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205. Salempur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-SALEMPUR

BSP 28.9%won by 4.7%JD 24.2%

What changed here

Derived

Bahujan Samaj Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.8% to 4.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Dal (JD).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.0% between them, down from 66.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,28,530
Margin
6,077
4.73%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1MORAD LARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP37,11728.9%
  2. 2SWAMI NATH YADAVJanata Dal · JD31,04024.2%
  3. 3RAVINDRASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP29,02722.6%
  4. 4VIJAI KUMAR DUBEYIndependent · IND10,5838.2%
  5. 5SUDHAKARApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD6,4545.0%
  6. 6ISHWARI CHAUHANIndependent · IND3,3792.6%
  7. 7UMESH SINGHIndependent · IND2,9902.3%
  8. 8ALHAMIndependent · IND1,3901.1%
  9. 9BHAGIRATHISanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD1,2681.0%
  10. 10ANAND MOHANIndependent · IND1,0910.8%
  11. 11INDAL PRASADIndependent · IND1,0550.8%
  12. 12CHANDRA BHUSHANIndependent · IND9060.7%
  13. 13MANJOORNew Labour Party · NLP8020.6%
  14. 14RAM ADHAR YADAVBSPR · BSPR7110.6%
  15. 15USHAIndependent · IND5180.4%
  16. 16RAM BAHALBHJS · BHJS1990.2%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BSP
BSP–JD swing
−20.9%
BSP share
36.9% → 28.9%
JD share
11.3% → 24.2%
Turnout
— → —
204. Bhatpar Rani206. Barhaj
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