Constituency
246. Seoni
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SEONI
BJP 43.6%won by 10.8%INC 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 10.8%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 95.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.6% to 57.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,47,662
Turnout
57.4%
Valid votes
6,01,275
Margin
64,847
10.78%
Candidates
24 contested · winner BJP- 1PRAHLAD SINGH PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,62,37343.6%
- 2VIMLA VERMAIndian National Congress · INC1,97,52632.9%
- 3SHOBHARAM BHALAVIIndependent · IND42,6917.1%
- 4SHASHIBHUSAN SINGHAIICT · AIICT31,5895.3%
- 5SHYAM DHURVEYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP21,9863.7%
- 6RAJKUMAR BAGRERPID · RPID10,0721.7%
- 7JHANKLAL PATELMKVP · MKVP7,7221.3%
- 8LAXMAN DESHKARIndependent · IND6,0501.0%
- 9MOORAT PRASADIndependent · IND2,5840.4%
- 10I.M. ANSARIIndependent · IND2,5730.4%
- 11DIVAKER UKEYIndependent · IND2,4340.4%
- 12LAXMI VASNIKIndependent · IND1,8450.3%
- 13TIRATH PRASADIndependent · IND1,8110.3%
- 14MITTU LALIndependent · IND1,3540.2%
- 15SANJAY KUMAR TIWARI (SANJU GURU)Independent · IND1,1620.2%
- 16SHASHI KUMAR MEHRA CHHINDAWALEIndependent · IND1,0770.2%
- 17KAILASH PRASAD NEMAIndependent · IND1,0070.2%
- 18MAQBOOL SHAHIndependent · IND9880.2%
- 19THAKEDAR SHIVPRASAD DAHERIYAIndependent · IND8820.1%
- 20CHOUDHARY SUJIT JHARIYAIndependent · IND8710.1%
- 21GYANI PRASADIndependent · IND8450.1%
- 22ALI M.R. KHANIndependent · IND7570.1%
- 23HEMRAJ SINGH KHAMAHRIAWALEIndependent · IND6330.1%
- 24BHAGAT PREM SHRIVELIndependent · IND4430.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +24.5%
- BJP share
- 41.0% → 43.6%
- INC share
- 54.7% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- 44.8% → 57.4%