Constituency
240. Bastar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-BASTAR
IND 32.1%won by 3.6%INC 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 3.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.8% to 32.1% of the vote here (+31.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.7% between them, down from 81.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 16.1% to 41.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,23,408
Turnout
41.9%
Valid votes
3,86,701
Margin
14,057
3.64%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1MAHENDRA KARMAIndependent · IND1,24,32232.1%
- 2MANKURAM SODHIIndian National Congress · INC1,10,26528.5%
- 3RAJARAM TODEMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP84,52321.9%
- 4MANISH KUNJAMCommunist Party of India · CPI59,90815.5%
- 5GANGA POTAIAIICT · AIICT3,3940.9%
- 6PEELU MANJHIIndependent · IND2,9840.8%
- 7SHAMBHU RAM DHANENDRAIndependent · IND1,3050.3%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +47.7%
- IND share
- 0.8% → 32.1%
- INC share
- 44.9% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- 25.8% → 41.9%