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286. Chandrapur

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-CHANDRAPUR

INC 41.7%won by 0.4%BJP 41.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.7% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.0% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.0% to 64.4%.

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

Electorate
12,24,338
Turnout
64.4%
Valid votes
7,88,538
Margin
2,837
0.36%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−18.3%
INC share
55.9% 41.7%
BJP share
37.2% 41.3%
Turnout
66.5% 64.4%