Constituency
247. Chhindwara
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-CHHINDWARA
INC 58.4%won by 22.1%BJP 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.5% to 22.1%.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.4% to 68.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,09,432
Turnout
68.9%
Valid votes
6,95,620
Margin
1,53,398
22.05%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1KAMALNATHIndian National Congress · INC4,06,24958.4%
- 2SUNDARLAL PATWABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,52,85136.3%
- 3SHANTA IWNATIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,7591.4%
- 4RAJU NIMADESVSP · SVSP7,4211.1%
- 5CHAKRAPAL SINGH PATELJanata Dal · JD5,2230.8%
- 6MD. ISTYAK QURESHISamajwadi Party · SP2,2310.3%
- 7PRAKASH KUMAR BAWANESamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,6580.2%
- 8DILIP PARASRAMIndependent · IND1,4270.2%
- 9RAMKISHAN PALRPI · RPI1,3600.2%
- 10SATISH AGREShiv Sena · SHS1,3250.2%
- 11YASWANT DAHERIAIndependent · IND1,3110.2%
- 12KHEMLAL BHONDEKARIndependent · IND1,1620.2%
- 13BHARATLALIndependent · IND1,1350.2%
- 14RAJESH TANTRIKIndependent · IND8740.1%
- 15BHAIYALAL MALVIYA PUJARIAJBP · AJBP7180.1%
- 16VASANT KUMAR DHURVEIndependent · IND4870.1%
- 17RADHELAL JHARIAIndependent · IND4290.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +18.5%
- INC share
- 46.7% → 58.4%
- BJP share
- 43.1% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- 60.5% → 68.9%