Constituency
418. Garhwal
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-GARHWAL
BJP 55.4%won by 34.6%AIICS 20.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: AIICT (AIICT) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 34.6%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 35.8% to 55.4% of the vote here (+19.7%).
- New challengerAIICS (AIICS) finished second with 20.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.7% to 50.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,01,571
Turnout
50.5%
Valid votes
5,05,500
Margin
1,74,947
34.61%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1MAJ. GEN.(RTD) BHUWAN CHANDRA KHANDURI (A.V.S.M.)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,80,25855.4%
- 2SATPAL MAHARAJAIICS · AIICS1,05,31120.8%
- 3VIJAY BAHUGUNAIndian National Congress · INC63,90012.6%
- 4DR. HARAK SINGH RAWATBahujan Samaj Party · BSP41,2688.2%
- 5RAMESH CHANDRAIndependent · IND5,6861.1%
- 6DHARAM SINGH RAWAT I.A.S(RETD.)EX.CAPTAINIndependent · IND2,2420.4%
- 7CHANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,9930.4%
- 8TARUNENDU BAJPAIIndependent · IND1,2090.2%
- 9SUKHDEV SINGHIndependent · IND8410.2%
- 10SIDHU LAL AZADIndependent · IND7960.2%
- 11NAND KISHORIndependent · IND7210.1%
- 12MAHENDRA SINGH S/O PURAN SINGHIndependent · IND7200.1%
- 13ACHARYA MOHAN CHANDRA PANTHARINPAP · NPAP3320.1%
- 14MAHENDRA SINGH S/O RAMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND2230.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- AIICT
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–AIICS swing
- −1.1%
- BJP share
- 35.8% → 55.4%
- AIICS share
- 0.0% → 20.8%
- Turnout
- 42.8% → 50.5%