Constituency
285. Jahanabad
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1991
UP-JAHANABAD
JD 48.4%won by 28.8%BJP 19.5%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 28.6% to 28.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 19.5% — it polled just 1.7% in 1989.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 75.1% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
79,050
Margin
22,788
28.83%
Candidates
15 contested · winner JD- 1CHATTRA PAL VERMAJanata Dal · JD38,22448.4%
- 2SHREE DHAR SHUKLABharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,43619.5%
- 3NARESH CHANDRA UTTAMJanahitha Paksha · JP9,21411.7%
- 4NARESH UMRAOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,80311.1%
- 5PRAKASH NARAINIndian National Congress · INC4,2805.4%
- 6SAUKHI LALIndependent · IND5220.7%
- 7BODHI LALIndependent · IND4030.5%
- 8HIRA LAL NISHADSHSR · SHSR3860.5%
- 9NAIPALIndependent · IND3360.4%
- 10BRIJ KISHORIndependent · IND3280.4%
- 11BHIKARI LAL SAHOOSOPL · SOPL2780.4%
- 12RAM ASREY CHAKRAWARTYALD · ALD2580.3%
- 13BABOO SINGHIndependent · IND2160.3%
- 14RAM PRASADDDP · DDP2080.3%
- 15MOHD. HALEEMIndependent · IND1580.2%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–BJP swing
- −21.3%
- JD share
- 51.8% → 48.4%
- BJP share
- 1.7% → 19.5%
- Turnout
- — → —