down from 82.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 65.8%.

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

Electorate
9,49,760
Turnout
65.8%
Valid votes
6,24,910
Margin
2,664
0.43%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSAP swing
−43.6%
INC share
44.0% 31.7%
SAP share
0.0% 31.3%
Turnout
59.6% 65.8%