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241. Durg

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-DURG

BJP 50.5%won by 9.0%INC 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 9.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.6% to 60.5%.

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

Electorate
12,60,080
Turnout
60.5%
Valid votes
7,62,868
Margin
68,718
9.01%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1TARACHAND SAHUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,84,90150.5%
  2. 2JAGESHWAR SAHUIndian National Congress · INC3,16,18341.4%
  3. 3LAKHAN SAHUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP32,5444.3%
  4. 4GIRDHARI LAL NISHADRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD6,6890.9%
  5. 5CHHINNAMAST BISE YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP5,7440.8%
  6. 6VASUDHA MADAVIGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP2,9680.4%
  7. 7B.L. SHARMAAJBP · AJBP2,3390.3%
  8. 8BHAU SAHEB BHIM RAO KHOBRAGADERPI · RPI2,3180.3%
  9. 9SHREERAM SALONE SINGApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD2,3140.3%
  10. 10JITENDRA BHAGWATI TIWARIRPIKH · RPIKH2,1670.3%
  11. 11HAKIM KHANBKKGP · BKKGP1,5900.2%
  12. 12RAM PRASADIndependent · IND1,2310.2%
  13. 13JAGDISH BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND9400.1%
  14. 14BHANU RAM SAHUIndependent · IND9400.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+5.0%
BJP share
42.4% → 50.5%
INC share
38.3% → 41.4%
Turnout
50.9% → 60.5%
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