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Constituency

254. Khandwa

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-KHANDWA

BJP 51.8%won by 6.9%INC 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 6.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 84.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.9% to 61.4%.

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

Electorate
10,50,679
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
6,45,501
Margin
44,520
6.90%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−9.6%
BJP share
50.5% 51.8%
INC share
34.0% 44.9%
Turnout
54.5% 61.4%