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231. Shahdol

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SHAHDOL

BJP 43.8%won by 5.9%INC 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.6% to 5.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.7% of the vote between them, up from 59.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 58.9%.

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

Electorate
11,50,990
Turnout
58.9%
Valid votes
6,78,236
Margin
39,734
5.86%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1GYAN SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,96,76443.8%
  2. 2DALVEER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC2,57,03037.9%
  3. 3DHAN SINGH PAWELBahujan Samaj Party · BSP77,97611.5%
  4. 4DALPAT SINGH PARASTEJanata Dal · JD28,3534.2%
  5. 5MANBODHGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP12,2961.8%
  6. 6KALYAN SINGHAJBP · AJBP4,4800.7%
  7. 7LALUWA SINGHIndependent · IND1,3370.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−2.7%
BJP share
33.9% → 43.8%
INC share
25.3% → 37.9%
Turnout
54.4% → 58.9%
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