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232. Surguja

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SURGUJA

BJP 44.5%won by 3.1%INC 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 3.1%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 39.7% to 44.5% of the vote here (+4.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.9% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 63.1%.

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

Electorate
10,52,905
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
6,64,248
Margin
20,620
3.10%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+4.5%
BJP share
39.7% 44.5%
INC share
41.1% 41.4%
Turnout
60.8% 63.1%