Constituency
304. Satara
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SATARA
INC 65.2%won by 30.4%SHS 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiv Sena (SHS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 30.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.5% to 65.2% of the vote here (+31.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 61.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,65,772
Turnout
61.8%
Valid votes
5,97,000
Margin
1,81,476
30.40%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ABHAYSINH SHAHUMAHARAJ BHOSALEIndian National Congress · INC3,89,23865.2%
- 2HINDURAO NILKANTHRAO NAIK NIMBALKARShiv Sena · SHS2,07,76234.8%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- SHS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SHS swing
- +32.6%
- INC share
- 33.5% → 65.2%
- SHS share
- 35.7% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- 56.2% → 61.8%