Constituency
242. Shahdol
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-SHAHDOL
BJP 41.2%won by 5.8%INC 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 5.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 86.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.7% to 39.0%.
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Electorate
13,05,252
Turnout
39.0%
Valid votes
5,09,340
Margin
29,349
5.76%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1DALPAT SINGH PARASTEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,10,03441.2%
- 2RAJESH NANDANI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,80,68535.5%
- 3RAMLALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP25,7645.1%
- 4THANESHWAR SINGH DHURVEGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP24,2274.8%
- 5CHHOTELAL SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP18,8523.7%
- 6BHUPAL DAS KULDEEPCommunist Party of India · CPI17,3463.4%
- 7MANSINGH SEMALIYAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD16,8693.3%
- 8BUDDHSEN SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,9362.0%
- 9ANAND PRATAP SINGHLJNSP · LJNSP5,6271.1%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +2.4%
- BJP share
- 44.9% → 41.2%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- 48.7% → 39.0%