Constituency
363. Kota
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-KOTA
BJP 45.9%won by 0.1%INC 45.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.2% to 0.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 685 votes (0.13%) — among the closest results anywhere.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,66,466
Turnout
44.4%
Valid votes
5,17,919
Margin
685
0.13%
Candidates
25 contested · winner BJP- 1DAU DAYAL JOSHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,37,67345.9%
- 2RAM NARAYAN MEENAIndian National Congress · INC2,36,98845.8%
- 3BHAGWANDAS PARMANI KSHATRIYAIndependent · IND7,6921.5%
- 4DHANNA LAL SUMANAIICT · AIICT7,2401.4%
- 5PREM CHANDIndependent · IND3,9670.8%
- 6PRAMOD CHATURVEDIShiv Sena · SHS3,4890.7%
- 7NEERAJ TIWARIIndependent · IND2,8300.5%
- 8VIKRAM SINGH SHEKHAWATIndependent · IND2,4490.5%
- 9VAIDHYA MOHAN LAL GUPTAABJS · ABJS2,1190.4%
- 10DILIP KUMARJanata Dal · JD1,7910.3%
- 11RAM KISHAN VERMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7900.3%
- 12JAI KISHANIndependent · IND1,1710.2%
- 13LOKESHIndependent · IND1,1380.2%
- 14KAMAL KUMARABRAHP · ABRAHP1,1250.2%
- 15SNEH KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND7370.1%
- 16SITA RAM KACHHAWAIndependent · IND7280.1%
- 17RAJESH KUMARIndependent · IND7060.1%
- 18KHEMRAJ NAGARIndependent · IND6840.1%
- 19NARESH KUMARIndependent · IND6400.1%
- 20KANHAIYA LAL GURUJIIndependent · IND5870.1%
- 21SAMUDRA SINGH HADAABMSKP · ABMSKP5770.1%
- 22ABDUL SALAMIndependent · IND5140.1%
- 23ABDUL SALAM BAILEEMIndependent · IND4600.1%
- 24RADHEY SHYAMIndependent · IND4150.1%
- 25NARENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND4090.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −14.0%
- BJP share
- 53.5% → 45.9%
- INC share
- 39.3% → 45.8%
- Turnout
- 43.0% → 44.4%