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Constituency

66. Shahjahanpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-SHAHJAHANPUR

BJP 45.2%won by 16.7%INC 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.6% to 16.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 83.6% — 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
1,32,947
Margin
22,265
16.75%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−21.2%
BJP share
48.6% 45.2%
INC share
10.7% 28.4%
Turnout