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Andaman & Nicobar Islands · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-ANDAMAN-NICOBAR-ISLANDS

INC 35.9%won by 0.4%BJP 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.0% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 82.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 62.9%.

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

Electorate
2,32,013
Turnout
62.9%
Valid votes
1,45,836
Margin
544
0.37%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−33.6%
INC share
58.2% 35.9%
BJP share
24.3% 35.5%
Turnout
60.7% 62.9%