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234. Janjgir

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JANJGIR

INC 40.5%won by 6.2%BJP 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 25.5% to 40.5% of the vote here (+15.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.8% of the vote between them, up from 56.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 61.2%.

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

Electorate
11,70,919
Turnout
61.2%
Valid votes
7,16,441
Margin
44,586
6.22%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHARANDAS MAHANTIndian National Congress · INC2,90,17540.5%
  2. 2MANHARAN LAL PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,45,58934.3%
  3. 3ARVIND NETAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP92,21912.9%
  4. 4HIRASINGH MARKAMGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP66,1739.2%
  5. 5OM PRAKASH GANGOTRICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,8421.4%
  6. 6DARSHAN SINGH CHAWLASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,3290.5%
  7. 7DHANARAJ KASHYAPApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1,7650.2%
  8. 8KISHANLALIndependent · IND1,7390.2%
  9. 9ACHARYA HANUMAN SHARMASVSP · SVSP1,3910.2%
  10. 10DR. BIDYA NAND TIWARIIndependent · IND1,3860.2%
  11. 11RAMSINGHLSWP · LSWP1,3340.2%
  12. 12RAJENDRA PANDEYIndependent · IND8720.1%
  13. 13DR. R.S TRIPATHIAJBP · AJBP6270.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+11.4%
INC share
25.5% → 40.5%
BJP share
30.8% → 34.3%
Turnout
56.2% → 61.2%
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