Constituency
242. Rajnandgaon
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-RAJNANDGAON
BJP 44.7%won by 11.9%INC 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.9%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 34.4% to 44.7% of the vote here (+10.3%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 51.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,68,069
Turnout
51.5%
Valid votes
4,98,311
Margin
59,276
11.90%
Candidates
32 contested · winner BJP- 1ASHOK SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,22,61644.7%
- 2SHIVENDRA BAHADUR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,63,34032.8%
- 3BALBIR KHANUJAAIICT · AIICT25,2165.1%
- 4ASHOK SAHUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP13,1092.6%
- 5DERHARAMIndependent · IND12,5792.5%
- 6JANKIRAMIndependent · IND10,2372.1%
- 7BHIMRAO BAGDECMM · CMM9,3501.9%
- 8CHAMELI YADAVIndependent · IND6,0371.2%
- 9VIDYA BHUSHAN THAKURIndependent · IND4,7060.9%
- 10KHAN MUSTAK AHMEDIndependent · IND4,2260.8%
- 11ASHOK KUMAR PANDEIndependent · IND3,8460.8%
- 12DIGAMBAR SHANDILYAIndependent · IND3,2760.7%
- 13GHANSHYAM KISHORDASIndependent · IND2,7820.6%
- 14RAMCHANDRA GUPTAIndependent · IND1,9810.4%
- 15SURESH GANDHIIndependent · IND1,8660.4%
- 16GARIBA CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1,3880.3%
- 17MURLIDHAR SAHUIndependent · IND1,3270.3%
- 18MD. ZAKIR KHANIndependent · IND1,3190.3%
- 19LAKHANSHAH KUNJAMIndependent · IND1,0440.2%
- 20DHANU RAMIndependent · IND1,0430.2%
- 21NAVRANG CHAUHANIndependent · IND9150.2%
- 22SUSHIL SHARMAIndependent · IND9010.2%
- 23KIRTI BHUSHAN PANDEIndependent · IND8260.2%
- 24GAUTAMCHAND KOTADYAIndependent · IND7550.2%
- 25KESHAR BAIIndependent · IND6540.1%
- 26ABDUL YUSUF BHAIIndependent · IND6370.1%
- 27MOHAN LALIndependent · IND5570.1%
- 28SHUSHIL KUMAR NAMDEVIndependent · IND4690.1%
- 29PADAMSINGH KOTHARIIndependent · IND4290.1%
- 30HAIDER BHATIIndependent · IND3610.1%
- 31VIJAY BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND3200.1%
- 32LALIT VARMAIndependent · IND1990.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +24.4%
- BJP share
- 34.4% → 44.7%
- INC share
- 46.8% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- 45.3% → 51.5%