Constituency
227. Damoh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-DAMOH
BJP 50.9%won by 28.2%INC 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.8% to 28.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 89.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.0% to 50.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,74,713
Turnout
50.8%
Valid votes
5,96,369
Margin
1,68,257
28.21%
Candidates
33 contested · winner BJP- 1RAM KRISHNA KUSMARIABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,03,47650.9%
- 2MUKESH NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC1,35,21922.7%
- 3SUKHNANDAN PATELBahujan Samaj Party · BSP74,34412.5%
- 4RAJ BAHADUR SINGHAIICT · AIICT25,2114.2%
- 5DASHAIYAIndependent · IND9,6311.6%
- 6PARASH RAM LODHIIndependent · IND5,8151.0%
- 7PADAM CHAND JAIN (KUTTA BABA)Independent · IND5,6901.0%
- 8CHURAMANIndependent · IND3,8190.6%
- 9TEEKA RAMIndependent · IND3,7830.6%
- 10ADAMYA PRAKASHIndependent · IND3,5900.6%
- 11JAGDISHIndependent · IND3,0830.5%
- 12MOHAN LALIndependent · IND2,5980.4%
- 13MULAM CHANDRA JAINIndependent · IND2,3380.4%
- 14NEM CHAND JAINIndependent · IND2,0150.3%
- 15LALLU SINGHIndependent · IND1,9020.3%
- 16RAM GOPALIndependent · IND1,7110.3%
- 17CHATUR SINGHIndependent · IND1,6310.3%
- 18SURESH CHANDIndependent · IND1,5980.3%
- 19MOHD.JAHEERIndependent · IND1,1970.2%
- 20RAJRANIIndependent · IND1,1950.2%
- 21GOPALPARSAD CHAMARIndependent · IND9920.2%
- 22UMA SHANKARIndependent · IND7580.1%
- 23SHEKHI LALIndependent · IND7060.1%
- 24BREJESH KUMAR PATHAK (RAJA SAHEB)Independent · IND5750.1%
- 25KAMTA PRASAD PATELIndependent · IND5480.1%
- 26RAM MANOHAR SHYAM SUNDERIndependent · IND5310.1%
- 27AJUBDDIIndependent · IND5210.1%
- 28VINODIndependent · IND4320.1%
- 29PREM BHARTIIndependent · IND4170.1%
- 30BHAGCHAND BHUDWANIIndependent · IND3780.1%
- 31ASHOKIndependent · IND2410.0%
- 32VIKRAM SINGHIndependent · IND2360.0%
- 33SHAKEER KHANIndependent · IND1880.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +24.4%
- BJP share
- 46.7% → 50.9%
- INC share
- 42.9% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- 41.7% → 50.8%