Constituency
363. Kota
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KOTA
INC 49.7%won by 2.4%BJP 47.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.8% to 49.7% of the vote here (+4.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.1% of the vote between them, up from 91.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 18.8% to 63.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,59,032
Turnout
63.2%
Valid votes
7,32,240
Margin
17,428
2.38%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1RAM NARAIN MEENAIndian National Congress · INC3,64,18349.7%
- 2RAGHUVEER SINGH KAUSHALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,46,75547.4%
- 3HAJI MOHAMMED RAFIQBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,4430.7%
- 4MAHANDRA SINGH GURJARJanata Dal · JD5,1110.7%
- 5HEM RAJ JAINShiv Sena · SHS3,5930.5%
- 6SUDARSHAN JOSHISamajwadi Party · SP3,1300.4%
- 7LOKESH THADAPRISM · PRISM1,5950.2%
- 8Dr.SHAKUNTALA UPADHAYAYRJVP · RJVP1,0990.2%
- 9CHANDRA KANT SAXENASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,0250.1%
- 10Dr.V.K.BAGLAABRAHP · ABRAHP3060.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +2.5%
- INC share
- 45.8% → 49.7%
- BJP share
- 45.9% → 47.4%
- Turnout
- 44.4% → 63.2%