Constituency
279. Akola
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-AKOLA
BJP 34.6%won by 1.4%RPI 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya 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%
Candidates
22 contested · winner BJP- 1PHUNDKAR PANDURANG PUNDLIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,21,09434.6%
- 2AMBEDKAR PRAKASH YESHWANTRPI · RPI2,12,04133.2%
- 3KORPE SANTOSHKUMAR WAMANRAOIndian National Congress · INC1,50,13123.5%
- 4PRAKASH POHAREJanahitha Paksha · JP30,8754.8%
- 5BHAI RAJANIKANTIndependent · IND7,5441.2%
- 6JANORKAR SHANTARAM BAPURAOIndependent · IND3,7470.6%
- 7M. NARSIMMAIndependent · IND3,1860.5%
- 8KHANDELWAL ASHOK NARAYANDASIndependent · IND1,4790.2%
- 9RAMESH PATIL (JANUNKAR)SJPM · SJPM1,2120.2%
- 10ABDULLAKHAN MANJARIndependent · IND1,0510.2%
- 11ABDUL SALAM S/O ABDUL MAJEEDIndependent · IND9470.1%
- 12JOSHI SHALIGRAM MOHANLALIndependent · IND8620.1%
- 13TAJ MOHAMMAD MOHD. ISMAILIndependent · IND7380.1%
- 14SANJAY MADHAVRAO BHISEIndependent · IND7250.1%
- 15SUDHAKAR DESHPANDEIndependent · IND5840.1%
- 16SHOBHATAI SURESH NANDEIndependent · IND5260.1%
- 17RAMRAO GULABRAO MHAISNEIndependent · IND4210.1%
- 18SURESH KAPILESamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP4140.1%
- 19HARNE GAJANAN ONKARRAOIndependent · IND4090.1%
- 20BHAMBURKAR BALABHAU SHRIRAMIndependent · IND3780.1%
- 21PONDE RAMESH GOVINDAIndependent · IND3560.1%
- 22SALABATKHAN HAFIZULLAKHANIndependent · IND1210.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–RPI swing
- −38.0%
- BJP share
- 39.4% → 34.6%
- RPI share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- 53.9% → 59.4%