Election
Constituency

284. Bhandara

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-BHANDARA

BJP 45.8%won by 0.6%INC 45.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 67.8%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 3,819 votes (0.60%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
9,38,648
Turnout
67.8%
Valid votes
6,35,954
Margin
3,819
0.60%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Chunnilalbhau ThakurBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,91,35545.8%
  2. 2Dr Shrikant JichkarIndian National Congress · INC2,87,53645.2%
  3. 3Nimbarate Jagdish KanhajiNationalist Congress Party · NCP33,0075.2%
  4. 4Dr Harishchand Bhioram SalamGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP11,1421.8%
  5. 5Dudhakuwar Zituji RaghujiBahujan Samaj Party · BSP11,0511.7%
  6. 6Chavhan Anil MarotiIndependent · IND1,8630.3%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+3.5%
BJP share
46.2% → 45.8%
INC share
49.1% → 45.2%
Turnout
71.1% → 67.8%
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