Constituency
256. Dhar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DHAR
INC 51.3%won by 3.1%BJP 48.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 37.4% to 51.3% of the vote here (+13.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 88.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.5% to 60.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,06,864
Turnout
60.7%
Valid votes
6,72,326
Margin
21,093
3.14%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1GAJENDRA SINGH RAJUKHEDIIndian National Congress · INC3,44,85851.3%
- 2HEMLATA CHHATAR SINGH DARBARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,23,76548.2%
- 3GANPAT SINGH KIRADIYAAJBP · AJBP3,7030.6%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +17.2%
- INC share
- 37.4% → 51.3%
- BJP share
- 51.4% → 48.2%
- Turnout
- 52.3% → 60.7%