EElectionLens
Constituency

269. Mumbai North

Community mirror

Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MUMBAI-NORTH

BJP 52.1%won by 7.4%INC 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya 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%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−22.5%
BJP share
58.5% 52.1%
INC share
28.7% 44.7%
Turnout
39.9% 46.8%