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235. Bilaspur

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-BILASPUR

BJP 42.0%won by 6.5%INC 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 6.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.4% between them, down from 95.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 16.0% to 52.2%.

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

Electorate
10,31,337
Turnout
52.2%
Valid votes
5,38,734
Margin
34,880
6.47%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PUNNULAL MOHLEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,26,05442.0%
  2. 2KHELAN RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,91,17435.5%
  3. 3ADVOCATE T.R. NIRALABahujan Samaj Party · BSP54,23110.1%
  4. 4BANSHI LALAIICT · AIICT19,7323.7%
  5. 5RAJINDERIndependent · IND12,9882.4%
  6. 6PANCH RAM KOSLEYIndependent · IND7,6541.4%
  7. 7BALDEV PRASAD BAGHALIndependent · IND6,3851.2%
  8. 8M. JAHANIIndependent · IND6,1211.1%
  9. 9MOTILAL GOYALIndependent · IND3,7700.7%
  10. 10TERASIndependent · IND2,9250.5%
  11. 11DHELOO PRASADIndependent · IND2,9160.5%
  12. 12DR. JAGJIVAN RAM PATREIndependent · IND2,4280.5%
  13. 13GANESH DUTTIndependent · IND2,3560.4%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+18.0%
BJP share
41.7% → 42.0%
INC share
53.2% → 35.5%
Turnout
36.2% → 52.2%
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