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State: Madhya Pradesh
Constituency: Khandwa
Total Votes Polled: 589011
Winner: BJP Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan (Nandu Bhai) 289099
Runner Up: INC Shiv Kumar Singh Naval Singh 194749
Margin: 94350 (16.48%)

Barring a couple of times, it has been the Congress all the way from the town where Kishore Kumar was born, although the Jan Sangh came close to challenging its hegemony a couple of times in the past. In 1980, the runner-up on the Janata Party ticket was Khushabhau Thakre, the BJP ideologue and the party's likely president later this year. In 1984, the runner-up was the BJP's Arif Beg. The BJP pocketed this seat in 1991 and 1996.

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