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306. Sangli

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-SANGLI

INC 55.6%won by 12.0%BJP 43.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.0% to 12.0%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 43.6% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 73.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
10,22,342
Turnout
59.6%
Valid votes
6,09,610
Margin
73,239
12.01%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PATIL MADAN VISHWANATHIndian National Congress · INC3,38,90055.6%
  2. 2DANGE ANNA ALIAS RAMCHANDRA MAHADEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,65,66143.6%
  3. 3GANAPATI TUKARAM KAMBLE(G.T.)Independent · IND3,0160.5%
  4. 4NAIKAWADI RASOOL ABDULSOIndependent · IND2,0330.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−39.5%
INC share
51.5% → 55.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 43.6%
Turnout
58.0% → 59.6%
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