Constituency
292. Jalna
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-JALNA
BJP 46.8%won by 0.3%INC 46.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.7% to 0.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 86.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
10,94,048
Turnout
56.7%
Valid votes
6,19,898
Margin
1,808
0.29%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1PAWAR UTTAMSINH RAJDHARSINHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,90,31246.8%
- 2BANGAR DNYANDEO GANPATRAOIndian National Congress · INC2,88,50446.5%
- 3WADALE LAXMAN VISHWANATHJanahitha Paksha · JP17,3322.8%
- 4RAUT RAJESH RAMBHAUABHS · ABHS10,0751.6%
- 5SHARMA JUGALKISHORE KANHAYALALHJP · HJP5,1090.8%
- 6SK.FEROZ ALI SK.SHABBIR ALIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,5270.6%
- 7SHINDE BABASAHEB UTTAMRAOIndependent · IND2,5380.4%
- 8SUDHAKAR GULABRAO RATNAPARKHEIndependent · IND2,5010.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −19.4%
- BJP share
- 53.0% → 46.8%
- INC share
- 33.4% → 46.5%
- Turnout
- 56.3% → 56.7%