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Constituency

285. Jahanabad

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1991

UP-JAHANABAD

JD 48.4%won by 28.8%BJP 19.5%

What changed here

Derived

Janata 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.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
79,050
Margin
22,788
28.83%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDBJP swing
−21.3%
JD share
51.8% 48.4%
BJP share
1.7% 19.5%
Turnout