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240. Bastar

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-BASTAR

BJP 43.6%won by 5.8%INC 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 5.8%.

  • 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
9,54,405
Turnout
37.4%
Valid votes
3,56,603
Margin
20,737
5.82%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Baliram KashyapBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,55,42143.6%
  2. 2Mahendra KarmaIndian National Congress · INC1,34,68437.8%
  3. 3Manish KunjamCommunist Party of India · CPI58,90616.5%
  4. 4Bal Singh DhruwNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,8710.8%
  5. 5Puran Singh ManjhiAJBP · AJBP2,6020.7%
  6. 6Vijay NathSamajwadi Party · SP2,1190.6%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+1.1%
BJP share
42.3% → 43.6%
INC share
37.6% → 37.8%
Turnout
38.5% → 37.4%
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