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287. Wardha

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-WARDHA

BJP 35.3%won by 4.1%INC 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.1%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 15.0% to 35.3% of the vote here (+20.3%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% between them, down from 76.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 51.9%.

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

Electorate
10,41,353
Turnout
51.9%
Valid votes
5,40,569
Margin
21,975
4.07%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+24.6%
BJP share
15.0% 35.3%
INC share
35.5% 31.2%
Turnout
48.0% 51.9%