Constituency
276. Allahabad South
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996
UP-ALLAHABAD-SOUTH
BJP 47.8%won by 24.7%SP 23.0%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.1% to 24.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
95,225
Margin
23,554
24.74%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1KESHRI NATH TRIPATHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP45,47247.8%
- 2HARI OM SAHOOSamajwadi Party · SP21,91823.0%
- 3ROOP CHANDRA KESHARWANIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP20,65421.7%
- 4VEERENDRA KUMAR MOHILESJPR · SJPR4,8125.1%
- 5MD. AASHIQUEIndian National League · INL1,0521.1%
- 6RAMJESH KUMAR SHARMABSPR · BSPR5920.6%
- 7KALAWATI VERMABHJS · BHJS2920.3%
- 8KRIPA SHANKER PANDEYIndependent · IND1180.1%
- 9SANTOSH KUMARIndependent · IND1000.1%
- 10RAJENDRA KUMARIndependent · IND900.1%
- 11RAJENDRA BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND670.1%
- 12GOPAL SWAROOP JOSHIIndependent · IND580.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–SP swing
- +3.6%
- BJP share
- 54.6% → 47.8%
- SP share
- 33.4% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —