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237. Dhanapur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1991

UP-DHANAPUR

JD 29.8%won by 4.2%BJP 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.6% to 4.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.4% between them, down from 62.4% — 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
83,180
Margin
3,523
4.24%

Candidates

21 contested · winner JD
  1. 1KAILASH NATH SINGH YADAVJanata Dal · JD24,79529.8%
  2. 2SURENDER KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,27225.6%
  3. 3RAM HARSH CHANDRANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP20,61124.8%
  4. 4MAHENDER PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,4068.9%
  5. 5DAYA SHANKERJanahitha Paksha · JP5,5996.7%
  6. 6DHOLUIndependent · IND6270.8%
  7. 7SADA NANDIndependent · IND4200.5%
  8. 8RAVI SHANKER AUJHAIndependent · IND3710.4%
  9. 9VANSH BAHADURIndependent · IND3240.4%
  10. 10HARI HAR SINGHIndependent · IND2480.3%
  11. 11NIZAMUDDINIndependent · IND2410.3%
  12. 12DAULATIndependent · IND2310.3%
  13. 13CHANDER BHANIndependent · IND2300.3%
  14. 14ASHARIndependent · IND1750.2%
  15. 15RAMJIIndependent · IND1600.2%
  16. 16NASIMIndependent · IND1080.1%
  17. 17RAGHU NATH SINGHIndependent · IND930.1%
  18. 18MOHANDDP · DDP810.1%
  19. 19RAVI PRAKASHIndependent · IND790.1%
  20. 20SACHIDANANDIndependent · IND780.1%
  21. 21AJAYIndependent · IND310.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BJP swing
−41.2%
JD share
45.5% → 29.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 25.6%
Turnout
— → —
236. Saidpur238. Chandauli
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