Constituency
246. Seoni
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SEONI
INC 47.9%won by 3.6%BJP 44.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.9% to 47.9% of the vote here (+15.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.1% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.1% to 61.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,60,569
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
6,51,773
Margin
23,721
3.64%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1VIMLA VARMAIndian National Congress · INC3,12,09747.9%
- 2PRAHLADSINGH PATELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,88,37644.2%
- 3ADVOCATE UDAY SAHUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP18,2312.8%
- 4LAXMAN PATELJanata Dal · JD16,9382.6%
- 5SHRIMATI NEEMA BAI BAGRERPI · RPI6,5611.0%
- 6THAKUR GIRIRAJ SINGH PARIHARSVSP · SVSP2,9950.5%
- 7SHAILENDRA NAMDEOShiv Sena · SHS2,8610.4%
- 8DIWAKAR UKEYIndependent · IND2,3620.4%
- 9NARENDRA KUNJAM UDEPANIIndependent · IND1,3520.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +14.4%
- INC share
- 32.9% → 47.9%
- BJP share
- 43.6% → 44.2%
- Turnout
- 57.4% → 61.5%