Constituency
253. Shajapur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SHAJAPUR
BJP 49.0%won by 2.5%INC 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 2.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.9% to 67.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,21,658
Turnout
67.6%
Valid votes
7,57,830
Margin
18,994
2.51%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1GEHLOT THAVARCHANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,71,57149.0%
- 2SAJJANSINGH VERMAIndian National Congress · INC3,52,57746.5%
- 3PHOOLSINGH CHOUHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP15,4362.0%
- 4THAVARCHANDIndependent · IND7,9231.0%
- 5RAMCHARAN MALVIYA (KHEDINAGAR)Janata Dal · JD6,8200.9%
- 6SAMDAR SINGH MALVIYASamajwadi Party · SP2,1630.3%
- 7KAILASHCHANDRA DHARIYAAJBP · AJBP1,3400.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −18.8%
- BJP share
- 56.3% → 49.0%
- INC share
- 35.0% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- 54.7% → 67.6%