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256. Dhar

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DHAR

BJP 51.4%won by 14.1%INC 37.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 14.1%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 44.2% to 51.4% of the vote here (+7.3%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.8% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
11,11,600
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
5,80,848
Margin
81,611
14.05%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHHATAR SINH DARBARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,98,74151.4%
  2. 2SURAJBHANU SHIVBHANU SOLANKIIndian National Congress · INC2,17,13037.4%
  3. 3GOVERDHANSINH MUKATIAIICT · AIICT50,4058.7%
  4. 4RAMSINH BHERAJI PATELIndependent · IND4,1580.7%
  5. 5JOGA SOLANKIIndependent · IND2,2830.4%
  6. 6PANCHAM BHABARIndependent · IND2,0180.3%
  7. 7DASHRATHSINH (DARBAR)Independent · IND1,6970.3%
  8. 8DALPAT SINGH PALIndependent · IND1,4580.3%
  9. 9RATTANSINH PATELIndependent · IND1,1450.2%
  10. 10GAJINDER SINGH DARBARIndependent · IND9570.2%
  11. 11GORDHAN LAL BASUNIYAIndependent · IND8560.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+22.6%
BJP share
44.2% → 51.4%
INC share
52.7% → 37.4%
Turnout
50.6% → 52.3%
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