Constituency
373. Jodhpur
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-JODHPUR
INC 48.6%won by 0.7%BJP 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.2% to 0.7%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 90.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.3% to 57.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,13,063
Turnout
57.9%
Valid votes
7,60,175
Margin
5,444
0.72%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1ASHOK GAHLOTIndian National Congress · INC3,69,78048.6%
- 2JASWANT SINGH BISHNOIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,64,33647.9%
- 3TULSI DASSBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,4831.0%
- 4Dr. RAJENDRA MEGHAWALJanata Dal · JD5,0630.7%
- 5DURGADANABJS · ABJS4,0140.5%
- 6JASWANT RAJ JAINRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,7400.5%
- 7MEHMOODA BEGAMSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,9380.3%
- 8RAM GOPALSamajwadi Party · SP1,8780.2%
- 9SATYENDRA VYASShiv Sena · SHS1,1710.2%
- 10SHIV RAMIndependent · IND7720.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −8.5%
- INC share
- 50.0% → 48.6%
- BJP share
- 40.8% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- 42.6% → 57.9%