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239. Kanker

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-KANKER

BJP 55.4%won by 15.4%INC 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.3% to 15.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 55.4%.

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

Electorate
10,36,799
Turnout
55.4%
Valid votes
5,74,090
Margin
88,191
15.36%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Sohan PotaiBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,18,04055.4%
  2. 2Chhabila Arvind NetamIndian National Congress · INC2,29,84940.0%
  3. 3Anjor Singh ThakurCMM · CMM15,5262.7%
  4. 4Dr. J. R. ThakurBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,1680.9%
  5. 5Avinash ThakurSamajwadi Party · SP2,9960.5%
  6. 6Ram Prasad NetamLSWP · LSWP1,5060.3%
  7. 7Yashwant Kumar KrishanAJBP · AJBP1,0050.2%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+6.1%
BJP share
46.0% → 55.4%
INC share
36.7% → 40.0%
Turnout
58.8% → 55.4%
238. Mahasamund240. Bastar
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