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206. Barhaj

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-BARHAJ

BSP 33.8%won by 0.4%BJP 33.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Samajwadi Party (SP) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 0.4%.

  • BSP vote shareBSP went from 0.0% to 33.8% of the vote here (+33.8%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 447 votes (0.35%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
1,26,053
Margin
447
0.35%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1PREM PRAKASHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP42,55533.8%
  2. 2DURGA PRASAD MISRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,10833.4%
  3. 3KUNTISamajwadi Party · SP37,51729.8%
  4. 4RAM JEE GIRIIndependent · IND1,0800.9%
  5. 5VIJAI KUMARIndependent · IND7940.6%
  6. 6RAJ BAHADURBHJS · BHJS6310.5%
  7. 7VINODIndependent · IND3430.3%
  8. 8RAM DHYANIndependent · IND3320.3%
  9. 9RAVINDRA MISRAIndependent · IND3110.2%
  10. 10VIRENDRAIndependent · IND2650.2%
  11. 11RAJENDRAIndependent · IND1170.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
SP
Winner now
BSPflipped
BSP–BJP swing
+28.6%
BSP share
0.0% → 33.8%
BJP share
28.2% → 33.4%
Turnout
— → —
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