Constituency
288. Yavatmal
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-YAVATMAL
INC 47.7%won by 9.0%BJP 38.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.6% to 47.7% of the vote here (+8.1%).
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,32,285
Turnout
59.2%
Valid votes
6,10,806
Margin
54,673
8.95%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1UTTAMRAO DEORAO PATILIndian National Congress · INC2,91,41547.7%
- 2RAJABHAU THAKAREBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,36,74238.8%
- 3ANIL (ANNA ) GOTEJanata Dal · JD58,7499.6%
- 4MESHRAM NIRANJAN SITARAMGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP7,6781.3%
- 5DASHARATH PANDURANG MADAVIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,9831.1%
- 6JAMBUWANTRAO BAPURAOJI DHOTESJPR · SJPR6,7811.1%
- 7BHADKE GAJANAN KISANRAOABHS · ABHS8270.1%
- 8CHAMPATRAO GANPATRAO PARDHIIndependent · IND7240.1%
- 9NARAYAN SHAHU GODEIndependent · IND5460.1%
- 10M.N.GAJABHIYEIndependent · IND3610.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +15.6%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 47.7%
- BJP share
- 46.2% → 38.8%
- Turnout
- 57.5% → 59.2%