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19. Afzalgarh

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-AFZALGARH

BJP 34.2%won by 2.5%BSP 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.3% to 2.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.9% between them, down from 75.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,89,822
Margin
4,835
2.55%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1INDRA DEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP64,97434.2%
  2. 2HUSSAIN A.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP60,13931.7%
  3. 3SULAIMANSamajwadi Party · SP58,33930.7%
  4. 4ANILIndependent · IND3,6201.9%
  5. 5RAULIndian National League · INL1,2850.7%
  6. 6JEET SINGHBHJS · BHJS5520.3%
  7. 7KHACHER SINGHIndependent · IND4510.2%
  8. 8BIJENDRAIBSP · IBSP2450.1%
  9. 9BHUREYIndependent · IND2170.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
−32.0%
BJP share
39.6% → 34.2%
BSP share
5.1% → 31.7%
Turnout
— → —
18. Dhampur20. Nagina
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