Constituency
278. Buldhana
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BULDHANA
INC 51.8%won by 8.0%SHS 43.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiv Sena (SHS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.8% to 51.8% of the vote here (+16.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 83.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.0% to 65.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,33,258
Turnout
65.0%
Valid votes
6,71,692
Margin
53,557
7.97%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1WASNIK MUKUL BALKRUSHNAIndian National Congress · INC3,48,09451.8%
- 2ADSUL ANANDRAO VITHOBAShiv Sena · SHS2,94,53743.9%
- 3KHANDARE PANDITRAO GOVINDRAOJanahitha Paksha · JP14,0062.1%
- 4GADE GANGADHARRAO SUKHDEORAOJanata Dal · JD5,4310.8%
- 5MOHODKAR KRUSHNARAO SAMPATRAOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,1310.5%
- 6SHINDE MAROTIRAO BALAJIMRC · MRC2,7810.4%
- 7KALE SUKHDEO NANDAJIABHS · ABHS2,4920.4%
- 8KANKAL MANDAKINI BHIMRAOIndependent · IND1,2200.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- SHS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SHS swing
- +19.7%
- INC share
- 35.8% → 51.8%
- SHS share
- 47.5% → 43.9%
- Turnout
- 58.0% → 65.0%