Constituency
252. Rajgarh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-RAJGARH
INC 43.7%won by 4.3%BJP 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 4.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.1% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.1% to 56.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,40,216
Turnout
56.6%
Valid votes
5,88,886
Margin
25,201
4.28%
Candidates
24 contested · winner INC- 1LAXMAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC2,57,21843.7%
- 2PIARAYELAL KHANDELWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,32,01739.4%
- 3JAGDISH SURYAVANSHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP21,5573.7%
- 4PRABHAG SINGH KUSHWAHAIndependent · IND13,7752.3%
- 5RAJYAVARDHAN SINGHAIICT · AIICT13,3342.3%
- 6RAMESH VYASShiv Sena · SHS10,8131.8%
- 7RAMGOPAL MARATWALIndependent · IND5,9111.0%
- 8BHANWAR LAL DANGIIndependent · IND4,9600.8%
- 9MANNSINGH TANWARIndependent · IND4,7760.8%
- 10RAMESH CHANDERIndependent · IND4,0410.7%
- 11MOH.IDRIS TAIIndependent · IND3,1830.5%
- 12MOHAN SHARMAIndependent · IND2,5400.4%
- 13BANWARI LAL TIWARI ADVOCATEIndependent · IND2,4380.4%
- 14BALBIR SINGH CHOWDHRAYIndependent · IND2,2940.4%
- 15KURBAN KHANIndependent · IND2,1200.4%
- 16SUMER SINGH GUJJARIndependent · IND2,1050.4%
- 17CHAMMI BAIIndependent · IND1,9070.3%
- 18GOVERDHAN SINGH DANGIIndependent · IND1,0790.2%
- 19PROFESSOR SYEDUREHMANIndependent · IND7700.1%
- 20IQBAL BHAIIndependent · IND6040.1%
- 21DR. RAJENDRA SURYAVANSHIIndependent · IND5200.1%
- 22DILDAR KHANIndependent · IND3590.1%
- 23NATHU LAL MEENAIndependent · IND3570.1%
- 24LEKH RAM BANDHARIIndependent · IND2080.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +4.0%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 43.7%
- BJP share
- 48.3% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- 49.5% → 56.6%