Analysis of Voting Pattern in 12th General Election, 1998 BJP Wins Muslim Seats due to Splitting of Secular votes

 

 

Constituency

Winner

Runner-up

Margin

2nd Runner-up Party

Vote

Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad

MIM(M)

BJP

71,612

INC

94,000

Kurnool

INC

TDP

12,836

BJP

17,000

Nandyal

TDP

INC

4,650

BJP(M)

18,000

Guntur

INC

TDP(M)

57,347

BJP

82,000

Cuddapah

INC

TDP

53,620

NTR TD

6,000

Hanamkonda

TDP

INC(M)

45,491

NTR TDP

60,000

Assam

Dhubri

INC(M)

BJP

1,93,932

CPI

79,000

Karimganj(SC)

INC

BJP

10,468

AGP

1,43,000

Barpeta

UMFA(M)

BJP

2,24,507

CPM

1,01,000

Silchar

BJP

INC

19,566

CPM

1,73,000

Kaliabor

INC

AGP

2,32,345

BJP

1,02,000

Mangaldoi

INC

BJP(NM)

1,48,014

AGP

1,22,000

Guwahati

INC

BJP

1,28,173

AGP

1,23,000

Bihar

Kishanganj

RJD(M)

SP(M)

6,488

BJP(M)

2,30,000

Katihar

INC(M)

BJP

20,441

JD

25,000

Purnea

BJP

SP

35,817

INC

1,02,000

Araria(SC)

BJP

RJD

33,937

JD

72,000

Rajmahal(ST)

BJP

INC

9

JMM

1,50,000

Madhubani

INC(M)

BJP

16,487

CPI

1,54,000

Darbhanga

RJD(M)

BJP

36,108

JD

78,000

Bettiah

BJP

RJD

41,901

JD

69,000

Bhagalpur

BJP

RJD

91,759

CPI

1,18,000

Siwan

RJD(M)

BJP

1,20,484

CPI(ML)

1,12,000

Kodarma

BJP

RJD(M)

97,909

INC

1,22,000

Gopalganj

SAP(M)

RJD

68,605

IND

87,000

Gujarat

Kutch

BJP

INC

61,025

AIR(JP)

68,000

Bharuch

BJP

INC(M)

11,606

JD

1,46,000

Ahmedabad

BJP

INC

1,36,813

AIR(JP)

52,000

Haryana

Faridabad

BJP

INC(M)

15,343

SJR(P)

1,14,000

Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)

Srinagar

JNK(M)

INC(M)

70,839

BJP(M)

11,000

Baramula

JKN(M)

IND(M)

37,794

JKAL

21,000

Anantnag

INC(M)

JKN(M)

52,061

JD

11,000

Jammu

BJP

JKN

1,27,901

INC

1,41,000

Udhampur

—

—

—

—

—

Ladakh

—

—

—

—

—

Karnataka

Bidar (SC)

BJP(NM)

JD(NM)

1,84,633

INC

1,01,000

Bangalore North

INC(M)

L.S.

72,447

JD

2,06,000

Gulbarga

BJP(NM)

JD(M)

1,31,798

INC

1,41,000

Dharwar North

BJP

INC

1,29,187

JD

1,14,000

Bijapur

INC

BJP

52,822

JD

1,51,000

Dharwar South

LS

INC

86,962

JD

1,27,000

Kerala

Ponnani

ML(M)

CPI(M)

1,04,244

NA

—

Manjeri

ML(M)

CPM(M)

1,06,009

BJP

80,000

Calicut

INC

JD

18,657

BJP

84,000

Badagara

CPM

INC

59,151

BJP

70,000

Kasargod

CPM

INC (?)

48,557

BJP

1,03,000

Cannanore

INC

IND

2,180

BJP

43,000

Ottapalam(SC)

CPM

INC

19,800

BJP

63,000

Chirayankil

CPM

INC(M)

7,542

BJP

47,000

Adoor(SC)

CPI

INC

17,000

BJP

35,000

Lakshadweep

INC(M)

JD(M)

964

—

—

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

BJP(NM)

INC(M)

1,93,932

BSP

35,000

Maharashtra

Bombay South

INC

BJP

21,065

NA

—

Bombay SC

SHS

SP(M)

153

JD

43,000

Aurangabad

INC

SHS

29,271

JD

66,000

Malegaon (ST)

INC

BJP

61,196

JD

—

Sholapur

INC

BJP

1,04,405

SHS

2,08,000

Colaba

PWP

INC(M)

9,000

—

—

Orissa

Cuttack

BJD

INC(M)

1,12,694

JD

69,000

Rajasthan

Bharatpur

INC

BJP

68,453

BSP

1,10,000

Jaipur

BJP(NM)

INC(M)

1,38,971

CPI

14,000

Tamil Nadu

Vellore

PMK

DMK(M)

26,405

INC(M)

19,000

Uttar Pradesh (UP)

Rampur

BJP(M)

INC(M)

4,936

BSP(M)

1,31,000

Moradabad

SP

BJP

36,481

BSP

1,36,000

Bijnor(SC)

SP

BJP

9,212

BSP

1,80,000

Saharanpur

BJP

BSP

59,836

BKKP

1,50,000

Amroha

BJP

BSP(M)

65,515

SP

1,97,000

Meerut

BJP

SP

58,805

BSP

1,14,000

Kairana

BJP

SP(M)

62,061

BKKP

1,19,000

Bareilly

BJP

SP(M)

32,440

BSP

46,000

Balrampur

SP(M)

BJP

57,259

BSP(M)

56,000

Muzaffarnagar

BJP

SP

22,724

BSP

1,35,000

Sambhal

SP

BJP

1,66,682

BSP

1,32,000

Padrauna

BJP

SP

50,775

BSP

1,32,000

Hardwar(SC)

BJP

SP

1,29,873

BSP

1,73,000

Domariaganj

BJP

BSP(M)

74,091

SP

1,62,000

Bahraich

BSP(M)

BJP

38,376

SP(M)

1,29,000

Lucknow

BJP

SP(M)

2,19,222

BSP

57,000

Kaiserganj

SP

BJP

24,971

BSP(M)

1,24,000

Shahjahanpur

BJP

SP

22,685

INC

1,41,000

Khurja(SC)

BJP

BSP

2,29,359

SP

75,000

Hapur

BJP

SP

1,61,962

BSP(M)

1,57,000

Barabanki(SC)

BJP

SP

13,776

BSP

1,02,000

Khalilabad

BJP

SP

2,100

BSP

1,81,000

Bulandshahr

BJP

SP

85,359

BSP(M)

1,61,000

Pilibhit

IND

BSP(M)

2,11,876

SP

91,000

Badaun

SP(M)

BJP

39,658

BSP

1,05,000

Aligarh

BJP

SP

1,31,699

BSP

1,00,000

Aonla

SP

BJP

25,571

BSP

1,10,000

Kanpur

BJP

SP

1,36,006

INC

19,000

Lalganj(SC)

SP

BSP

16,996

BJP

1,93,000

Kheri

SP

BJP

57,914

BSP

1,53,000

Shahabad

BJP

SP

2,50,612

SP

1,56,000

Azamgarh

BSP(M)

SP

5,365

BJP

1,25,000

Farrukhabad

BJP

SP

33,000

INC(M)

1,81,000

Ghosi

SAP

BSP

18,000

SP(M)

1,98,000

Sitapur

BJP

BSP

28,000

SP(M)

1,68,000

West Bengal

Jangipur

CPM(M)

INC(M)

72,501

TC(M)

99,000

Murshidabad

CPM(M)

INC(M)

1,90,466

TC(M)

1,49,000

Raiganj

CPM

INC

6,281

BJP

1,60,000

Berhampur

RSP

BSP

1,23,369

INC

1,88,000

Basirhat

CPI

TC

1,20,076

INC

1,31,000

Malda

INC

CPM

49,082

INC

—

Birbhum (SC)

CPM

BJP

1,62,000

BJP(M)

1,69,000

Krishnanagar

CPM

BJP

40,672

INC

1,64,000

Diamond Harbour

CPM

TC

60,956

INC

1,56,000

Joynagar (SC)

RSP

BJP

1,76,061

INC

1,24,000

Bolpur

CPM

TC

2,51,092

INC

1,07,000

Uluberia

CPM(M)

TC

1,13,530

INC

1,00,000

Koch Bihar (SC)

FBL

FB(S)

1,23,166

TC

2,16,000

Katwa

CPM(M)

TC

1,38,707

INC(M)

1,35,000

Mathurapur (SC)

CPM

TC

1,01,876

INC

1,39,000

Bardawan

CPM

BJP

2,72,233

INC

1,39,000

Jadavpur

TC

CPM

78,201

INC

94,000

Balurghat (SC)

CPM

TC

1,72,175

INC

1,82,000

Asansol

CPM

TC

26,149

INC

1,10,000

Tamluk

CPM

TC

87,952

INC

57,000

 

[Note: In respect of the seats won by the BJP, the statistics above will easily indicate the secular parties responsible for the BJP's victory and another secular party's defeat which would have been avoided by mutual understanding or adjustment Editor]






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