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265. Mirzapur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-MIRZAPUR

BJP 40.0%won by 9.8%SP 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 9.8%.

  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 30.1% — it did not contest here in 1993.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.1% of the vote between them, up from 64.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,17,743
Margin
11,588
9.84%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SARJEET SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,05840.0%
  2. 2KAILASHSamajwadi Party · SP35,47030.1%
  3. 3SANTOSH KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC25,52621.7%
  4. 4OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND2,3752.0%
  5. 5AMITABHIndependent · IND1,3051.1%
  6. 6THAKUR PRASADPMSP · PMSP1,0970.9%
  7. 7SALEEMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL9330.8%
  8. 8BRIJ LALApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD9000.8%
  9. 9ASHOK SINGHIndependent · IND7150.6%
  10. 10VAKIL AHMADMMUP · MMUP6040.5%
  11. 11BADDRUDIN HASHMIBSPR · BSPR5790.5%
  12. 12BUDDHU LALGRC · GRC3530.3%
  13. 13DEEPAKIndependent · IND3240.3%
  14. 14MOHD. VAKILNew Labour Party · NLP2840.2%
  15. 15RAM ANUGRAHIndependent · IND1520.1%
  16. 16SANJAI KUMARIndependent · IND680.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−23.4%
BJP share
33.2% → 40.0%
SP share
0.0% → 30.1%
Turnout
— → —
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