Constituency
296. Rajpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996
UP-RAJPUR
BSP 33.6%won by 1.7%BJP 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 1.7%.
- BSP vote shareBSP went from 23.9% to 33.6% of the vote here (+9.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.5% of the vote between them, up from 50.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,22,551
Margin
2,113
1.72%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BSP- 1CHAUDHARI NARENDRA SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP41,19833.6%
- 2BANS LAL KATIYARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,08531.9%
- 3RAM SWAROOP VERMASanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD19,14015.6%
- 4AMAR SINGH KUSHWAHAIndependent · IND13,34810.9%
- 5TAR BABU KUSHWAHAIndependent · IND5,0174.1%
- 6RASHEED AHAMADIndependent · IND1,2311.0%
- 7VIJAY NARAIN SINGH SENGARIndependent · IND1,0570.9%
- 8PRAMOD KUMAR PATELApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD9300.8%
- 9MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH YADAVJanahitha Paksha · JP7490.6%
- 10RAM BIHARIBHJS · BHJS3220.3%
- 11HARI SHANKERIndependent · IND3060.2%
- 12RAM DAS SHARMAIndependent · IND1680.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BSPflipped
- BSP–BJP swing
- −1.4%
- BSP share
- 23.9% → 33.6%
- BJP share
- 20.7% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —