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268. Mumbai North West

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MUMBAI-NORTH-WEST

SHS 47.5%won by 2.5%SP 45.0%

What changed here

Derived

Shiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 2.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Samajwadi Party (SP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 51.2%.

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

Electorate
15,24,258
Turnout
51.2%
Valid votes
7,79,950
Margin
19,235
2.47%

Candidates

11 contested · winner SHS
  1. 1MADHUKAR SIRPOTDARShiv Sena · SHS3,70,22947.5%
  2. 2TUSHAR GANDHISamajwadi Party · SP3,50,99445.0%
  3. 3AFTAB AHMAD KHANJanata Dal · JD28,4073.6%
  4. 4KIRTI SHESHARAO MESHRAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,9620.8%
  5. 5KAMLESH KRISHNA NAIRABHS · ABHS5,8770.8%
  6. 6ABHAY MOKASHIIndependent · IND5,3780.7%
  7. 7DR.LEO REBELLORashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4,1560.5%
  8. 8SHANTIDEVI VERMAIndependent · IND3,1940.4%
  9. 9HUMANIST LOKENDRA SHETHTHPI · THPI2,1680.3%
  10. 10AMARCHAND VYASIndependent · IND1,9700.3%
  11. 11PERIMAL JHON BABURAOIndependent · IND1,6150.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SHS
Winner now
SHS
SHS–SP swing
−25.4%
SHS share
45.4% → 47.5%
SP share
17.6% → 45.0%
Turnout
46.6% → 51.2%
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