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232. Surguja

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SURGUJA

INC 41.1%won by 1.4%BJP 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.4% to 1.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.7% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 24.6% to 60.8%.

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

Electorate
10,46,615
Turnout
60.8%
Valid votes
6,36,211
Margin
8,771
1.38%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−13.0%
INC share
51.9% 41.1%
BJP share
37.5% 39.7%
Turnout
36.2% 60.8%