Constituency
262. Ratnagiri
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-RATNAGIRI
SHS 49.4%won by 6.5%INC 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedShiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.0% to 6.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,56,651
Turnout
56.5%
Valid votes
4,83,832
Margin
31,234
6.46%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SHS- 1ANANT GANGARAM GEETEShiv Sena · SHS2,38,92849.4%
- 2NISHIKANT ALIAS NANA JOSHIIndian National Congress · INC2,07,69442.9%
- 3SUJIT BAGHOJI ZIMANIndependent · IND20,2554.2%
- 4KISHOR SAVANTABHS · ABHS12,9622.7%
- 5SURENDRA BHASKAR THATTEIndependent · IND3,9930.8%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- SHS
- Winner now
- SHS
- SHS–INC swing
- −21.6%
- SHS share
- 58.5% → 49.4%
- INC share
- 30.5% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- 56.2% → 56.5%