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Constituency

279. Akola

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-AKOLA

BJP 34.6%won by 1.4%RPI 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.8% to 1.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerRPI (RPI) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.5% to 59.4%.

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

Electorate
10,75,426
Turnout
59.4%
Valid votes
6,38,841
Margin
9,053
1.42%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPRPI swing
−38.0%
BJP share
39.4% 34.6%
RPI share
0.0% 33.2%
Turnout
53.9% 59.4%