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286. Chandrapur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-CHANDRAPUR

INC 55.9%won by 18.7%BJP 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 21.2% to 55.9% of the vote here (+34.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 55.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.4% to 66.5%.

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

Electorate
12,10,757
Turnout
66.5%
Valid votes
8,04,528
Margin
1,50,355
18.69%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+31.6%
INC share
21.2% 55.9%
BJP share
34.1% 37.2%
Turnout
63.1% 66.5%