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239. Kanker

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KANKER

INC 39.8%won by 4.4%BJP 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 4.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 20.4% to 56.3%.

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

Electorate
9,78,117
Turnout
56.3%
Valid votes
5,51,100
Margin
24,420
4.43%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−1.8%
INC share
49.9% 39.8%
BJP share
43.6% 35.3%
Turnout
36.0% 56.3%