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261. Rajapur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-RAJAPUR

SHS 50.4%won by 15.0%INC 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Shiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 15.3% to 15.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.7% of the vote between them, up from 74.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
8,02,680
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
4,32,330
Margin
65,042
15.04%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SHS
  1. 1SURESH PRABHUShiv Sena · SHS2,17,76650.4%
  2. 2MACHHINDRA KAMBLIIndian National Congress · INC1,52,72435.3%
  3. 3PUSHPASEN SAWANTJanata Dal · JD36,2858.4%
  4. 4BHUWAD NALINI BABAJIIndependent · IND18,5204.3%
  5. 5KIRAN BABURAO THAKURIndependent · IND7,0351.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SHS
Winner now
SHS
SHS–INC swing
−0.3%
SHS share
44.8% → 50.4%
INC share
29.5% → 35.3%
Turnout
54.3% → 53.9%
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