Constituency
253. Shajapur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SHAJAPUR
BJP 56.3%won by 21.3%INC 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.7% to 21.3%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.3% between them, down from 96.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.9% to 54.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,13,464
Turnout
54.7%
Valid votes
6,09,000
Margin
1,29,639
21.29%
Candidates
24 contested · winner BJP- 1THAWARCHAND GEHLOTBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,42,92456.3%
- 2SHAKUNTALA CHOUHANIndian National Congress · INC2,13,28535.0%
- 3PURAN LAL MALVIYAAIICT · AIICT13,4642.2%
- 4SIDDHULAL KARANJIAIndependent · IND6,1091.0%
- 5MITTO LAL JATAVIndependent · IND4,4590.7%
- 6DOLATRAM MALVIYAIndependent · IND4,3560.7%
- 7KARAN SIHNGH MALVIAIndependent · IND3,8880.6%
- 8KARAN SINGH (THAPKA BASANTPUR)Independent · IND3,8700.6%
- 9MADAN LAL MALVIYAIndependent · IND2,6840.4%
- 10KAILASH MALVIA PAINTERIndependent · IND2,3740.4%
- 11KANHIYA LALIndependent · IND2,0770.3%
- 12GHEESAJEE SURYABANSHIIndependent · IND1,7540.3%
- 13BHAGIRATHIndependent · IND1,3970.2%
- 14MANGI LAL ANJANAYIndependent · IND1,1370.2%
- 15RAMESH CHANDER BAKORIAIndependent · IND9460.2%
- 16DILEEP KUMARIndependent · IND7370.1%
- 17PRALAD SINGH MALVIYAIndependent · IND6760.1%
- 18RAM PARSAD BHARTIIndependent · IND6180.1%
- 19HEMRAJ NANU RAM PARMARIndependent · IND5140.1%
- 20RANJIT SINGHIndependent · IND4570.1%
- 21MOHAN SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND4430.1%
- 22ATTAMARAM SOLANKIIndependent · IND3820.1%
- 23VEHARI LAL JADAMIndependent · IND2280.0%
- 24RAMKALI BAI BHARTIIndependent · IND2210.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +4.6%
- BJP share
- 56.8% → 56.3%
- INC share
- 40.1% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- 48.8% → 54.7%