Constituency
242. Rajnandgaon
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-RAJNANDGAON
INC 50.6%won by 8.7%BJP 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.8% to 50.6% of the vote here (+17.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.7% to 62.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,68,222
Turnout
62.2%
Valid votes
6,02,080
Margin
52,241
8.68%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MOTILAL VORAIndian National Congress · INC3,04,70950.6%
- 2ASHOK SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,52,46841.9%
- 3ENG. LAKHAN LAL SAHUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP25,6004.3%
- 4SHIVENDRA BAHADUR SINGHJanata Dal · JD13,6252.3%
- 5VIJAY BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND3,3900.6%
- 6KESHAR BAIIndependent · IND2,2880.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +20.6%
- INC share
- 32.8% → 50.6%
- BJP share
- 44.7% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 51.5% → 62.2%