Constituency
152. Ambala
Community mirrorHaryana · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-AMBALA
BSP 37.0%won by 0.4%BJP 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 0.4%.
- BSP vote shareBSP went from 20.6% to 37.0% of the vote here (+16.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.6% of the vote between them, up from 52.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.8% to 67.8%.
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Electorate
10,92,422
Turnout
67.8%
Valid votes
7,40,546
Margin
2,864
0.39%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BSP- 1AMAN KUMAR NAGRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,73,79237.0%
- 2SURAJ BHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,70,92836.6%
- 3RAJ KUMARIndian National Congress · INC1,74,17123.5%
- 4AMAR DASSJanata Dal · JD6,2580.8%
- 5MAYA RAMBSPA · BSPA5,8190.8%
- 6MAN PHOOL SINGHSJPR · SJPR5,4210.7%
- 7SUNDER LALIndependent · IND2,4140.3%
- 8KEHAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,2570.2%
- 9JAGDISH LALIndependent · IND4860.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BSPflipped
- BSP–BJP swing
- +11.6%
- BSP share
- 20.6% → 37.0%
- BJP share
- 31.8% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- 72.6% → 67.8%