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Constituency

280. Washim

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-WASHIM

INC 57.2%won by 17.3%SHS 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SHS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSHS swing
+20.1%
INC share
36.4% 57.2%
SHS share
39.3% 40.0%
Turnout
59.8% 62.4%