Constituency
233. Raigarh
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-RAIGARH
INC 48.3%won by 0.7%BJP 47.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.8% to 48.3% of the vote here (+7.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 83.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 72.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,29,368
Turnout
72.5%
Valid votes
6,73,564
Margin
4,382
0.65%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1AJIT JOGIIndian National Congress · INC3,25,11248.3%
- 2NANDKUMAR SAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,20,73047.6%
- 3AKBARIndependent · IND9,1241.4%
- 4GAJANAND SIDARLSWP · LSWP5,3980.8%
- 5JAGMOHAN SAIIndependent · IND4,3600.6%
- 6GANSARAMIndependent · IND3,0490.5%
- 7KU. SUJATA SINGHAJBP · AJBP2,5520.4%
- 8NAND KUMARIndependent · IND1,7810.3%
- 9GAJERAM RATHIAIndependent · IND1,4580.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +2.1%
- INC share
- 40.8% → 48.3%
- BJP share
- 42.2% → 47.6%
- Turnout
- 66.9% → 72.5%