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108. Kanker

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Chhattisgarh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-KANKER

BJP 49.5%won by 13.3%INC 36.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.4% to 13.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.3% to 48.1%.

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

Electorate
11,52,128
Turnout
48.1%
Valid votes
5,53,888
Margin
73,626
13.29%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−2.1%
BJP share
55.4% 49.5%
INC share
40.0% 36.2%
Turnout
55.4% 48.1%