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Constituency

123. Karol Bagh

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Delhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KAROL-BAGH

INC 48.8%won by 1.6%BJP 47.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 1.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
5,53,436
Turnout
54.0%
Valid votes
2,99,030
Margin
4,826
1.61%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−12.9%
INC share
52.5% 48.8%
BJP share
38.0% 47.2%
Turnout
53.0% 54.0%