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State: Maharashtra
Constituency: Chimur
Total Votes Polled: 721187
Winner: BJP Diwate Namdeo Harbaji 309045
Runner Up: INC Muttemwar Vilas Baburao 196710
Margin: 112335 (15.92%)

The first time the BJP made inroads into this constituency was in 1989, when S M Sukaji defeated two-time MP Vilas Muttemwar (Congress). Muttemwar returned in 1991, defeating Sukaji convincingly. In 1996, Muttemwar was defeated by almost 110,000 votes.

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