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243. Balaghat

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-BALAGHAT

BJP 43.5%won by 3.6%INC 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.3% to 3.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 63.1%.

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

Electorate
9,16,432
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
5,78,066
Margin
20,678
3.58%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Prahladsingh PatelBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,51,30843.5%
  2. 2Vishweshwer BhagatIndian National Congress · INC2,30,63039.9%
  3. 3Anubha MunjareJanahitha Paksha · JP52,3929.1%
  4. 4Udaysingh PancheswarBahujan Samaj Party · BSP29,7335.1%
  5. 5Hiradhar VermaGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP5,7261.0%
  6. 6Pritamsingh UikeyJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,6880.5%
  7. 7Kaviraj MeshramIndependent · IND1,3250.2%
  8. 8Vijay Kumar Patil \ Bauddh\Independent · IND1,1860.2%
  9. 9Dr. R. D. KathaneIndependent · IND1,1830.2%
  10. 10Mahipal SulakheIndependent · IND1,1560.2%
  11. 11Rajesh Gupta ( Pappu Bhaiya)AJBP · AJBP5450.1%
  12. 12Sahabsingh SaiyamIndependent · IND1940.0%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−0.7%
BJP share
40.3% → 43.5%
INC share
36.0% → 39.9%
Turnout
68.8% → 63.1%
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