Constituency
238. Mahasamund
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MAHASAMUND
BJP 49.8%won by 7.1%INC 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 7.1%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 40.3% to 49.8% of the vote here (+9.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 81.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.3% to 64.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,34,321
Turnout
64.7%
Valid votes
6,69,002
Margin
47,732
7.13%
Candidates
11 contested · winner BJP- 1CHANDRASHEKHAR SAHU (CHAMPU)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,32,87449.8%
- 2PAWAN DIWANIndian National Congress · INC2,85,14242.6%
- 3MOTILAL CHOUDHARYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP27,7674.2%
- 4DAULAL CHANDRAKARJanata Dal · JD11,5751.7%
- 5DURGESHNANDINI DHURVGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP3,7080.6%
- 6DHARMENDRA SINGH THAKURIndependent · IND2,5410.4%
- 7TULSIRAM AUSARIndependent · IND2,2170.3%
- 8JAGATRAM KASHYAPIndependent · IND1,4550.2%
- 9SURESH GOPHANERPI · RPI6560.1%
- 10SHAIL VERMAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD5510.1%
- 11DR. VINOD THAKURIndependent · IND5160.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +8.3%
- BJP share
- 40.3% → 49.8%
- INC share
- 41.4% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- 59.4% → 64.7%