· PC 19
Rajnandgaon
Lok Sabha General Election 1996
968,069
Electors
498,311
Votes polled
51.47%
Turnout
59,276
Margin
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ashok Sharma
Won
Male
|
BJP | 222,616 | 44.67% |
| 2 |
Shivendra Bahadur Singh
Male
|
INC | 163,340 | 32.78% |
| 3 |
Balbir Khanuja
Male
|
AIIC(T) | 25,216 | 5.06% |
| 4 |
Ashok Sahu
Male
|
BSP | 13,109 | 2.63% |
| 5 |
Derharam
Male
|
IND | 12,579 | 2.52% |
| 6 |
Jankiram
Male
|
IND | 10,237 | 2.05% |
| 7 |
Bhimrao Bagde
Male
|
CMM | 9,350 | 1.88% |
| 8 |
Chameli Yadav
Female
|
IND | 6,037 | 1.21% |
| 9 |
Vidya Bhushan Thakur
Male
|
IND | 4,706 | 0.94% |
| 10 |
Khan Mustak Ahmed
Male
|
IND | 4,226 | 0.85% |
| 11 |
Ashok Kumar Pande
Male
|
IND | 3,846 | 0.77% |
| 12 |
Digambar Shandilya
Male
|
IND | 3,276 | 0.66% |
| 13 |
Ghanshyam Kishordas
Male
|
IND | 2,782 | 0.56% |
| 14 |
Ramchandra Gupta
Male
|
IND | 1,981 | 0.40% |
| 15 |
Suresh Gandhi
Male
|
IND | 1,866 | 0.37% |
| 16 |
Gariba Chaudhary
Male
|
IND | 1,388 | 0.28% |
| 17 |
Murlidhar Sahu
Male
|
IND | 1,327 | 0.27% |
| 18 |
Md. Zakir Khan
Male
|
IND | 1,319 | 0.26% |
| 19 |
Lakhanshah Kunjam
Male
|
IND | 1,044 | 0.21% |
| 20 |
Dhanu Ram
Male
|
IND | 1,043 | 0.21% |
| 21 |
Navrang Chauhan
Male
|
IND | 915 | 0.18% |
| 22 |
Sushil Sharma
Male
|
IND | 901 | 0.18% |
| 23 |
Kirti Bhushan Pande
Male
|
IND | 826 | 0.17% |
| 24 |
Gautamchand Kotadya
Male
|
IND | 755 | 0.15% |
| 25 |
Keshar Bai
Female
|
IND | 654 | 0.13% |
| 26 |
Abdul Yusuf Bhai
Male
|
IND | 637 | 0.13% |
| 27 |
Mohan Lal
Male
|
IND | 557 | 0.11% |
| 28 |
Shushil Kumar Namdev
Male
|
IND | 469 | 0.09% |
| 29 |
Padamsingh Kothari
Male
|
IND | 429 | 0.09% |
| 30 |
Haider Bhati
Male
|
IND | 361 | 0.07% |
| 31 |
Vijay Bahadur Singh
Male
|
IND | 320 | 0.06% |
| 32 |
Lalit Varma
Male
|
IND | 199 | 0.04% |
Party Wise Vote Share
Overall vote % (Pie)Voter Participation by Gender
EVM voters — male vs femaleGender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.
Rajnandgaon Constituency Results by Year
| Year | Winner | Vote share | Runner-up | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |
Dr. Raman
Male
BJP
|
51.46% |
Motilal Vora
Male
INC
|
46.94% |
| 1998 |
Motilal Vora
Male
INC
|
50.61% |
Ashok Sharma
Male
BJP
|
41.93% |
| 1996 |
Ashok Sharma
Male
BJP
|
44.67% |
Shivendra Bahadur Singh
Male
INC
|
32.78% |
| 1991 |
Shivendra Bahadur Singh
Male
INC
|
46.83% |
Dharampal Singh Gupta
Male
BJP
|
34.36% |
| 1989 |
Dharam Pal Gupta
Male
BJP
|
51.53% |
Shivendra Bahadur Singh
Male
INC
|
37.03% |
| 1984 |
Shivendra Bahadur Singh
Male
INC
|
49.42% |
Kishorilal Shukla
Male
IND
|
19.32% |
| 1980 |
Shivendra Bahadur Singh
Male
INC(I)
|
44.80% |
J.P.L. Francis
Male
JnP
|
23.27% |
| 1977 |
Madan Tiwary
Male
BLD
|
64.73% |
Ram Sahai Pandey
Male
INC
|
32.84% |
| 1971 |
Ramsahai Pandey
Male
INC
|
61.77% |
Padmawati Devi
Male
NCO
|
22.90% |
| 1967 |
P. Devi
Female
INC
|
53.02% |
P. Roy
Male
CPI
|
18.42% |
| 1962 |
Birendra Bahadur Singh
Male
INC
|
44.74% |
Shyamnarayan Kashmiri
Male
PSP
|
30.63% |