GEN · Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999

Raipur

Ramesh Vaish (BJP) won by 50,739 votes (9.1%).

Margin vs 1996 national median: 9.1% (median 9.4%). Back to Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1996 national · Target seats

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Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998

Winning margin over time · Raipur

Candidates · Raipur 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Ramesh VaishWinner	BJP	2,52,990	45.6%
2	Dhanender Sahu	INC	2,02,251	36.4%
3	Vishnu Baghel	BSP	45,654	8.2%
4	Pursottam Kaushik	JD	7,460	1.3%
5	Vyas Narain Sahu	IND	4,292	0.8%
6	Rafik A. Bhai	IND	3,195	0.6%
7	Akash Sharma	SHS	3,075	0.6%
8	Rudra Dev	IND	2,435	0.4%
9	Prem Chand Jain	IND	2,420	0.4%
10	Mohd. Arif Meman	IND	2,409	0.4%
11	Ajay Shukla	IND	2,045	0.4%
12	Mahesh Prakash	IND	1,939	0.3%
13	Santosh Alias Santa Bhai	IND	1,686	0.3%
14	Surender Kumar Dvedi	IND	1,527	0.3%
15	Prakash Dhanraj Golchha	IND	1,378	0.2%
16	Narotam Sharma	CPI(ML)(L)	1,235	0.2%
17	Deepak Motwani	RPI	1,166	0.2%
18	Balla	IND	1,148	0.2%
19	Ramesh Chander Shukla	IND	1,131	0.2%
20	Brijendra Kumar Bajpai	IND	969	0.2%
21	Din Dayal Varma	IND	928	0.2%
22	Salig Ram Varma	IND	863	0.2%
23	Sultan Singh Satnam	IND	784	0.1%
24	Rohit Vani	IND	668	0.1%
25	Sarad Chandr Yadav	IND	659	0.1%
26	Suneel Yadav	IND	647	0.1%
27	S.R. Barman	IND	642	0.1%
28	Monesh Sahu	IND	612	0.1%
29	Keyur Bhushan	IND	606	0.1%
30	Gauri Shankar Dube	IND	595	0.1%
31	Kunwar H.p.singh	ICS	575	0.1%
32	Komal Chand Azad	IND	503	0.1%
33	Ambubakar	IND	502	0.1%
34	Khagshwar Dewangan	IND	497	0.1%
35	Moti Patangwala	IND	481	0.1%
36	Ashok Sharma	IND	470	0.1%
37	Awadharam Sahu	IND	465	0.1%
38	Shyam Lal Chaurasya	IND	457	0.1%
39	Ram Nihal	IND	454	0.1%
39	Shobhnath Mishra	LD	454	0.1%
41	Rajesh Upadhyaya	IND	445	0.1%
42	Kashi Nath	ABHM	400	0.1%
43	Arun Kumar	IND	308	0.1%
44	Charan Lal Sahu	IND	286	0.1%
45	Mahesh Pande	IND	275	0.0%
46	Arvind Singh	IND	268	0.0%
47	Girja Shankar Sharma	IND	259	0.0%
48	Anand Mohan Pandey	IND	258	0.0%
49	Kamtha Prasad	IND	206	0.0%
50	Rajesh Bharti	IND	188	0.0%

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Candidates · Raipur 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Ramesh VaishWinner	BJP	2,52,990	45.6%
2	Dhanender Sahu	INC	2,02,251	36.4%
3	Vishnu Baghel	BSP	45,654	8.2%
4	Pursottam Kaushik	JD	7,460	1.3%
5	Vyas Narain Sahu	IND	4,292	0.8%
6	Rafik A. Bhai	IND	3,195	0.6%
7	Akash Sharma	SHS	3,075	0.6%
8	Rudra Dev	IND	2,435	0.4%
9	Prem Chand Jain	IND	2,420	0.4%
10	Mohd. Arif Meman	IND	2,409	0.4%
11	Ajay Shukla	IND	2,045	0.4%
12	Mahesh Prakash	IND	1,939	0.3%
13	Santosh Alias Santa Bhai	IND	1,686	0.3%
14	Surender Kumar Dvedi	IND	1,527	0.3%
15	Prakash Dhanraj Golchha	IND	1,378	0.2%
16	Narotam Sharma	CPI(ML)(L)	1,235	0.2%
17	Deepak Motwani	RPI	1,166	0.2%
18	Balla	IND	1,148	0.2%
19	Ramesh Chander Shukla	IND	1,131	0.2%
20	Brijendra Kumar Bajpai	IND	969	0.2%
21	Din Dayal Varma	IND	928	0.2%
22	Salig Ram Varma	IND	863	0.2%
23	Sultan Singh Satnam	IND	784	0.1%
24	Rohit Vani	IND	668	0.1%
25	Sarad Chandr Yadav	IND	659	0.1%
26	Suneel Yadav	IND	647	0.1%
27	S.R. Barman	IND	642	0.1%
28	Monesh Sahu	IND	612	0.1%
29	Keyur Bhushan	IND	606	0.1%
30	Gauri Shankar Dube	IND	595	0.1%
31	Kunwar H.p.singh	ICS	575	0.1%
32	Komal Chand Azad	IND	503	0.1%
33	Ambubakar	IND	502	0.1%
34	Khagshwar Dewangan	IND	497	0.1%
35	Moti Patangwala	IND	481	0.1%
36	Ashok Sharma	IND	470	0.1%
37	Awadharam Sahu	IND	465	0.1%
38	Shyam Lal Chaurasya	IND	457	0.1%
39	Ram Nihal	IND	454	0.1%
39	Shobhnath Mishra	LD	454	0.1%
41	Rajesh Upadhyaya	IND	445	0.1%
42	Kashi Nath	ABHM	400	0.1%
43	Arun Kumar	IND	308	0.1%
44	Charan Lal Sahu	IND	286	0.1%
45	Mahesh Pande	IND	275	0.0%
46	Arvind Singh	IND	268	0.0%
47	Girja Shankar Sharma	IND	259	0.0%
48	Anand Mohan Pandey	IND	258	0.0%
49	Kamtha Prasad	IND	206	0.0%
50	Rajesh Bharti	IND	188	0.0%

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