Constituency
116. Daman and Diu
Community mirrorDaman & Diu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DAMAN-AND-DIU
BJP 42.0%won by 2.4%IND 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 2.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.5% between them, down from 91.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 71.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
71,934
Turnout
71.7%
Valid votes
51,596
Margin
1,236
2.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJPSince 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–IND swing
- −32.6%
- BJP share
- 40.4% → 42.0%
- IND share
- 5.4% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- 69.1% → 71.7%