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Candidates with less than 30% vote share have won elections. That's changed now

How many votes does a candidate need to win a Lok Sabha election? 50%, 60% or more? Can a candidate pull of a win if s/he polls less than 30% of votes for the seat? On this edition of Dance of Democracy, we tell you how voters have changed their voting patterns in the last two decades. We also tell you about a candidate who fought elections by asking voters NOT to vote for him. Don't miss a blast-from-the-past photo of a thriving bonhomie among BJP-Shiv Sena's leaders.

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