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231. Shahdol

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-SHAHDOL

BJP 44.9%won by 3.4%INC 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.9% to 3.4%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.2% to 48.7%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
11,98,264
Turnout
48.7%
Valid votes
5,83,816
Margin
19,901
3.41%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Dalpat SinghBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,62,22944.9%
  2. 2Ajit JogiIndian National Congress · INC2,42,32841.5%
  3. 3Juglal KolBahujan Samaj Party · BSP62,22410.7%
  4. 4Lalaram BaigaSamajwadi Party · SP8,7571.5%
  5. 5Jagatdev Singh GondIndependent · IND4,0150.7%
  6. 6Mahaveer BaigaIndependent · IND2,1710.4%
  7. 7Ram SahayIndependent · IND1,6200.3%
  8. 8Shyam Singh GondIndependent · IND4720.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−2.4%
BJP share
43.8% → 44.9%
INC share
37.9% → 41.5%
Turnout
58.9% → 48.7%
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