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Elections 98

State: Maharashtra
Constituency: Latur
Total Votes Polled: 723116
Winner: INC Patil Shivraj Vishwanath 322265
Runner Up: BJP Dr Gopalrao Patil 318938
Margin: 3327 (1%)


Elections 96

State: Maharashtra
Constituency: Latur
Total Votes Polled: 683273
Winner: INC Shivraj Vishwanath Patil 279775
Runner Up: BJP Patil Gopalarao Vithalrao 200403
Margin: 79372 (11.85%)


Barring 1977, when the seat plumbed for the BLD, it has always remained with the Congress. Since 1980, Shivraj Patil -- Lok Sabha speaker between 1991 and 1996 -- has represented the constituency, a feat he repeated in 1996 defeating the BJP's G V Patil by almost 80,000 votes.

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