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260. Mandsaur

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MANDSAUR

BJP 49.4%won by 2.1%INC 47.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.5% to 2.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 87.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.3% to 71.5%.

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

Electorate
11,68,925
Turnout
71.5%
Valid votes
8,35,171
Margin
17,702
2.12%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1DR. LAXMINARAYAN PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,12,84949.4%
  2. 2NARENDRA BHANWARLAL NAHATAIndian National Congress · INC3,95,14747.3%
  3. 3GULAB SINGH GURJARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP13,4031.6%
  4. 4SUNIL SHARMAShiv Sena · SHS8,1361.0%
  5. 5BANO BEEIndependent · IND2,1200.3%
  6. 6NARENDRA KUMAR SHARMAAJBP · AJBP2,0190.2%
  7. 7SITA RAMPRASADIndependent · IND1,4970.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−9.4%
BJP share
49.7% → 49.4%
INC share
38.2% → 47.3%
Turnout
60.1% → 71.5%
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