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42. Sahaswan

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-SAHASWAN

SP 61.9%won by 41.2%BJP 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

Samajwadi Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.2% to 41.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.6% of the vote between them, up from 67.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,31,403
Margin
54,159
41.22%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SP
  1. 1MULAYAM SINGH YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP81,37061.9%
  2. 2MAHESH CHANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP27,21120.7%
  3. 3MASOOD MUSHTAQBahujan Samaj Party · BSP21,88816.7%
  4. 4ABDULLAHAKD · AKD7510.6%
  5. 5BHAGWAN SINGHBHJS · BHJS1830.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
SP
Winner now
SP
SP–BJP swing
+24.4%
SP share
39.2% → 61.9%
BJP share
22.4% → 20.7%
Turnout
— → —
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