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109. Bastar

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Chhattisgarh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-BASTAR

BJP 47.3%won by 12.1%INC 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.8% to 12.1%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 43.3%.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,39,442
Turnout
43.3%
Valid votes
4,50,425
Margin
54,373
12.07%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BALIRAM KASHYAPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,12,89347.3%
  2. 2MAHENDRA KARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,58,52035.2%
  3. 3RAMNATH SARFECommunist Party of India · CPI30,6086.8%
  4. 4DASI BAIIndependent · IND24,5565.5%
  5. 5CHANDRA SHEKHAR DHRUVA (SHEKHAR)Independent · IND7,4651.7%
  6. 6LAXMINATH BHARTIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,8561.5%
  7. 7SHIVRAMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL5,0171.1%
  8. 8SHKUNTALA ATESamajwadi Party · SP4,5101.0%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+6.3%
BJP share
43.6% → 47.3%
INC share
37.8% → 35.2%
Turnout
37.4% → 43.3%
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