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284. Bhandara

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BHANDARA

INC 49.1%won by 2.9%BJP 46.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 2.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 84.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.4% to 71.1%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,28,827
Turnout
71.1%
Valid votes
6,60,606
Margin
19,306
2.92%

Candidates

14 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PATEL PRAFUL MANOHARBHAIIndian National Congress · INC3,24,54249.1%
  2. 2NARAYANDAS DURGAPRASADJI SARAFBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,05,23646.2%
  3. 3BANTE MADHAVRAO TULSHIRAMCommunist Party of India · CPI13,1122.0%
  4. 4FULEKAR SACHCHIDANAND HIRAMANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP10,1731.5%
  5. 5CHACHANE HEMRAJ CHINDHUJIIndependent · IND2,9070.4%
  6. 6AGRAWAL RADHESHYAMIndependent · IND8070.1%
  7. 7CHACHANE MANIRAM BAJIRAOIndependent · IND7140.1%
  8. 8WASNIK BHAGARATA MAHADEONRP · NRP6940.1%
  9. 9BAHEKAR VIJAY SHAMRAOIndependent · IND6820.1%
  10. 10DHURVE GULAB TARACHANDIndependent · IND5980.1%
  11. 11ABDUL MUJEEB KHAN ABDUL HAMID KHANIndependent · IND3920.1%
  12. 12DONGARE JIVANLAL MAROTIIndependent · IND3180.0%
  13. 13MESHRAM BUDHARAM ATMARAMIndependent · IND2480.0%
  14. 14MADHAWANI MAHESHBHAI BABULALBHAIIndependent · IND1830.0%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+1.8%
INC share
42.8% → 49.1%
BJP share
41.7% → 46.2%
Turnout
66.8% → 71.1%
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