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259. Jhabua

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JHABUA

INC 53.0%won by 14.2%BJP 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 14.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 73.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.4% to 54.2%.

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

Electorate
10,69,543
Turnout
54.2%
Valid votes
5,80,113
Margin
82,373
14.20%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KANTILAL BHURIYAIndian National Congress · INC3,07,73553.0%
  2. 2DILIP SINGH BHURIYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,25,36238.8%
  3. 3BHERU SINGH DAMARJanata Dal · JD39,2566.8%
  4. 4JEVIYAR BADIYA MEDAIndependent · IND4,6780.8%
  5. 5KAILASH BHABARAJBP · AJBP3,0820.5%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+8.3%
INC share
39.8% → 53.0%
BJP share
33.9% → 38.8%
Turnout
44.8% → 54.2%
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