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237. Raipur

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-RAIPUR

BJP 49.4%won by 12.0%INC 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.1% to 12.0%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.7% to 62.0%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
11,23,936
Turnout
62.0%
Valid votes
6,96,819
Margin
83,379
11.97%

Candidates

17 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAMESH BAISBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,44,38049.4%
  2. 2VIDYACHARAN SHUKLIndian National Congress · INC2,61,00137.5%
  3. 3NARSINGH MANDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP62,1738.9%
  4. 4TIJRAMGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP10,1321.5%
  5. 5BHUKHAURAM NISADIndependent · IND3,8020.5%
  6. 6NAROTTAM SHARMACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,5640.4%
  7. 7ANJAY SHUKLAIndependent · IND2,2080.3%
  8. 8TILAK DEWANGANApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD2,1830.3%
  9. 9DEVENDRA MISHRA (RAKESH GAUTAM)SVSP · SVSP1,4320.2%
  10. 10PARAS SINGH THAKURIndependent · IND1,4260.2%
  11. 11AKASH DIWANAJBP · AJBP1,2890.2%
  12. 12HANUMANT BAGSHSP · SHSP1,2620.2%
  13. 13PRAKASH GOLCHHAIndependent · IND8650.1%
  14. 14RESHAMLAL JANGDEIndependent · IND7510.1%
  15. 15MADHUSUDAN RAMBHAROSHAAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM4960.1%
  16. 16WAMANRAO BAGADERPI · RPI4620.1%
  17. 17MADAN SAHUIndependent · IND3930.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+2.8%
BJP share
45.6% → 49.4%
INC share
36.4% → 37.5%
Turnout
50.3% → 62.0%
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