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298. Pandharpur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-PANDHARPUR

INC 54.8%won by 17.0%BJP 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.8% to 17.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 76.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 52.3%.

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

Electorate
10,93,414
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
5,71,979
Margin
97,432
17.03%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1THORAT SANDIPAN BHAGWANIndian National Congress · INC3,13,67654.8%
  2. 2PROF.CHAGDEO SUKHDEO KAMBLEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,16,24437.8%
  3. 3LAXMAN ALIAS LALIT PARSU BABARJanata Dal · JD35,2536.2%
  4. 4KADAM SHAMRAO PIRAJIAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM2,9840.5%
  5. 5GANPATI KONDIBA KAMBLEIndependent · IND2,4310.4%
  6. 6SUTKAR BALBHIM ABAIndependent · IND1,3910.2%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+2.2%
INC share
45.5% → 54.8%
BJP share
30.6% → 37.8%
Turnout
47.9% → 52.3%
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