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18. Dhampur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1989

UP-DHAMPUR

BJP 37.3%won by 7.4%BSP 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 7.4%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 37.3% of the vote here (+37.3%).
  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.1% of the vote between them, up from 56.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,05,169
Margin
7,772
7.39%

Candidates

17 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SURENDRA SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,18337.3%
  2. 2BUNIYAD ALIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP31,41129.9%
  3. 3ABDUL WAHIDJanata Dal · JD15,62414.9%
  4. 4BASANT SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,96311.4%
  5. 5JASWAIndependent · IND1,6441.6%
  6. 6SIKANDAR AAFAKJanata Party · JNP1,2821.2%
  7. 7DHARAMVEERR SINGHIndependent · IND1,1781.1%
  8. 8MANGU SINGHIndependent · IND4270.4%
  9. 9UDAIRAJIndependent · IND3910.4%
  10. 10KAILASHIndependent · IND3890.4%
  11. 11AJAY SINGHLkd (B) · LKDB3610.3%
  12. 12LILAPATDDP · DDP3480.3%
  13. 13NARENDRA MANISOP · SOP2920.3%
  14. 14RAMPALIndependent · IND2570.2%
  15. 15VINOD KUMARIndependent · IND1560.1%
  16. 16PEETAMBER SINGHIndependent · IND1470.1%
  17. 17YASHAPLIndependent · IND1160.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–BSP swing
+7.4%
BJP share
0.0% → 37.3%
BSP share
0.0% → 29.9%
Turnout
— → —
17. Seohara19. Afzalgarh
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