Constituency
274. Dhule
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DHULE
INC 55.8%won by 11.7%BJP 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.8% to 55.8% of the vote here (+15.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.8% of the vote between them, up from 89.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.0% to 45.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,86,938
Turnout
45.2%
Valid votes
4,91,228
Margin
57,686
11.74%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1D.S.AHIREIndian National Congress · INC2,74,03455.8%
- 2GAVIT RAMDAS RUPLA (KOKANI)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,16,34844.0%
- 3KALABAI SURSING SONAVANEIndependent · IND8460.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +19.5%
- INC share
- 40.8% → 55.8%
- BJP share
- 48.6% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- 35.2% → 45.2%