Election
Constituency

285. Chimur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CHIMUR

RPI 47.5%won by 0.3%BJP 47.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to RPI (RPI), which now leads by 0.3%.

  • RPI vote shareRPI went from 22.7% to 47.5% of the vote here (+24.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
10,11,322
Turnout
72.9%
Valid votes
7,37,437
Margin
2,122
0.29%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
RPIflipped
RPIBJP swing
+21.4%
RPI share
22.7% 47.5%
BJP share
43.8% 47.2%
Turnout
71.3% 72.9%