Election
Constituency

61. Powayan

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-POWAYAN

INC 35.5%won by 3.1%BJP 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% to 3.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.9% of the vote between them, up from 57.6% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,45,381
Margin
4,532
3.12%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHET RAMIndian National Congress · INC51,63235.5%
  2. 2CHOKHE LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,10032.4%
  3. 3ROOP RAM DINKARSJPR · SJPR36,27124.9%
  4. 4KRISHANA PALJanata Dal · JD9,6096.6%
  5. 5KAMTA PRASADABJS · ABJS7690.5%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−1.4%
INC share
30.0% → 35.5%
BJP share
25.5% → 32.4%
Turnout
— → —
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