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229. Rewa

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-REWA

BJP 36.7%won by 9.2%BSP 27.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 9.2%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 24.8% to 36.7% of the vote here (+11.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.2% of the vote between them, up from 51.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 12.0% to 57.9%.

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

Electorate
13,00,857
Turnout
57.9%
Valid votes
7,53,457
Margin
68,973
9.15%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHANDRAMANI TRIPATHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,76,36736.7%
  2. 2BHIM SINGH PATELBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,07,39427.5%
  3. 3MADAN MOHAN GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC1,61,92221.5%
  4. 4ENGINEER MITHAILAL KOLIndependent · IND40,5865.4%
  5. 5LAXMAN TIWARISVSP · SVSP30,2034.0%
  6. 6RAMLAKHAN SHARMACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,4712.5%
  7. 7DR. T.P. SINGH PATELApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD3,0960.4%
  8. 8JAMALUDDINIndependent · IND2,9540.4%
  9. 9RAM MANOHAR \SAKET\Samajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,8100.4%
  10. 10SOMESHWAR PRASAD SAHUIndependent · IND2,7760.4%
  11. 11SHILASINGH KUSHWAHA ADVOCATEAJBP · AJBP2,3150.3%
  12. 12HITENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND2,2890.3%
  13. 13RAMASHRYAPRASAD AHIRWARIndependent · IND1,4650.2%
  14. 14BHOLANATH SINGH PATELIndependent · IND8090.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–BSP swing
+11.3%
BJP share
24.8% → 36.7%
BSP share
26.9% → 27.5%
Turnout
45.9% → 57.9%
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