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237. Dhanapur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-DHANAPUR

SP 38.3%won by 10.9%BSP 27.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lost it to Samajwadi Party (SP), which now leads by 10.9%.

  • SP vote shareSP went from 0.0% to 38.3% of the vote here (+38.3%).
  • 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
1,27,396
Margin
13,828
10.85%

Candidates

10 contested · winner SP
  1. 1PRABHU NARAYANSamajwadi Party · SP48,73538.3%
  2. 2GYANENDRA KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP34,90727.4%
  3. 3SHIV KUMARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP34,45427.0%
  4. 4KISHORIndependent · IND2,8712.3%
  5. 5JAGROPAN RAICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,5252.0%
  6. 6RAJENDRAIndependent · IND1,8881.5%
  7. 7MANOJBHJS · BHJS5930.5%
  8. 8OM PRAKASHPSSS · PSSS5730.4%
  9. 9RAJA RAMIndependent · IND4910.4%
  10. 10RAM NAGINAIndependent · IND3590.3%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
SPflipped
SP–BSP swing
+48.6%
SP share
0.0% → 38.3%
BSP share
37.8% → 27.4%
Turnout
— → —
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