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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Ambala

Parliamentary constituency 1 (SC) · Haryana

State boardHaryana 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#1 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants9Candidate lines
Electors10,92,422
Votes polled7,48,313
Turnout68.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAman Kumar NagraBahujan Samaj Party2,73,79236.6% of votes
MARGIN2,864 votes · 0.4 pp2,73,792 − 2,70,928
Runner-upSuraj Bhan Bharatiya Janata Party2,70,92836.2% of votes
BSP 50.3% of top-two votesBJP 49.7%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 Aman Kumar NagraBSP2,73,792 36.6%
  2. 02 Suraj BhanBJP2,70,928 36.2%
  3. 03 Raj KumarINC1,74,171 23.3%
  4. 04 Amar DassJD6,258 0.8%
  5. 05 Maya RamBSPA5,819 0.8%
  6. 06 Man Phool SinghSJPR5,421 0.7%
  7. 07 Sunder LalIND2,414 0.3%
  8. 08 Kehar SinghIND1,257 0.2%
  9. 09 Jagdish LalIND486 0.1%

Turnout 68.5%

025507510068.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.0%
Male 5.90 lakh54.0% Female 5.02 lakh46.0%

Share of 10,92,422 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males851
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 10 seats, 199870.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 7,40,546Residual 7,767

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    3.6 pp
    Varun ChaudhryIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    26.0 pp
    Rattan Lal KatariaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    27.9 pp
    Rattan Lal KatariaBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    1.7 pp
    SeljaIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    27.7 pp
    SeljaIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    17.8 pp
    Rattan Lal KatariaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    0.4 pp
    Aman Kumar NagraBahujan Samaj Party
  8. 1996
    10.6 pp
    Suraj BhanBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1995
    Margin not recorded
    Election Not Held.party not recorded
  10. 1991
    11.0 pp
    Ram PrakashIndian National Congress
  11. 1989
    3.9 pp
    Ram ParkashIndian National Congress
  12. 1984
    36.5 pp
    Ram PrakashIndian National Congress
  13. 1980
    0.5 pp
    Suraj BhanJanata Party
  14. 1977
    41.8 pp
    Suraj BhanBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 1,74,171 votes, 61× the 2,864-vote margin.

    1,74,171 ÷ 2,864 = 60.8

  2. The top two polled 72.8% of votes; the other 7 candidates 26.2% between them.

    (2,73,792 + 2,70,928) ÷ 7,48,313 = 72.8% · 1,95,826 ÷ 7,48,313 = 26.2%

  3. Turnout of 68.5% was 1.5 pp below the state's median seat (70.0%).

    68.5 − 70.0 = −1.5

  4. The margin narrowed from 10.6 pp in 1996 to 0.4 pp.

    0.4 − 10.6 = −10.2 pp

  5. Suraj Bhan, the 1996 winner, finished second in 1998.

    1996 winner name = 1998 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines7,40,546
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,48,313
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 7,767

Candidate votes miss the published total by 7,767, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Haryana · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 10 seats on the Haryana Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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