Constituency
231. Shahdol
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SHAHDOL
BJP 33.9%won by 8.6%INC 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.6%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.3% between them, down from 82.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 20.1% to 54.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,43,068
Turnout
54.4%
Valid votes
6,21,843
Margin
53,395
8.59%
Candidates
24 contested · winner BJP- 1GYAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,10,94633.9%
- 2DALABIR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,57,55125.3%
- 3PHUNDE LAL SINGH MARKOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP86,77314.0%
- 4DALPAT SINGH PARASTEJanata Dal · JD61,4029.9%
- 5MALABAIIndependent · IND19,9023.2%
- 6RAMALAL BAIGAIndependent · IND19,3773.1%
- 7JEEVANIndependent · IND9,6311.5%
- 8MANBODH S/O MANGALIndependent · IND9,2871.5%
- 9BALIRAMIndependent · IND8,6491.4%
- 10MANABODH S/O DULAWAIndependent · IND6,1121.0%
- 11RAM CHARAN PANIKAIndependent · IND5,9481.0%
- 12AMAR SINGHIndependent · IND5,5230.9%
- 13DINAUAIndependent · IND3,9930.6%
- 14SHESHARAM BAIGAIndependent · IND2,5340.4%
- 15KUMARI LAKSHAMI MASRAM BEIGAIndependent · IND2,3640.4%
- 16JETHUIndependent · IND2,1620.3%
- 17SOHAN LAL BAIGAIndependent · IND2,1410.3%
- 18DHURAV SINGHIndependent · IND1,8670.3%
- 19RAM DINIndependent · IND1,2530.2%
- 20SHYAM SUNDERIndependent · IND1,0330.2%
- 21VIJAY BHAN SINGHIndependent · IND9840.2%
- 22RAMA LAKHANIndependent · IND8580.1%
- 23GOPAL PRASADIndependent · IND7810.1%
- 24DHAN SINGHIndependent · IND7720.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +21.9%
- BJP share
- 34.4% → 33.9%
- INC share
- 47.7% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- 34.3% → 54.4%