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Constituency

298. Pandharpur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PANDHARPUR

INC 45.5%won by 14.8%BJP 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−38.9%
INC share
66.8% 45.5%
BJP share
13.1% 30.6%
Turnout
47.3% 47.9%