Constituency
261. Rajapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-RAJAPUR
SHS 51.1%won by 26.0%JDS 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedShiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 26.0%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (Secular) (JDS) finished second with 25.1% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 85.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,90,537
Turnout
54.9%
Valid votes
4,33,752
Margin
1,12,850
26.02%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SHS- 1Suresh Prabhakar PrabhuShiv Sena · SHS2,21,52351.1%
- 2Prof Madhu DandavateJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,08,67325.1%
- 3Major Sudhir SawantIndian National Congress · INC1,03,55623.9%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- SHS
- Winner now
- SHS
- SHS–JDS swing
- −24.4%
- SHS share
- 50.4% → 51.1%
- JDS share
- 0.0% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- 53.9% → 54.9%