Constituency
277. Jalgaon
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-JALGAON
INC 54.4%won by 9.1%BJP 45.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.4% to 54.4% of the vote here (+18.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.7% of the vote between them, up from 89.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.5% to 57.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,87,623
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
6,24,999
Margin
56,814
9.09%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DR.ULHAS VASUDEO PATILIndian National Congress · INC3,39,98054.4%
- 2GUNWANTRAO RAMBHAU SARODEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,83,16645.3%
- 3ADV. YAKUB SAIBU TADAVIIndependent · IND1,8530.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +25.7%
- INC share
- 36.4% → 54.4%
- BJP share
- 53.0% → 45.3%
- Turnout
- 48.0% → 57.5%