Constituency
239. Kanker
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-KANKER
INC 39.8%won by 4.4%BJP 35.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1CHHABILA ARVIND NETAMIndian National Congress · INC2,19,19139.8%
- 2SOHAN POTAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,94,77135.3%
- 3JANAKLAL THAKURCMM · CMM41,5627.5%
- 4RAMNATH SARFECommunist Party of India · CPI33,9486.2%
- 5JHUMUKLAL VHENDIAAIICT · AIICT22,6834.1%
- 6JAGANNATH SINGH UYEKEIndependent · IND11,0922.0%
- 7DR. J.R. THAKURBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,8631.8%
- 8SHAMBHOO RAM (DHANENDRA)Independent · IND5,0660.9%
- 9GIRVAR SINGHIndependent · IND3,4580.6%
- 10THAKUR PURSHOTAM LAL PATADAUTIIndependent · IND2,3020.4%
- 11SAMAYE LAL SALAMIndependent · IND2,0990.4%
- 12KUNWAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,0030.4%
- 13RAJESH MANDAVIIndependent · IND1,7050.3%
- 14GANESH RAM NETAMIndependent · IND1,3570.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −1.8%
- INC share
- 49.9% → 39.8%
- BJP share
- 43.6% → 35.3%
- Turnout
- 36.0% → 56.3%