Constituency
9. Pithoragarh
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996
UP-PITHORAGARH
BJP 41.3%won by 12.1%INC 29.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 12.1%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
90,100
Margin
10,945
12.15%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1KRISHNA CHANDRA PUNETHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,22141.3%
- 2MAHENDRA SINGH MAHARA (MAHU)Indian National Congress · INC26,27629.2%
- 3LAXAMAN SINGHAIICT · AIICT13,98815.5%
- 4NAVEEN MURARIUKKD · UKKD9,28010.3%
- 5KUSHAL SINGH DHAUNIIndependent · IND1,3601.5%
- 6RAJENDRA PRASADBHJS · BHJS1,2391.4%
- 7REETA DEVIABBP · ABBP7360.8%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +19.7%
- BJP share
- 40.9% → 41.3%
- INC share
- 48.4% → 29.2%
- Turnout
- — → —