Election
Constituency

256. Shahganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1991

UP-SHAHGANJ

BJP 33.1%won by 13.2%BSP 19.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 13.2%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 33.1% of the vote here (+33.1%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.1% between them, down from 62.0% — 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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Valid votes
84,075
Margin
11,098
13.20%

Candidates

19 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAM PARAS RAJAK ALIAS NATEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP27,86233.1%
  2. 2RAM DAWARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP16,76419.9%
  3. 3DEEP CHAND SONKARJanahitha Paksha · JP16,59019.7%
  4. 4RAJWANTA PRASADJanata Dal · JD9,96911.9%
  5. 5PAHALWAN RAWATIndian National Congress · INC6,6547.9%
  6. 6NAND LAL SONKARLKD · LKD1,9052.3%
  7. 7HARI RAMRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP5600.7%
  8. 8BABU RAMIndependent · IND5330.6%
  9. 9BALI RAMIndependent · IND4240.5%
  10. 10MOTI LALIndependent · IND3910.5%
  11. 11BUDHOO RAMDDP · DDP3810.5%
  12. 12LALTA PRASADIndependent · IND3640.4%
  13. 13SHANKARIndependent · IND3630.4%
  14. 14KANHAIYA LAL SONKARIndependent · IND3280.4%
  15. 15SHEO PRASAD BHUSAN SHASTRIIndependent · IND2940.3%
  16. 16SHRI RAM GAUTAMUPRP · UPRP2550.3%
  17. 17CHHOTE LAL NIRBHAYIndependent · IND2170.3%
  18. 18PHOOL CHANDIndependent · IND1150.1%
  19. 19SALIQ RAMIndependent · IND1060.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–BSP swing
+40.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 33.1%
BSP share
27.1% → 19.9%
Turnout
— → —
255. Rari257. Khutahan
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