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Constituency

125. Sultanpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1989

UP-SULTANPUR

INC 35.4%won by 4.5%BJP 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.7% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from LKD (LKD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% between them, down from 78.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
85,865
Margin
3,900
4.54%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−36.6%
INC share
45.4% 35.4%
BJP share
4.3% 30.8%
Turnout