Constituency
269. Mumbai North
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MUMBAI-NORTH
BJP 52.1%won by 7.4%INC 44.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.8% to 7.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 87.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.9% to 46.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
21,79,254
Turnout
46.8%
Valid votes
10,19,907
Margin
75,017
7.36%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1RAM NAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,31,41752.1%
- 2RAM PANDAGLE JANKIRAMIndian National Congress · INC4,56,40044.7%
- 3ADV.PARMANAND OJHAJanata Dal · JD17,1901.7%
- 4DABHADE DEEPAK PANDURANGIndependent · IND3,0740.3%
- 5RAJDEOJI BAIJNATHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,9910.3%
- 6HUMANIST PARIMAL MERCHANTTHPI · THPI1,5060.1%
- 7PANNALAL S.S.Independent · IND1,4260.1%
- 8DEVKAR GOVIND SAKHARAMIndependent · IND1,3080.1%
- 9SHAIKH FATEH MOHHAMED M.RAJAIndependent · IND1,2390.1%
- 10SHAKRANI SHANTILAL THAKERSYIndependent · IND8090.1%
- 11SHAIKH ABDUL SATTARIndependent · IND7390.1%
- 12BABA SINGHAIRJP · AIRJP6720.1%
- 13S.K.SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD5860.1%
- 14DAS SHANKERKUMAR JOGENDRAMOHANIndependent · IND5500.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −22.5%
- BJP share
- 58.5% → 52.1%
- INC share
- 28.7% → 44.7%
- Turnout
- 39.9% → 46.8%