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79. Sitapur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1989

UP-SITAPUR

BJP 41.5%won by 15.3%BSP 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.8% to 15.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% between them, down from 90.2% — the field split more ways.

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
83,781
Margin
12,793
15.27%

Candidates

12 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAJENDRA KUMAR GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP34,80941.5%
  2. 2AYUB KHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP22,01626.3%
  3. 3SHYAM KISHOREIndian National Congress · INC21,16025.3%
  4. 4UMASHANKARDDP · DDP1,6241.9%
  5. 5BAL MUKUND MISHRAJanata Party · JNP1,3501.6%
  6. 6PARWANIndependent · IND1,2561.5%
  7. 7RAMESHIndependent · IND5160.6%
  8. 8CHANDRAGUPT SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND3660.4%
  9. 9MOHD. SALIM KHANIndependent · IND2810.3%
  10. 10VINOD KUMARIndependent · IND2090.2%
  11. 11AKIL AHMADIndependent · IND1130.1%
  12. 12MOHD. MOINIndependent · IND810.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
−42.2%
BJP share
57.5% → 41.5%
BSP share
0.0% → 26.3%
Turnout
— → —
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