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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Barmer

Parliamentary constituency 23 (GEN) · Rajasthan

State boardRajasthan 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#23 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors13,23,114
Votes polled8,52,994
Turnout64.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerCol.Sonaram ChowdharyIndian National Congress4,46,10752.3% of votes
MARGIN85,540 votes · 10.0 pp4,46,107 − 3,60,567
Runner-upLokendra Singh Kalvi Bharatiya Janata Party3,60,56742.3% of votes
INC 55.3% of top-two votesBJP 44.7%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Col.Sonaram ChowdharyINC4,46,107 52.3%
  2. 02 Lokendra Singh KalviBJP3,60,567 42.3%
  3. 03 Mahendra DanJD14,396 1.7%
  4. 04 Bhanwarlal ShastriRJD9,580 1.1%
  5. 05 Agrendra KumarBSP6,069 0.7%
  6. 06 Ummed MeghwalIND1,316 0.2%

Turnout 64.5%

025507510064.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 60.8%
Male 7.16 lakh54.1% Female 6.07 lakh45.9%

Share of 13,23,114 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males849
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 25 seats, 199860.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 8,38,035Residual 14,959

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    27.2 pp
    Damodar AgarwalBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    46.7 pp
    Subhash Chandra BaheriaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    22.3 pp
    Subhash BaheriaBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    17.9 pp
    C P JoshiIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    26.0 pp
    Manvendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1999
    3.8 pp
    Col. Sonaram ChoudharyIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    10.0 pp
    Col.Sonaram ChowdharyIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    9.9 pp
    Sona RamIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    19.8 pp
    Ram Niwas MirdhaIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    25.8 pp
    Kalyan Singh KalviJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    21.4 pp
    Virdhi ChandIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    8.9 pp
    Virdhi ChandIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    28.5 pp
    Tan SinghBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 46.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 94.6% of votes; the other 4 candidates 3.7% between them.

    (4,46,107 + 3,60,567) ÷ 8,52,994 = 94.6% · 31,361 ÷ 8,52,994 = 3.7%

  2. Turnout of 64.5% was 3.7 pp above the state's median seat (60.8%).

    64.5 − 60.8 = +3.7

  3. The margin widened from 9.9 pp in 1996 to 10.0 pp.

    10.0 − 9.9 = +0.1 pp

  4. INC held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 INC · 1998 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines8,38,035
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled8,52,994
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 14,959

Candidate votes miss the published total by 14,959, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

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

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 25 seats on the Rajasthan Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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