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247. Chhindwara

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-CHHINDWARA

INC 40.9%won by 8.4%BJP 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.2% to 8.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.3% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.7% to 65.9%.

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

Electorate
11,45,107
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
7,54,637
Margin
63,708
8.44%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−21.8%
INC share
64.0% 40.9%
BJP share
33.8% 32.4%
Turnout
59.2% 65.9%