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Constituency

287. Wardha

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-WARDHA

INC 38.3%won by 1.1%BJP 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 1.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 84.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.5% to 60.3%.

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

Electorate
10,79,969
Turnout
60.3%
Valid votes
6,51,394
Margin
7,062
1.08%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−11.2%
INC share
48.5% 38.3%
BJP share
36.2% 37.2%
Turnout
63.8% 60.3%