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229. Zahoorabad

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-ZAHOORABAD

BJP 34.6%won by 1.6%SP 33.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.6%.

  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1993.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 74.6% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,50,049
Margin
2,356
1.57%

Candidates

15 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1GANESHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP51,89534.6%
  2. 2SHIV PUJANSamajwadi Party · SP49,53933.0%
  3. 3SURENDRA SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP38,07125.4%
  4. 4SHRIRAMIndependent · IND3,7442.5%
  5. 5ROOP CHANDRAIndependent · IND2,0641.4%
  6. 6RAMA SHANKARABAS · ABAS1,1980.8%
  7. 7DEO NATHShiv Sena · SHS6020.4%
  8. 8SUDAMABHJS · BHJS5800.4%
  9. 9GULAM KADIRIndependent · IND4530.3%
  10. 10KANHIYABSPR · BSPR4490.3%
  11. 11DEENA NATHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3680.2%
  12. 12HARI LALIndependent · IND2950.2%
  13. 13AMITABBP · ABBP2940.2%
  14. 14KAPIL DEO CHAUHANSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD2840.2%
  15. 15ASHOKIndependent · IND2130.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–SP swing
−30.9%
BJP share
32.5% → 34.6%
SP share
0.0% → 33.0%
Turnout
— → —
228. Kopachit230. Mohammadabad
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