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Constituency

296. Osmanabad

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-OSMANABAD

INC 52.8%won by 8.8%SHS 44.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Shiv Sena (SHS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.7% to 52.8% of the vote here (+14.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.7% to 57.2%.

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

Electorate
9,29,013
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
5,31,286
Margin
47,018
8.85%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SHS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSHS swing
+12.2%
INC share
38.7% 52.8%
SHS share
42.1% 44.0%
Turnout
51.5% 57.2%