Constituency
287. Wardha
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-WARDHA
INC 48.5%won by 12.2%BJP 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.2% to 48.5% of the vote here (+17.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.7% of the vote between them, up from 66.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.9% to 63.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,62,924
Turnout
63.8%
Valid votes
6,78,606
Margin
83,083
12.24%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1DATTA MEGHEIndian National Congress · INC3,28,90548.5%
- 2MUDE VIJAY ANNAJIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,45,82236.2%
- 3DR. DHOLE PANDURANG VITHUSAJanata Dal · JD54,0278.0%
- 4KASHIKAR SAROJ RAVIJanahitha Paksha · JP23,4523.5%
- 5UBALE SHRIKRISHNA CHAMPATRAOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP19,1532.8%
- 6PRAKASH BAKARAMJI RAMTEKEIndependent · IND3,3890.5%
- 7NARAYANRAO RAMAJI CHIDAMIndependent · IND1,5190.2%
- 8SUDAM ALIAS SUDHAKAR GOMAJI BHAGATPSSS · PSSS1,0570.2%
- 9WATKAR SHARAD RAMCHANDRARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD7660.1%
- 10SAU INDUMATI KRUSHNARAO WANKHEDEIndependent · IND5160.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +16.3%
- INC share
- 31.2% → 48.5%
- BJP share
- 35.3% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- 51.9% → 63.8%