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154. Karnal

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Haryana · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KARNAL

INC 41.1%won by 6.5%BJP 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 18.2% to 41.1% of the vote here (+22.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.7% of the vote between them, up from 60.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
11,37,817
Turnout
70.0%
Valid votes
7,96,738
Margin
52,061
6.53%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHAJAN LALIndian National Congress · INC3,27,75041.1%
  2. 2I.D. SWAMIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,75,68934.6%
  3. 3UMED SINGH KASHYAPHLDR · HLDR1,56,56519.7%
  4. 4CHASAM PAL SINGH NAINJanata Dal · JD15,9002.0%
  5. 5RAJENDER SINGH VERMASJPR · SJPR9,8371.2%
  6. 6BIJENDERIndependent · IND4,1140.5%
  7. 7ISHWAR CHAND AGGARWALSamajwadi Party · SP2,8270.4%
  8. 8NARESHIndependent · IND1,0160.1%
  9. 9MITTAR PALAJBP · AJBP9960.1%
  10. 10MOHAN RAO SAHEBIndependent · IND6440.1%
  11. 11MANPHOOL SINGHIndependent · IND4840.1%
  12. 12LAJ PAT RAIIndependent · IND4230.1%
  13. 13CHHAKAN LALIndependent · IND2640.0%
  14. 14SOM PARKASH KASHYAPIndependent · IND2290.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+30.5%
INC share
18.2% → 41.1%
BJP share
42.2% → 34.6%
Turnout
69.7% → 70.0%
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