Constituency
280. Washim
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-WASHIM
INC 57.2%won by 17.3%SHS 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiv Sena (SHS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.4% to 57.2% of the vote here (+20.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 75.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 62.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,08,076
Turnout
62.4%
Valid votes
6,28,572
Margin
1,08,590
17.28%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1NAIK SUDHAKARRAO RAJUSINGIndian National Congress · INC3,59,74257.2%
- 2DR. DNYANESHWAR KESHAORAO SHEWALEShiv Sena · SHS2,51,15240.0%
- 3DHOLE NAGORAO PUNJARAOJanata Dal · JD7,8101.2%
- 4DEBAJE PRALHADRAO ASHRUJIIndependent · IND3,2150.5%
- 5JADHAV RAVI SAMPATRAOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,1580.5%
- 6KAKADE SARJERAO GANPATRAOICS · ICS1,5470.2%
- 7DESHMUKH NARAYANRAO SHANKARRAOIndependent · IND1,3960.2%
- 8ANNASAHEB DESHMUKH @ VIJAYKUMAR SHRIRAM DESHMUKHIndependent · IND5520.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- SHS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SHS swing
- +20.1%
- INC share
- 36.4% → 57.2%
- SHS share
- 39.3% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- 59.8% → 62.4%