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291. Govind Nagar

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-GOVIND-NAGAR

BJP 52.5%won by 26.6%BSP 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.9% to 26.6%.

  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1993.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
1,97,635
Margin
52,626
26.63%

Candidates

15 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BAL CHANDRA MISRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,03,66752.5%
  2. 2GANGA SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP51,04125.8%
  3. 3OM PRAKASHSamajwadi Party · SP32,22016.3%
  4. 4NAVEEN PANDITIndependent · IND7,1123.6%
  5. 5MANJUL NIGAMBHJS · BHJS6780.3%
  6. 6DINESH CHANDRAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD5860.3%
  7. 7RAKESHUPRP · UPRP4610.2%
  8. 8MOHAN LAL GUPTAIndependent · IND3770.2%
  9. 9MUNNI LALIndependent · IND2840.1%
  10. 10KAILASH CHANDRA BHASEENIndependent · IND2780.1%
  11. 11K.K. BAJPAISJPR · SJPR2670.1%
  12. 12ASHOK KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND2420.1%
  13. 13MOHD. SHARAFATNew Labour Party · NLP1760.1%
  14. 14VIJAI SINGH PARIHARABJS · ABJS1350.1%
  15. 15ATISH PRAKASHIndependent · IND1110.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–BSP swing
−21.0%
BJP share
47.6% → 52.5%
BSP share
0.0% → 25.8%
Turnout
— → —
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