Constituency
244. Mandla
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-MANDLA
BJP 44.9%won by 11.8%INC 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.8%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 29.8% to 44.9% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.0% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 25.5% to 57.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,55,278
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
5,48,788
Margin
64,620
11.78%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1FAGGANSINGH KULASTEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,46,33444.9%
- 2MOHANLALIndian National Congress · INC1,81,71433.1%
- 3KHETULALIndependent · IND40,2097.3%
- 4MANIKLALAIICT · AIICT25,8904.7%
- 5RAJENDERA SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP20,4923.7%
- 6PATIRAMIndependent · IND7,6541.4%
- 7NANDEIndependent · IND7,3411.3%
- 8KOMAL SINGHIndependent · IND4,8730.9%
- 9RATAN SINGH PRASTEIndependent · IND4,4240.8%
- 10MOLHU RAMIndependent · IND2,3410.4%
- 11RAM SINGHIndependent · IND2,2460.4%
- 12SITA PATTAIndependent · IND1,8910.3%
- 13AYODHYA SINGH PARASTEKSM · KSM1,7900.3%
- 14ASHA RAMIndependent · IND1,5890.3%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +45.3%
- BJP share
- 29.8% → 44.9%
- INC share
- 63.3% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- 32.0% → 57.5%