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251. Vidisha

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-VIDISHA

BJP 57.0%won by 21.0%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 21.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.8% to 59.8%.

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

Electorate
10,99,357
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
6,56,984
Margin
1,37,858
20.98%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SHIVRAJSINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,74,40657.0%
  2. 2ASHUTOSH DAYAL SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC2,36,54836.0%
  3. 3AJAY KUMAR KUSHWAH \ADVOCATE\Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP27,9414.3%
  4. 4ONKAR SINGH THAKURGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP5,3980.8%
  5. 5OMPRAKASH PATELApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD4,1890.6%
  6. 6RAM KISHAN KHATRIIndependent · IND1,7290.3%
  7. 7GAJANAND AHIRWARIndependent · IND1,7020.3%
  8. 8RAMSWAROOP SHARMA ADVOCATESVSP · SVSP1,4570.2%
  9. 9AMITABH SHARMAAJBP · AJBP1,3420.2%
  10. 10DR. SURESH GARGIndependent · IND1,1650.2%
  11. 11ABDUL JABBAR KHANIndependent · IND1,1070.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−9.7%
BJP share
54.2% → 57.0%
INC share
23.5% → 36.0%
Turnout
53.0% → 59.8%
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