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State: Maharashtra
Constituency: Yavatmal
Total Votes Polled: 589243
Winner: BJP Rajabhau Ganeshrao Thakare 267519
Runner Up: INC Azad Gulam Nabi 228957
Margin: 38562 (6.66%)

Between 1952 and 1991, the seat remained firmly with the Congress, with U D Patil representing the constituency four straight times. In 1996, the BJP won the seat in a surprise outcome, since the saffron brigade has never come even second in the fray, Rajabhau Thakre defeating Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress.

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