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Constituency

306. Sangli

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SANGLI

INC 51.5%won by 30.0%IND 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.6% to 30.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.5% — it polled just 0.5% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% between them, down from 88.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 58.0%.

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

Electorate
10,04,670
Turnout
58.0%
Valid votes
5,83,137
Margin
1,74,713
29.96%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−35.5%
INC share
65.9% 51.5%
IND share
0.5% 21.5%
Turnout
51.8% 58.0%