Constituency
254. Khandwa
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KHANDWA
BJP 51.8%won by 6.9%INC 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya 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%.
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Electorate
10,50,679
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
6,45,501
Margin
44,520
6.90%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1NANDKUMAR SINGH CHOUHAN (NANDU BHAIYA)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,34,34051.8%
- 2THA.MAHENDRAKUMAR SINGH (MANNE BHAIYA)Indian National Congress · INC2,89,82044.9%
- 3NYAZ M.MALIKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,4561.9%
- 4SURENDRA KUMARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP3,5930.6%
- 5SMT.SHEELA JOSHI ADVOCATEShiv Sena · SHS2,7180.4%
- 6NAVEEN NAGARAJBP · AJBP2,5740.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −9.6%
- BJP share
- 50.5% → 51.8%
- INC share
- 34.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- 54.5% → 61.4%