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244. Mandla

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MANDLA

BJP 47.7%won by 2.4%INC 45.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.8% to 2.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 78.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
9,64,951
Turnout
58.3%
Valid votes
5,62,975
Margin
13,512
2.40%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1FAGGAN SINGH KULASTEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,68,73947.7%
  2. 2CHHOTE LAL UIKEIndian National Congress · INC2,55,22745.3%
  3. 3VINAYAK RAO UIKEY \MADHU\Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP23,7484.2%
  4. 4NARESH CHANDRA SINGHGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP6,2851.1%
  5. 5AASHARAMJanata Dal · JD6,1481.1%
  6. 6CHAIN SINGH DHURWEAJBP · AJBP2,8280.5%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−9.4%
BJP share
44.9% → 47.7%
INC share
33.1% → 45.3%
Turnout
57.5% → 58.3%
243. Balaghat245. Jabalpur
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