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257. Indore

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-INDORE

BJP 52.0%won by 5.9%INC 46.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 5.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 86.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.9% to 59.5%.

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

Electorate
14,23,528
Turnout
59.5%
Valid votes
8,46,291
Margin
49,852
5.89%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SUMITRA MAHAJANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,40,04752.0%
  2. 2PANKAJ SANGHVIIndian National Congress · INC3,90,19546.1%
  3. 3KALYAN JAINSamajwadi Party · SP4,5360.5%
  4. 4AKHTAR BAIG KARAMAT BAIGBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,5490.4%
  5. 5MILIND JANVADERPI · RPI2,0150.2%
  6. 6PARMANAND METHARAM TOLANIIndependent · IND1,0750.1%
  7. 7AJITKUMAR JAIN \PATWA\Independent · IND8980.1%
  8. 8JAGDISH BHAI PATIDARShiv Sena · SHS7830.1%
  9. 9MANOHAR SINGHIndependent · IND7710.1%
  10. 10CHANDARSINGH RAMRATANSINGH RAGHUVANSHIIndependent · IND5300.1%
  11. 11YOGI DR. DUSHYANTAJBP · AJBP4270.1%
  12. 12RAVINDRA BHAGWANDASIndependent · IND3610.0%
  13. 13RANA RAMPRASAD PURAN YADAVABJS · ABJS3380.0%
  14. 14MADANLAL ALIAS VIRENDRAKUMAR (KUMAYU)Independent · IND2840.0%
  15. 15RAJKUMARIndependent · IND2680.0%
  16. 16RAJESH BABULALIndependent · IND2140.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−9.8%
BJP share
50.9% → 52.0%
INC share
35.2% → 46.1%
Turnout
53.6% → 59.5%
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