Constituency
267. Meja
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996
UP-MEJA
CPM 51.8%won by 20.5%BJP 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 20.5%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 21.8% to 51.8% of the vote here (+30.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.0% of the vote between them, up from 55.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,37,970
Margin
28,346
20.55%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1RAM KRIPALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM71,41451.8%
- 2RAM DEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP43,06831.2%
- 3LAL CHANDRA TYAGIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP18,37613.3%
- 4SOBHNATHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD2,5071.8%
- 5HARISH CHANDRABHJS · BHJS1,4721.1%
- 6RAJ BALI JAISALIndependent · IND5750.4%
- 7PRABHOO NATHIndependent · IND5580.4%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- BSP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–BJP swing
- +20.4%
- CPM share
- 21.8% → 51.8%
- BJP share
- 21.6% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- — → —