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256. Shahganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1989

UP-SHAHGANJ

JD 34.9%won by 7.9%BSP 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: LKD (LKD) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 7.9%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 34.9% of the vote here (+34.9%).
  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% between them, down from 80.7% — 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
85,024
Margin
6,699
7.88%

Candidates

12 contested · winner JD
  1. 1DEEP CHANDJanata Dal · JD29,70734.9%
  2. 2RAM DAWARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP23,00827.1%
  3. 3MATA PRASADIndian National Congress · INC22,03325.9%
  4. 4DAYA RAMLkd (B) · LKDB2,5333.0%
  5. 5JIYA LALJanata Party · JNP1,7002.0%
  6. 6ACHHEY LALRPI · RPI1,6221.9%
  7. 7BUDDHU RAMDDP · DDP1,4181.7%
  8. 8RAM PHERIndependent · IND1,0781.3%
  9. 9REKHAIndependent · IND8050.9%
  10. 10OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND7560.9%
  11. 11BASANTUIndependent · IND2500.3%
  12. 12SANJAI KUMAR RAOIndependent · IND1140.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
LKD
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–BSP swing
+7.9%
JD share
0.0% → 34.9%
BSP share
0.0% → 27.1%
Turnout
— → —
255. Rari257. Khutahan
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