Constituency
298. Pandharpur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-PANDHARPUR
INC 45.5%won by 14.8%BJP 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.7% to 14.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 84.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,58,285
Turnout
47.9%
Valid votes
5,06,490
Margin
75,088
14.83%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1THORAT SANDIPAN BHAGWANIndian National Congress · INC2,30,21445.5%
- 2KAMBLE CHANGDEO SUKHDEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,55,12630.6%
- 3KAMBLE TRIMBAK MUKUNDRAORPI · RPI93,64218.5%
- 4CHANDANSHIVE TUKARAM KONDIBAIndependent · IND3,8970.8%
- 5ASWARE KASHINATH BABURAOIndependent · IND3,2670.6%
- 6GAIKWAD MARUTI NARAYANIndependent · IND2,5300.5%
- 7PARSE VIJAYKUMAR SANDIPANIndependent · IND2,4510.5%
- 8MANE JAGANNATH BAPUIndependent · IND2,4330.5%
- 9MALHARI GULAB PATOLEIndependent · IND2,4230.5%
- 10SATHE MARTAND RAMCHANDRAIndependent · IND2,1460.4%
- 11DANGE SHAHAJI DHONDIBAIndependent · IND1,8730.4%
- 12MADHAV KASHINATH MAGADEIndependent · IND1,3470.3%
- 13SALVE SUBHANRAO CHILUIndependent · IND1,2160.2%
- 14WAGHAMARE GHANASHAM YOGAPPAIndependent · IND1,2150.2%
- 15MOTE VITTHAL KRISHNAIndependent · IND9940.2%
- 16SAKAT ARUN SHRIRANGIndependent · IND9650.2%
- 17BHINGARDEVE JIJABA TUKARAMAIICT · AIICT7510.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −38.9%
- INC share
- 66.8% → 45.5%
- BJP share
- 13.1% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- 47.3% → 47.9%