Constituency
372. Barmer
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BARMER
INC 53.2%won by 10.2%BJP 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 10.1% to 10.2%.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.0% to 63.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,23,114
Turnout
63.3%
Valid votes
8,38,035
Margin
85,540
10.21%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1COL.SONARAM CHOWDHARYIndian National Congress · INC4,46,10753.2%
- 2LOKENDRA SINGH KALVIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,60,56743.0%
- 3MAHENDRA DANJanata Dal · JD14,3961.7%
- 4BHANWARLAL SHASTRIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD9,5801.1%
- 5AGRENDRA KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,0690.7%
- 6UMMED MEGHWALIndependent · IND1,3160.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +0.2%
- INC share
- 51.3% → 53.2%
- BJP share
- 41.2% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- 48.4% → 63.3%