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235. Bilaspur

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BILASPUR

BJP 47.6%won by 8.4%INC 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.5% to 8.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 54.8%.

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

Electorate
10,54,239
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
5,77,351
Margin
48,615
8.42%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PUNNULAL MOHLEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,74,79347.6%
  2. 2KANYA KUMARI ALIAS TANYA ANURAGIIndian National Congress · INC2,26,17839.2%
  3. 3RAMADHARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP38,0576.6%
  4. 4BALDEV PRASAD BAGHELGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP22,5013.9%
  5. 5GHASIYA RAMJanata Dal · JD7,9811.4%
  6. 6RAMESHWAR CHOUHANLSWP · LSWP3,6360.6%
  7. 7NEENA ALIAS VINA PANI PASWANAJBP · AJBP2,8360.5%
  8. 8SHIVAJI JANGDESVSP · SVSP1,3690.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+1.9%
BJP share
42.0% → 47.6%
INC share
35.5% → 39.2%
Turnout
52.2% → 54.8%
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