Constituency
249. Hoshangabad
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-HOSHANGABAD
BJP 53.1%won by 9.5%INC 43.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 9.3% to 9.5%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 85.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.5% to 66.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,89,201
Turnout
66.9%
Valid votes
7,28,936
Margin
68,981
9.46%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1SARTAJ SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,87,39553.1%
- 2ARJUN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC3,18,41443.7%
- 3LAXMI SURESH SHUKLAIndependent · IND5,2470.7%
- 4BUDDHASEN PATELApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD4,4540.6%
- 5SOHANLAL SONDHIYAIndependent · IND3,2990.5%
- 6PUSHPA BAIIndependent · IND2,9190.4%
- 7JUGALKISHORE CHOUKSE ADVOCATEAJBP · AJBP2,6680.4%
- 8VIJAYSINGH KAURAV (BADDE BHAIYA)Shiv Sena · SHS2,0040.3%
- 9KAMALKANT YADAVIndependent · IND1,4020.2%
- 10RAJENDRA SINGH RAGHUVANSHISVSP · SVSP1,1340.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +0.2%
- BJP share
- 47.6% → 53.1%
- INC share
- 38.3% → 43.7%
- Turnout
- 52.5% → 66.9%