Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Bhandara #24GEN
Won
Patel Praful Manoharbhai
INC Indian National CongressMargin
19,306 2.9 pp
votes
over Narayandas Durgaprasadji Saraf (BJP)
The contest
Electors9,28,827
Votes polled6,71,799
Turnout72.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors4.65 L50.1% of electorate
Female electors4.64 L49.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
997females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patel Praful Manoharbhai | INC | 3,24,542 | 48.30% | |
| 2 | Narayandas Durgaprasadji Saraf | BJP | 3,05,236 | 45.40% | |
| 3 | Bante Madhavrao Tulshiram | CPI | 13,112 | 2.00% | |
| 4 | Fulekar Sachchidanand Hiraman | BSP | 10,173 | 1.50% | |
| 5 | Chachane Hemraj Chindhuji | IND | 2,907 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | Agrawal Radheshyam | IND | 807 | 0.10% | |
| 7 | Chachane Maniram Bajirao | IND | 714 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Wasnik Bhagarata Mahadeo | NRP | 694 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Bahekar Vijay Shamrao | IND | 682 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Dhurve Gulab Tarachand | IND | 598 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Abdul Mujeeb Khan Abdul Hamid Khan | IND | 392 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | Dongare Jivanlal Maroti | IND | 318 | 0.00% | |
| 13 | Meshram Budharam Atmaram | IND | 248 | 0.00% | |
| 14 | Madhawani Maheshbhai Babulalbhai | IND | 183 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 11,193, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 660,606 · NOTA n/a · published 671,799 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
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