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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Ganganagar

Parliamentary constituency 1 (SC) · Rajasthan

State boardRajasthan 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#1 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7Candidate lines
Electors11,96,723
Votes polled7,25,690
Turnout60.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerEng. Shankar PannuIndian National Congress3,35,05246.2% of votes
MARGIN42,761 votes · 5.9 pp3,35,052 − 2,92,291
Runner-upNihal Chand Bharatiya Janata Party2,92,29140.3% of votes
INC 53.4% of top-two votesBJP 46.6%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Eng. Shankar PannuINC3,35,052 46.2%
  2. 02 Nihal ChandBJP2,92,291 40.3%
  3. 03 Shashi DuttaJD33,193 4.6%
  4. 04 RawataramCPI27,952 3.9%
  5. 05 Dharampal KatariaBSP27,596 3.8%
  6. 06 DulichandSHS2,026 0.3%
  7. 07 SarabatiIND909 0.1%

Turnout 60.6%

025507510060.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 60.8%
Male 6.49 lakh54.2% Female 5.48 lakh45.8%

Share of 11,96,723 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males843
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 25 seats, 199860.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 7,19,019Residual 6,671

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    6.2 pp
    Kuldeep IndoraIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    28.0 pp
    Nihal ChandBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    23.2 pp
    NihalchandBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    15.4 pp
    Bharat Ram MeghwalIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    1.0 pp
    Nihalchand MeghwalBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1999
    14.3 pp
    Nihal ChandBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    5.9 pp
    Eng. Shankar PannuIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    10.8 pp
    Nihal ChandBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1991
    23.7 pp
    Birbal RamIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    11.0 pp
    Bega RamJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    36.6 pp
    BirbalIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    19.3 pp
    BirbalIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    17.6 pp
    Bega RamBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 86.4% of votes; the other 5 candidates 12.6% between them.

    (3,35,052 + 2,92,291) ÷ 7,25,690 = 86.4% · 91,676 ÷ 7,25,690 = 12.6%

  2. Turnout of 60.6% was 0.2 pp below the state's median seat (60.8%).

    60.6 − 60.8 = −0.2

  3. The margin narrowed from 10.8 pp in 1996 to 5.9 pp.

    5.9 − 10.8 = −4.9 pp

  4. Nihal Chand, 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 7 candidate lines7,19,019
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,25,690
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 6,671

Candidate votes miss the published total by 6,671, 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

Candidates7 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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