Constituency
126. Raipur Town
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
MP-RAIPUR-TOWN
BJP 56.4%won by 14.5%INC 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.3% to 14.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
91,249
Margin
13,218
14.49%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1BRIJMOHAN AGRAWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP51,46956.4%
- 2PARAS CHOPRAIndian National Congress · INC38,25141.9%
- 3SUNDER LAL SHARMACommunist Party of India · CPI5320.6%
- 4SHOBHA YADAVJanata Dal · JD3730.4%
- 5KOUSHAL TIWARICSP · CSP2320.3%
- 6PAPU FARISTAIndependent · IND1100.1%
- 7MANOHAR PANJAWANIAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1090.1%
- 8KAZI HABIBURRAHMANIndependent · IND620.1%
- 9ABUL FARHA ERAKI @ MANOJ ERAKIIndependent · IND590.1%
- 10SAGAR JAISINGHANIIndependent · IND520.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +1.2%
- BJP share
- 54.8% → 56.4%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- — → —