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192. Maharajganj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-MAHARAJGANJ

BJP 40.5%won by 5.6%BSP 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.6% to 5.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,28,533
Margin
7,176
5.58%

Candidates

13 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHANDRA KISHORBharatiya Janata Party · BJP52,05940.5%
  2. 2RAM NIWASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP44,88334.9%
  3. 3JAI PRAKASHJanata Dal · JD15,23111.8%
  4. 4SHRIPATSJPR · SJPR6,9335.4%
  5. 5CHHEDI PRASADIndependent · IND2,8432.2%
  6. 6PARAMHANSIndependent · IND1,4311.1%
  7. 7MANOJ KUMARIndependent · IND1,0480.8%
  8. 8GORAKH PRASADApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1,0060.8%
  9. 9JHAKARINew Labour Party · NLP9510.7%
  10. 10ADYA PRASADBHJS · BHJS8490.7%
  11. 11CHANDRA SHEKHARBKDJ · BKDJ5980.5%
  12. 12DHRUV NARAINIndependent · IND4310.3%
  13. 13SHAMBHUIndependent · IND2700.2%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
−13.0%
BJP share
42.4% → 40.5%
BSP share
23.8% → 34.9%
Turnout
— → —
191. Siswa193. Shyam Deurwa
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