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Constituency

215. Saraimir

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-SARAIMIR

BSP 40.3%won by 7.5%SP 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bahujan Samaj Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.0% to 7.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1993.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% between them, down from 83.5% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,22,228
Margin
9,175
7.51%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1HEERA LALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP49,21740.3%
  2. 2HEMRAJ URF HEMRAJSamajwadi Party · SP40,04232.8%
  3. 3PHOOL CHANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP29,25523.9%
  4. 4RAJ KUMARNew Labour Party · NLP1,9561.6%
  5. 5PANDITBHJS · BHJS7550.6%
  6. 6MAHENDRARPI · RPI5950.5%
  7. 7DHARMRAJAIMLF · AIMLF4080.3%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BSP
BSP–SP swing
−42.7%
BSP share
50.2% → 40.3%
SP share
0.0% → 32.8%
Turnout
— → —
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